Bark Renaissance
Suddenly, Aboriginal bark painting is becoming very trendy. In September, American eyes are going to be opened wide by the start of a national tour in New Hampshire of 'Madayin', Read More
Mr Wanambi 1963- 2022
Mr Wanambi, a Yolngu cultural leader from north-east Arnhem Land and an internationally-renowned artist, died this week at the tragically early age of 59. Will Stubbs, the coordinator of the Buku-Larrnggay Read More
First Nations at the Archie
The second highest number of Indigenous entries came in this year for the Art Gallery of NSW's annual Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prize feast. And 27 have been selected – Read More
Tarrkarri’s Architect
Last week, the former Australian Dance Theatre AD, Garry Stewart introduced us to his new role as a Professor of Creative Arts at Flinders Uni in Adelaide. As such, he Read More
NATSIAA Finalists Announced
65 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander finalists from across Australia have been selected from a total of 221 entries in the 2022 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Read More
Molly Johnson
The never-ending saga of 'The Drover's Wife : The Legend of Molly Johnson' comes to a Roadshow cinema near you on May 5th. There may be other promotional opportunities elsewhere, Read More
SERRY MOANY
I wonder if Curator-in-Chief, Hetti Perkins knows how appropriate her title 'Ceremony' for the fourth National Indigenous Art Triennial is? For, back in the 90s, when the balance of authority Read More
Motions in Alice
After more than five years of prevarication, the NT Government has awarded an Australian architectural company a $7.2 million commission to design the controversial National Aboriginal Art Gallery in Mparntwe. Read More
Cobar Sound Chapel
An extraordinary musical event takes place next weekend in the remote mining town of Cobar, north western NSW. An old, 10 metre tall water tank, long disused after a dam Read More
Badger Bates’s Biennale
It's almost impossible to avoid the Man from the Barka (the Darling River) in this year's Sydney Biennale. He greets you at the impressive Cutaway beneath Barangaroo's artifical parkland with Read More
Indigenous Cultural Centres
A recent trip to the Adelaide Festival has thrown up a number of stories around the muddled issue of Indigenous Cultural Centres across Australia. That's one of the advantages of Read More
Scales of the Wati Tjakura
It seems an age since the Telstra NATSIAAs opened last August in Darwin. Just a few hurdles since then – Delta and Omicron, state borders closed, a war and now Read More
Capricornian Tragedy
A tragedy for the reputation of the community art centre movement has been revealed with the imprisonment of the former Mornington Island Arts co-ordinator, Brett Evans for selling 176 paintings Read More
Dingoes Amongst the Sheep
Ngununggula is the very Aboriginal name of a new public gallery at Bowral – utilising a converted milking shed on the grounds of the National Trust's Retford Park. And indeed, Read More
Josh Muir Dead at 30
The shocking news has been announced that the Ballarat artist Josh Muir, a Gunditjmara, Yorta Yorta and Barkindji man, who has died aged only 30. Muir's vibrant graffiti-based prints and large-scale projections have Read More
ONE MAN MOB
Palawa man Nathan Maynard's 'The Season' was hailed by me as “a glorious drama” and “an exciting writing debut” in 2017 when I saw it. It brought the pungency and Read More
Embodying Fear
“My culture was supposed to make me a man”, cries a recidivist character at one stage during this intense night of national introspection. Earlier, performer Chandler Connell has revealed his Read More
The Passing of Two Men in the NT
Very different roles in the art world at the polar extremes of the Territory. One departure, and one death. Both Marcus Schutenko and Steve Ariston will be missed by their Read More
