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
DAPHNE WILLIAMS AM – 1929/2022
The woman who almost single-handedly transformed the Aboriginal Desert painting movement from a cultural phenomenon into a thriving business has died. Daphne Napanangka Williams AM, who managed the Aboriginal-owned Papunya Read More
Wudjang : Not the Past
The omens were so good. Stephen Page's 32 year reign at Bangarra was coming to a massive climax with the largest show the company had ever attempted. After so many Read More
Four Clans—One Canvas
'Four Clans' is a major exhibition of works by Yanyuwa, Garrwa, Marra, and Gudanji artists supported by Waralungku Arts (pronounced Wharr-Ral-Loonghu) in Borroloola and presented at the Godinymayin Yijard Art Read More
Lost in Shanghai
The delightful efforts of journo Jane Hutcheon to tell of the complexities of her Eurasian family in Shanghai, HK and Australia may seem to have nothing to do with Aboriginal Read More
Ngurra Comes Home to Canberra
The Federal Government has announced its intention to invest more than $315m in a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural precinct in the heart of Canberra. It already has Read More
An NFT for your Stocking this Christmas?
Amongst a cornucopia of events, books and concepts flying around the Indigenous world at this time of year, the outstanding one is surely the debut of First Nations NFTs – Read More
The National Gallery Splashes Out
In September of this troubled year, fans of Australian artist Lindy Lee were delighted to hear that she'd been commissioned by the National Gallery in Canberra to created a 13-tonne, Read More
Kids Books from First Nations
When my 5 year old grandson can have a fair go at explaining the illogicality of Terra Nullius to me, then I'd say the book which introduced him to the Read More
Tarrkarri, The Future, Begins
Construction on the $200 million Aboriginal Arts and Cultures Centre (AACC) has begun, and its name, 'Tarrkarri', was also unveiled at an event on Tuesday. The full name, 'Tarrkarri – Read More
ALICK & ALBERT
Irony of ironies! The delightful new documentary film, 'Alick & Albert', about the remarkably incongruous links made between Torres Strait artist maestro Alick Tipoti and His Serene Highness, Prince Albert Read More
The Pages of Bangarra
In August 2009, I sat down with Stephen Page to review his 20 years running the Bangarra Dance Theatre. After another 13 years, Page has announced that he will finally Read More
GULPILIL PASSES
Sadly, but just as he predicted, actor, dancer, painter and troubled Yolngu man, David Gulpilil's spirit has returned to the billabong at Gulparil from which he was born in 1953. Read More