Gallery on wheels
A unique vehicle, which has spent the past few years spreading the message on indigenous culture, is undergoing an amazing transformation. But the stunning artwork, which makes the message stick Read More
Campbelltown Arts Centre – Aboriginal Art Display
Great post by Kate on the bike about the Aboriginal Art Display at the Campbelltown Arts Centre:
Seattle Museum to Return Aboriginal Object, Without Being Asked
In 1970, Seattle Art Museum (SAM) founder Richard Fuller purchased an Australian Aboriginal sacred object that the museum has never shown. Now it's being returned, even though no one has Read More
Outstation launches new website
Outstation recently celebrated its 1st Birthday by re-launching its website.
Aboriginal Art Shines in Charlottesville
Aboriginal Art Date:2009 Auction House:Sotheby's Location: Australia Catalogue Information: 153 lots 150 with images Viewing Notes: Fri, 17 Jul 09, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Sat, 18 Jul 09, 11:00 Read More
Karen returns to her artistic roots
After studying for four years I discovered I was a Victorian Koori. So we do more line work rather than dotting, she said. She is now studying to be a Read More
FIRST STEP IN TACKLING RACISM
Last week the head of WA's peak multicultural lobby group, the Ethnic Communities Council of WA warned that Australian society is becoming more racist as the economic downturn fuels hostility Read More
From little things . . .
Another business entrepreneur who captured a simple idea and took it to the next level is Kelli Ryan, who last year started the Boolarng Nangamai Aboriginal Art & Culture Studio Read More
The Prairie Hotel Flinders Ranges
The Prairie Hotel is Australia's most-awarded Outback hotel. Why do people fly in from all over the world to stay or eat here? See for yourself¦ The Prairie Hotel perfectly Read More
Big City Challenges ““ The Marrka Wangka Story
A group of artworkers have used a visit to Melbourne for personal and career development. The ten artworkers from across Central Australia took part in ˜Marrka Wangka' “ meaning ˜strong Read More
Two auctions at Shapiro this Sunday, 28 June
Two auctions at Shapiro this Sunday, 28 June: 20 / 21 C Design Auction commences 2pm Aboriginal Art Auction commences 3pm Viewing Friday & Saturday 11am - 5pm. Viewing Sunday Read More
Big Eye: Aboriginal Animatiations
Aboriginal Dreaming in the digital age Big Eye: Aboriginal Animations presents Aboriginal Australian and Aboriginal Canadian new media artists who draw on digital techniques as a part of ongoing cultural Read More
Western Desert Mob Art Centres go Troppo – Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair August 2009
Western Desert Mob members Tjanpi Desert Weavers, Tjarlirli Art and Warakurna Artists are travelling north to Darwin to participate in this year's prestigious Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair. The Art Fair Read More
Kimberley in harmony
Early in last year's dry season, abstract artist Ildiko Kovacs set out on a journey she had long yearned to make, up to Fitzroy Crossing in the far-off Kimberley. For Read More
NAKAMARRA’S ABSTRACTION: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE
A new post by Will Owen about Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri with some wonderful photographs: I remember visiting Papunya Tula Artists' Todd Street shop late in 1998, a few months after Read More
Artist “˜returns from the dead“™
The last time Keith Adams saw Nyarrapyi Giles, she was an emaciated teenage mother trying desperately to keep her two small sons alive in the Gibson Desert while teetering on Read More
Buy your ‘aboriginal art’ “” direct from Indonesia
An art wholesaler investigated for selling phoney Aboriginal artefacts imported from Indonesia has exposed the breadth of use of non-existent "pseudonyms" to cash in on the success of legitimate indigenous Read More
THOMSON TIME COMES TO MELBOURNE
Thomson Time was discovered Down South when the film, Ten Canoes revealed that in parts of Arnhemland, the period when anthropologist Donald Thomson photographed and recorded his encounters with Yolgnu Read More
In other worlds
From The Age: In the Northern Territory's imaginary landscapes, Sophie Cunningham sees anew. I realised that, despite my distance from Central Australia and the indigenous culture there, I had heard Read More