Stolen paintings dumped in park
Lindsay Murdoch of the Age reports that the seven Aboriginal paintings worth hundreds of thousands of dollars have been found dumped under a tree near where they were stolen from Read More
Stolen museum paintings found
The Herald Sun reports that seven valuable Aboriginal paintings stolen from a Darwin museum have been recovered undamaged and a man arrested.
Aboriginal paintings recovered
ABC online reports that the seven artworks have now been recoved. Quoted from the report: Assistant Police Commissioner Graeme Kelly says all seven works were recovered just before midday. A Read More
Aboriginal art stolen from Australian gallery
A Reuters India report about the overnight theft of Aboriginal artworks from the Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery. Quoted from the article: Gallery director Anna Malgorzewicz said the stolen Read More
Blood dots a clue to Aboriginal painting heist
Another article about the stolen paintings. Quoted from the article that appeared on the West Australian online. Dots of blood could help police catch two thieves who stole seven Aboriginal Read More
‘Priceless’ artworks stolen from NT museum
Seven paintings have been stolen from the Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery. Quoted from the article: Darwin Police are investigating the theft of seven Aboriginal paintings from the Northern Read More
A just program for Indigenous employment
An article in the Green Left about Aboriginal art and the changes to the CDEP program in the Northern Territory. Quoted from the article: The long-term CDEP support for Aboriginal Read More
Authenticity
A blog post from Kimberley Christen about Warakurna Artists and authenticity.
Fresh as a daisy, bar a pretentious minx
An article in the Sydney Morning Herald that discusses an exhibition of painted bark cloths of the Omie people in Papua New Guinea's remote Oro province, and the similarities in Read More
There’s magic in these spectacular works
An article in the Sydney Morning Herald about Annadale Galleries that mentions their success with Arnhem Land art.
Emily’s Country
The Emily Kngwarreye show has been very popular in Japan, as Akino Yoshihara writes: An Aborigine community in the boundless red desert of central Australia nurtured a gifted artist who Read More
Samantha Hobson – Ngayu Aalmana Ngaachi Ngatangku – Growing up with Cuontry
Samantha Hobson was born in 1981 at Lockhart River, Cape York, the northern most settlement of Eastern Australia. She began painting with the Lockhart River Art Gang at the age Read More
What’s the proper way to buy Aboriginal art?
There was a time when it seemed easy to answer the frequently asked question: What's the proper way to buy Aboriginal art? There are many ways to buy Aboriginal Art, Read More
AboriginalArtDirect #2
In this edition of AboriginalArtDirect Jeremy Eccles examines how you buy your art and key moral questions facing every buyer in the Aboriginal art market. We also highlight the latest Read More
What is Authentic Aboriginal Art & Provenance?
New post by Edwina Circuitt about Western Desert Mob and Aboriginal authenticity and provenance.
Hieronymous the Anonymous
An interesting post about Aboriginal art and its impact from Hieronymous the Anonymous. The article is about the writer walking around a gallery and describing the colours and the art. Read More
Aboriginal art
Article about Aboriginal Art in Express India. Quoted from the article: The individual character of Aboriginal art lies in its depiction of the Western Desert region of Australia, its social Read More
Des Art in the Park
Des Art in the park was held a couple of nights ago in the Alice Springs Desert Park. Like always it seems to have been a great success. Quoted from Read More
Record prices for Aboriginal art
Information about a recent Aboriginal art auction from Lawson-Menzies. Quoted from the article: Some 120 works went under the hammer tonight for the Lawson-Menzies auction, many of which were post-1980 Read More