Best Photos of the Day

Balang John Mawurndjul AM, installation view Connections: MCA x Tate, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2026, courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art Australia © Balang John Mawurndjul, photograph: Anna Kucera.

Noŋgirrŋa Marawili, Baratjala, 2020, installation view Connections: MCA x Tate, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2026, earth pigments and print toner on bark, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Tate, with support from the Qantas Foundation in 2015, purchased 2022, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia © Noŋgirrŋa Marawili, photograph: Anna Kucera.

Helen Ganalmirriwuy Garrawurra, Lipa’lipa ga dhomola (dugout canoe and woven pandanus sail), 2026, installation view Connections: MCA x Tate, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2026, gunga (Pandanus spiralis), baḻgurr (kurrajong bark, Brachychiton megaphyllus), natural plant dyes, gulu (kapok tree, Bombax ceiba), hardwood, courtesy the artist and Milingimbi Art & Culture © the artist, photograph: Anna Kucera.

Helen Johnson, installation view Connections: MCA x Tate, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2026, left to right: Bad Debt, 2016; A Feast of Reason and a Flow of Soul, 2016; Seat of Power, 2016, acrylic on canvas, Musuem of Contemporary Art Australia and Tate, with support from the Qantas Foundation in 2015, purchased 2018, courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art Australia © the artist, photograph: Anna Kucera.

Frances Djulibing, Yukuwa (feather string yam vine), 2013, installation view Connections: MCA x Tate, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2026, banyan tree bark, cockatoo feathers, beeswax, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, purchased 2013, courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art Australia © the artist, photograph: Anna Kucera.

Installation view Connections: MCA x Tate, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2026. Front: Shireen Taweel, the Hajja locates Nasr Altair above the horizon, her coordinates adjusted, she navigates towards the centre, 2026, hand pierced and engraved sheet copper, fine silver, courtesy the artist and STATION Gallery © the artst photograph: Anna Kucera.

Mabel Juli, installation view Connections: MCA x Tate, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2026, left to right: Garnkiny, 2013, natural pigments on canvas, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Tate, with support from the Qantas Foundation in 2015, purchased 2022; Garnkiny Ngarranggarni, 2016, natural earth pigments on canvas, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, purchased with funds provided by the MCA Foundation, 2016, courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art Australia © the artist, photograph: Anna Kucera.

Yhonnie Scarce, Remember Royalty, 2018, installation view Connections: MCA x Tate, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2026, photographs, screen print on fabric, hand-blown glass, vintage objects, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Tate, with support from the Qantas Foundation in 2015, purchased 2022, courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art Australia © the artist, photograph: Anna Kucera.

Judy Watson, memory scar, grevillea, mangrove pod (& net), 2020, installation view Connections: MCA x Tate, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2026, indigo, acrylic, graphite and linen thread on canvas, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Tate, with support from the Qantas Foundation in 2015, purchased 2022, courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art Australia © the artist, photograph: Anna Kucera.

Gail Mabo, Zenadth Kes, 2026, installation view Connections: MCA x Tate, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2026, bamboo, twine, cotton cord, shells, courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia © the artist, photograph: Ravyna Jassani.