Alpha males abandon art sales
Dissappointing auction results reported by The Australian: ART adviser Michael Reid calls them the "alpha male business people who need to own more than they want to own". Last night's Read More
Desert masters claim place in history
Vivien Johnson's emotive book launch as reported by Nicolas Rothwell for The Australian: IT was almost four decades ago, in this harsh desert country, that the Aboriginal painting movement was Read More
Portraits from Papunya
Nicolas Rothwell reports for The Australian: ALMOST four decades ago, in the remote western desert community of Papunya, senior Aboriginal men began painting their traditional designs. Swiftly, insistently, the art Read More
Convulsions to test tribal art market
The Sydney Morning Herald reports: With world markets plunging precipitously this week despite unprecedented government handouts worldwide, you could assume quite a few collectors might be reluctant to spend serious Read More
Shield raises $84,000
Bridie Smith for The Age reports on a new sale record: A SHIELD sold at a Sydney auction last night for $84,000, setting a record price for an Aboriginal artefact Read More
Question mark over future of Indigenous art prize
ABC Online reports: The future of one of the country's richest Indigenous art prizes is being discussed at a forum in Darwin. The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Read More
Demand for Australian indigenous art steady
Radio National reported: The head of an organisation representing Indigenous artists in Central Australia says the financial crisis shouldn't stop people buying high-quality Aboriginal art. A charity auction to raise Read More
Australian Aboriginal Art
Syndicated content about the history of Australian Aboriginal Art: In 1971, Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri painted his first art work using acrylic on canvas. This was - except for a very Read More
Aboriginal Art Exhibition in Florence
The Australians, the original ones, are coming Aboriginal Australian Art has an universal theme: the Dreaming. This concept permeates Aboriginal culture, from ritual to contemporary art. The term refers to Read More
Sotheby’s Aboriginal and Oceanic art sale
Exhibition Previews Location: Kiddell Gallery, London Mon, 22 Sep 08, 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Tue, 23 Sep 08, 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Wed, 24 Sep 08, 10:00 AM Read More
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art presents Form and Function, Bondi Beach Australia
Form and Function A collection of fine 18th and 19th century Ethnographic Objects and Bark Paintings. Items that took thousands of years to perfect, are elevated, in the hands of Read More
Revealed – Emerging Artists from Western Australian’s Aboriginal Art Centres
From Thriving in the Desert: In association with the Western Australia Department of Culture and the Arts and Department Industry and Resources. Some of regional Western Australia's finest emerging Aboriginal Read More
The head of an organisation representing Indigenous artists in Central Australia says the financial crisis shouldn’t stop people buying high-quality Aboriginal art. A charity auction to raise money for health research raised more than 250-thousand Austra
Peter Fish from the Sydney Morning Herald previews tonight's Sotheby's Aboriginal and Oceanic art sale at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Monday night: With world markets plunging precipitously this Read More
The Pursuit of Portraits from a Land without People
John Ogden, who has a new show starting at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection on Tuesday, will give a lecture at the gallery at 7 p.m. Thursday. His photo exhibition, Read More
Josie Petrick Kemarre
Josie Petrick Kemarre was born at Santa Teresa Mission, c.1953. and by the time she had begun painting in 1990 she was living in the Eastern Desert region surrounding Utopia. Read More
Demand for Australian indigenous art steady
After a recent auction industry insiders have announced that demand for Aboriginal art is steady: The head of an organisation representing Indigenous artists in Central Australia says the financial crisis Read More
Art is in the heart for artist Judith
The Flinders News provides an interesting angle on Art AT The Heart: Multi-faceted Peterborough local Art Prize founder, artist, councillor, chairperson of the Regional Art Centre and Country Arts Board Read More
Art auction raises $250k for Indigenous health care
ABC Online reports: An auction of Aboriginal art in Melbourne has raised more than $250,000 for research into Indigenous health. Proceeds from the sale of the 14 artworks will go Read More
Koorie Heritage Trust 3rd Charity Aboriginal Art – post auction sale
There was great success for the Koorie Heritage Trust 3rd Charity Aboriginal Art Auction, and the post-auction sales continue. Over half the works were sold and those unsold works will Read More
Quality Aboriginal Art in Perth
The Business Spectator recommends the current Japingka Gallery exhibitions: In WA, if you want to see, and possibly buy, quality, genuine Aboriginal art, Japingka Gallery is the next best thing Read More