Vale Gloria Petyarre
Great sadness at the Aboriginal Art Directory with news of the death on 9th June in Mparntwe/Alice Springs of the legendary Anmatyerre artist from Utopia, Gloria Tamerre Petyarre. An incredibly Read More
Dharawal Women at Hazelhurst
The trend towards rediscovering First Nations languages and cultural traditions across southern Australia is burgeoning, and Sutherland Shire's Hazelhurst gallery – which has done much to bring really cogent shows Read More
ANNANDALE BARKS
The painted barks of Arnhemland continue to lack the popular accessibility of the Deserts' acrylic canvases – as reflected in both market prices and curatorial enthusiasm in institutions. And this Read More
FAREWELL TO GULPILIL
It's downright depressing to sit in a completely empty cinema to farewell David Gulpilil. But his autobiographical film, directed by Molly Reynolds – long associated with Gulpilil as the partner Read More
Wynnesday 2021
Golly! Are they taking the annual Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes seriously at the Art Gallery of NSW? When long-time Director, the late and much-lamented Edmund Capon introduced the annual Read More
Sydney Biennale – ‘From a Brook to a River’
Sydney's Biennale in 2020 set new standards with its emphasis on First Nations artists from around the world. For 2022, the Colombian Artistic Director, Jose Roca has taken up the Read More
2021 Telstra NATSIAA Finalists Announced
Sixty Five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander finalists from across Australia have been selected from a total of 248 entries in the 2021 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Read More
National Aboriginal Art Gallery Gets a Boss
The Northern Territory's Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Chansey Paech has announced the appointment of Tracy Puklowski to the role of Senior Director, National Aboriginal Art Gallery planned for Read More
THE NATIONAL 2021
The third iteration of 'The National' showcasing the varied and vital work being made by Australian artists has opened across three venues in Sydney “ Carriageworks, the Museum of Contemporary Read More
TRUTH-TELLING
Henry Reynolds, offering a big picture context for the 'Uluru Statement from the Heart' in his latest book, is a fine historian. His intensive researches into the horrors of past Read More
All Revealed in Freo
Presenting the best new and emerging Aboriginal artists from remote, regional and metro Western Australia, 'Revealed 2021' will showcase artworks including paintings, installations, textiles, photography, print media, video, jewellery, carving Read More
Bla Mela Kantri
OK “ I wonder whether you can make sense of my Kriol title for this story??? For it's the title of an exhibition exploring different representations of landscapes around Ngukurr, Read More
Two Big Moves
Aboriginal Art Directory doesn't often touch on the commercial gallery scene “ such a competitive and occasionally 'sensitive' area! But it's an essential part of the industry, however much some Read More
The Very Late Charlie Flannigan
Drawings by a prisoner who became the first person to be executed at Darwin's Fannie Bay Gaol are currently on show at the Northern Territory's Library in Parliament House, Darwin. Read More
PAPUNYA ART AT 50
Back in 1971, a revolution took place at the most unlikely place. The remote, government-built desert community of Papunya was full of Pintupi, Warlpiri, Luritja, Aranda and other tribespeople who Read More
ANTEDILUVIAN ROO
A 17,300-year-old painting on the ceiling of a rock shelter in The Kimberley's Drysdale River National Park, painted by ancestors of the Balanggarra Native Title group, the Miwa-speaking people, has Read More
National Endowment for Indigenous Visual Arts
If that name sounds like an official institution set up by some government quango, it is possible that was the intention. In fact, it's the baby of the ever-dynamic Melbourne Read More
lutruwita apology
I'm off to lutruwita tomorrow “ though my flight will say it's going to Tasmania. Coincidentally, the Apple Isle has been in the news this week because an official apology Read More
SONGSPIRALS TWIST AROUND SONGLINES
Artist Paul Klee is famous for saying that drawing was like 'taking a line for a walk'. Can you take a song for a walk? English writer Bruce Chatwin seemed Read More