Inspired by NAIDOC Week celebrations across the nation – a week of great cultural significance, respect of Aboriginal origins and artistic expression –InterContinental Sydney, Sotheby's Australia and Utopia Art Sydney have collaborated to curate a unique exhibition by leading contemporary Indigenous artists to celebrate NAIDOC Week inside the hotel.

Exclusive to InterContinental Sydney, the exhibition includes exceptional paintings and sculptures consigned by highly renowned artists Willy Tjungurrayi, Gloria Petyarre, Ronnie Tjampiyjinpa and George Tjungurrayi. 

As each painting depicts the travel, Indigenous teachings and explanations for contemporary customs, the exhibition allows both national and international visitors to immerse in a journey of discovery to combine contemporary art with ancestral storytelling.

With the International and National Visitor Survey revealing more than 328,000 international and domestic visitors engaging in Aboriginal tourism experiences in NSW alone*, the new exhibition represents the growing interest of interactive experiences and cultural immersion. InterContinental Sydney is also proud to acknowledge and pay respect to the traditional owners of the land on which the very hotel is sited: the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation.

Strengthening InterContinental's strong reputation for delivering immersive Insider experiences for its guests, the exhibition marks the second major art installation inside the gallery, following Sculpture in the City which concluded in April.

*Source: International and National Visitor Surveys, year ending March 2016

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About InterContinental Sydney: InterContinental Sydney was established over 25 years ago within the sandstone facades of the historic 1851 Treasury building. The hotel boasts unique views of the world famous Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House, as well as across the Royal Botanic Gardens and out to Sydney's North Head. As the ultimate hotel of choice for visitors and locals alike, InterContinental Sydney offers leisure and business guests a series of delectable flavours from the Cortile, Cafe Opera and Club InterContinental venues. The hotel provides 15 meeting and event rooms to suit a range of functions. Guests of InterContinental Sydney can immerse themselves in majestic sunrises and sunsets from the hotel's harbour view rooms or from the city's only alfresco rooftop hotel lounge, Club InterContinental; internationally renowned as the world's best. Some people visit Sydney's icons, others stay in them. For more information, visit http://www.icsydney.com.au/