Mrs N Yunupingu 1945/2021
Sad news from Yirrkala, where the Buku Larrnggay Art Centre Read More
Two Long Lives
Two ambivalent lives long spent in the Indigenous sphere came Read More
Dr B Marika AO – born 13 October 1954, died July 2021
The pioneering Arnhemland woman artist, cultural activist and environmental adviser Read More
Arone Raymond Meeks
Sadly, Cairns-based artist, Arone Meeks, originally from Cape York, died Read More
Vale Gloria Petyarre
Great sadness at the Aboriginal Art Directory with news of Read More
‘Him Proper Clever Man’
Paddy Compass Namadbara is just about a familiar name in Read More
Michael Nelson Jagamara AM 1946 ““ 2020
The death was announced in Alice Springs last night of Read More
GORDON BENNETT SOLO IN QUEENSLAND
'Unfinished Business: The Art of Gordon Bennett' is the first Read More
Jutta Malnic 1924/2020
The photographer Jutta Malnic has died in Sydney aged 95. Read More
LONG JACK PHILLIPUS 1932-2020
Kumantjayi Long Tjakamarra, the last of the founding painters at Read More
MR R PETERS 1935-2020
The outstanding philosophical thinker of the Gija people in the Read More
RIP Malu Gurruwiwi ““ Custodian of the Banumbirr
It is with great sadness that the Vivien Anderson Gallery Read More
LAURIE NILSEN
Laurie Nilsen, the father of the barbed-wire emu, has died Read More
QAGOMA Pays Tribute to Mrs Ngallametta
The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Read More
Discursive Announcements
The Honours system in Australia was pretty good to the Read More
KATHLEEN PETYARRE
We've lost another of the first white contact pioneers of Read More
Passing Clouds
Sadly, a deluge of death has flowed through Aboriginal communities Read More
SAMUEL NAMUNJDJA
It's reported from Maningrida that the great Kuninjku bark artist, Read More
TOMMY WATSON
It's been confirmed that the 82 year-old Tommy Yannima Watson Read More
The Late Mary Macha
Somehow, the Aboriginal Art Directory failed to report the death Read More
Death at Kintore
Papunya Tula Artists has announced the death of artist Kumantjayi Read More
RETURN OF MUNGO MAN
The bones of Mungo Man, discovered in 1974 and studied Read More
Dr. Gumana, AO 1935-2016
Aboriginal Art Directory is delighted to offer this eulogy delivered Read More
Hector Burton
It is with great regret that the Aboriginal Art Directory Read More
MR TIMMS PASSES
Senior Gija artist Mr Timms (Ngarrmaliny) passed away unexpectedly last Read More