FRIEZE MASTERS | London
15 October 2025 – 19 October 2025
About Exhibition
D’Lan Contemporary is delighted to return to Frieze Masters, London for its third consecutive year with an exhibition that will highlight the work of two pioneering artists, Makinti Napanangka (c. 1920 – 2011) and Naata Nungurrayi (c. 1932 – 2021) this October 2025.
D’Lan Contemporary was the first gallery to present Australian First Nations art at Frieze Masters in 2023 with a solo exhibition of works by the internationally renowned Emily Kam Kngwarray. This was followed by another solo exhibition of paintings and works on paper by revered Gija artist, Paddy Bedford in 2024.
This year's exhibition will present paintings by Makinti Napanangka and Naata Nungurrayi, two Pintupi women from the Western Desert who began painting in 1996, the same year that Emily Kam Kngwarray—whose success inspired so many women in remote Aboriginal communities to begin painting—passed away.
Through their diverse perspectives, these two artists continued to expand the field of women’s desert art and together they transformed the visual language of the Australian desert landscape.