NAMATJIRA BOOKED
There are at least 18 books about Albert Namatjira, the Aranda artist who opened Australian eyes – and the Queen's – to the talent and potential of our First Nations Read More
It’s All Happening Elsewhere
The fruits of both philanthropy and of sheer artistic determination are currently exciting Britain and the US, with First Nations thinking strong in the first and their art overwhelming in Read More
‘First Footprints’ is/are Back
Excitement on TV this week perfectly timed for the increasingly prevalent lockdowns. The excellent 4-part TV series, 'First Footprints', by Bentley Dean and Martin Butler is being re-run on NITV Read More
Ceremony at the NGA Triennial
Senior Indigenous curator, Hetti Perkins has announced the theme and the artists for the National Gallery of Australia's fourth National Indigenous Art Triennial. This follows from 2007's 'Culture Warriors', the Read More
Tommy Lowry’s ‘Two Men’
Is this the most consequential artwork to emerge from the Australian deserts? Certainly, Tommy Lowry's Two Men Dreaming at Kuluntjarranya (1984) was hailed as “a pivotal work in the history Read More
Arone Raymond Meeks
Sadly, Cairns-based artist, Arone Meeks, originally from Cape York, died last month. He was born in 1957 and was a Kuku Midigi man who grew up in Yarrabah and El Read More
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