Tall tales: the gumtree in art – in pictures

A new exhibition at Melbourne’s Potter Museum of Art celebrates the cultural and ecological significance of the eucalypt. Translating as ‘breathing for us’ in Woi Wurrung, the show Ngarn Wa’ngal brings together more than 160 works that capture this defining feature of the Australian landscape. Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the Gum Tree opens on 10 July; admission is free Young Archie competition: Australia’s portrait prize for child artists – in pictures Continue reading...

By Captions by curators Alisa Bunbury and Sophie Gerhard