Wally Caruana
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art specialist
Wally Caruana was Senior Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra from 1984 to 2001 during which time he oversaw the development of one of the most important collections of Indigenous Australian art in a public museum. During his time at the National Gallery, Wally curated several major exhibitions including The Aboriginal Memorial, also shown at the Sydney Biennale in 1988; Aboriginal Art: The Continuing Tradition in 1989; Roads Cross: The Paintings of Rover Thomas in 1994: The Painters of the Wagilag Sisters Story 1937-1997; and World Dreaming at the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg and the National Gallery, Canberra in 2000.
Caruana is also the author and editor of several publications and exhibition catalogues on indigenous Australian art including Windows on the Dreaming: Aboriginal Paintings in the Australian National Gallery in 1989, several major exhibition catalogues and Aboriginal Art, in the World of Art Series, Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 1993, updated 2003. Caruana is also a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Art History, Australian National University, and the Senior Consultant, Aboriginal Art, to Sotheby’s Australia and business partner with Michael Reid, in Caruana & Reid Fine Art.
McCulloch’s Encyclopaedia of Australian Art, The Miegunyah Press, 2006, Wally Caruana's entry pages 50-51
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art specialist
Wally Caruana was Senior Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra from 1984 to 2001 during which time he oversaw the development of one of the most important collections of Indigenous Australian art in a public museum. During his time at the National Gallery, Wally curated several major exhibitions including The Aboriginal Memorial, also shown at the Sydney Biennale in 1988; Aboriginal Art: The Continuing Tradition in 1989; Roads Cross: The Paintings of Rover Thomas in 1994: The Painters of the Wagilag Sisters Story 1937-1997; and World Dreaming at the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg and the National Gallery, Canberra in 2000.
Caruana is also the author and editor of several publications and exhibition catalogues on indigenous Australian art including Windows on the Dreaming: Aboriginal Paintings in the Australian National Gallery in 1989, several major exhibition catalogues and Aboriginal Art, in the World of Art Series, Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 1993, updated 2003. Caruana is also a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Art History, Australian National University, and the Senior Consultant, Aboriginal Art, to Sotheby’s Australia and business partner with Michael Reid, in Caruana & Reid Fine Art.
McCulloch’s Encyclopaedia of Australian Art, The Miegunyah Press, 2006, Wally Caruana's entry pages 50-51
