Museums on Hold
It seems the only people interested in the much-delayed fate Read More
Big and Rooted Takes the Telstra
The judges for the 2023 Telstra NATSIA Awards have maintained Read More
TIM KLINGENDER 1964-2023
As the Aboriginal art world gathers to commemorate the dynamic Read More
APYACC Part 8
The National Gallery of Australia’s Review into the APY Art Read More
Puncturing Papunya’s Phantasies
The founding myths of Papunya art (and therefore of the Read More
Note the Name – Koongotema
Queensland’s Minister for the Arts, Leeanne Enoch last night announced Read More
Deep Time in Sydney
The tendency to conflate the quite distinct Aboriginal worlds of Read More
Not the APYACC
“Only Black hands on Black art” proclaims the Harvey Galleries Read More
FAIRS FARE
“The centres sustain artists,” says the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair’s Read More
APYACC Part 7
The saga continues with news that the Indigenous Art Code Read More
IS proppaNOW OCURRENT?
It’s not often that a show garlanded with a US$25,000 Read More
Mixed News from Mparntwe
Remember that we’ve been promised a National Aboriginal Art Gallery Read More
Dark Emu Debate Rides Again
It’s very odd. All parties involved seemed to say that Read More
Just Soak in Yuldea
Bangarra Dance Theatre – wasn’t it once Bangarra Aboriginal Dance Read More
The Agony of Assimilation
I wrote down the word “terrible” at the end of Read More
Radical Reverend
The words Sovereignty and Treaty immediately conjure up associations with Read More
APYACC Part 6
Today, the Council of the National Gallery of Australia has Read More
A Significant Loss – Bob Edwards 1930-2023
A man almost written out of history in his life Read More
Red Ochre Time
Just delivered on NITV are this year’s First Nations Arts Read More
Dr G Yunupingu
The word Yunupingu In Yolngu means “the rock that stands Read More
APYACC Part 5
The world is now aware that there’s a crisis in Read More
Tragedy in Adelaide
A tragedy looms in Adelaide as the current ALP State Read More
EXISTENTIAL LIMBO
“A pared-to-the-bleached-bones existential thriller”.. The Guardian review of Ivan Sen’s Read More
Kunmanara (Pepai) Carroll
Last month I wrote about the exhibition at Manly Art Read More
First Nations Take Over the AGNSW
Wow, was my headline last time prescient! I touted, "First Read More
Finalists for the 40th NATSIAAs
63 finalists have been announced in the 2023 Telstra National Read More
Two Recent Losses
In Melbourne, galleryist, Aboriginal art lover and bon vivant William Read More
APYACC Part 4
Sadly, it’s inevitable that I keep writing about the issue Read More