NEW YORK, November 16, 2024 — In the first conversation at the “Embassy” at Asia Society, artist Richard Bell discusses the history of the Australian Aboriginal land rights movement and the significance of Mabo v Queensland (No 2), 1992. He is joined by Megan Davis, Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair at Harvard University. Yasufumi Nakamori, vice president of Arts and Culture and Museum Director at Asia Society, moderates the conversation. (58 min., 16 sec.)

Embassy at Asia Society is part of a series of programs held in conjunction with the exhibition Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala, on view at Asia Society Museum through January 5, 2025.