The Stars We Do Not See at the US National Gallery of Art is the largest exhibit of Indigenous art ever shown overseas

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Washington: The largest exhibition of Indigenous Australian art ever shown overseas is beginning to draw crowds in the US capital, weeks after the grand opening was cancelled due to the government shutdown.

Many of the works now on display at the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington, DC, had never previously left Australia. The Stars We Do Not See , drawn from the extensive National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) collection, comprises nearly 200 pieces by more than 130 artists.

Seven Sisters Song, painted on a road sign, is one of 200 Indigenous Australian artworks on display at the National Gallery of Art. Credit: Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington

The exhibit show