Ngununggula has unveiled Tender, a major new all-women exhibition featuring seven leading Australian painters, Sally Anderson, Sarah Drinan, Laura Jones, India Mark, Dionisia Salas, Julia Trybala and Amber Wallis.

Open until 15 June 2025, Tender delves into the concept of ‘tenderness’, a term often associated with notions of care and femininity, to explore its significance and many meanings beyond a gendered lens. Through new and existing work, the exhibition urges audiences to consider this sensitive yet provocative emotion as a multifaceted human experience, woven into the human form and permeating all aspects of life, from physical gesture and sensory perception to the ways we feel about and express ourselves.

Ngununggula has announced details for leading Australian artist Tom Polo’s first major institutional solo exhibition, in a part of your mind, I am you, running from 28 June – 24 August 2025.

One of the most acclaimed painters of his generation in Australia, Tom Polo is known for his vivid, gestural works that explore notions of conversation, gesture, and emotional exchange as embodied acts of portraiture. in a part of your mind, I am you will showcase the breadth of Polo’s distinct style, developed over 15 years. The exhibition will feature new works, including a major large-scale multi-panel painting, a collection of intimate works on paper developed during the artist’s recent residency in New York, and a site-specific billboard installation.