Marginally Good News
In the shadows of the A$130 billion JobKeeper funding that emerged from Parliament on Thursday, a tiny amount of $27 million was added for the arts. $7m of that is Read More
ON & OFF IN ABORIGINAL ART
We do need an uplift at this trying time of our lives. First Nations art and its artist creators are no different. So, credits go to Dallas Gold of, as Read More
the dickens boy
In these troubled times, a good read may be almost as good as a vaccination! And the venerable 84-year old Tom Keneally has pretty much always offered a rattlin' good Read More
Arts Activism
After yesterday's hopeful example of Aboriginal artists in the East Kimberley going 'On Country' to avoid any chance of being exposed to the coronavirus, today offers a potent case of Read More
Out on Country!
I recently encouraged online art buying directly from community art centres in order to keep the Aboriginal art world from falling in a hole. Here's a splendidly positive example of Read More
Another Coronavirus Crisis
As the NT Government sensibly closes off access to remote Indigenous communities in response to the Coronavirus crisis, the foresightful academic, Jon Altman, working with Francis Markham of the ANU Read More
BIENNALE OF SYDNEY 2020
Biennales come and go and are often remarkably forgettable. Every second artist “ whatever their cultural roots “ seems to live in Berlin. The sort of globalisation that has brought Read More
LAURIE NILSEN
Laurie Nilsen, the father of the barbed-wire emu, has died on March 6th at the age of 66 from cancer after a 40 year career in art. That is currently Read More
Entries to Blake Prize Closing Soon
Time is running out to enter one of Australia's longest-running and most prestigious (and unpredictable) art prizes, the Blake Prize. Open to artists exploring the wider experience of spirituality, religion Read More
Indigenous Arts Infrastructure
A surprising article in 'The Australian' recently told me that the independent federal advisory body, Infrastructure Australia (IA) was telling the government that an investment in Indigenous art facilities was Read More
EMILY v CLIFFORD
Who will emerge from the next couple of weeks as the dominant figure “ Emily Kngwarreye or Clifford Possum? This pair of the greatest, now-dead Aboriginal artists could not have Read More
The Ephemeral and the Ineradicable
The recent reopening of the Hyde Park Barracks in central Sydney was greeted as a great Indigenous event for the 2500 square metre courtyard was transformed (briefly) by Wiradjuri artist Read More
WADJUK IN THE BLACK
There was a time when Indigenous performance was anathema to the market. Worthy, but not exactly a fun night out! Two Aboriginal festival directors “ Stephen Page in Adelaide and Read More
The Red Centre’s Festival of Light
Update: Parrtjima has been rescheduled to 11-20 September 2020, in light of the measures the Federal Government has introduced to slow down the spread of COVID-19. If you're not busy Read More
Influential Emily
It's the silly season when TV is supposed to be on endless repeat and politicians go home and leave us alone for a while. However, this year the combination of Read More
Sotheby’s NY Inaugural Aboriginal Art Auction
The first dedicated Aboriginal art auction in the US by an international auction house was held by Sotheby's in New York on December 13. The sale surpassed its high estimate Read More
Festivals in the Blak
With the ubiquity of Indigenous cultural practice today, you just can't put on a festival without it. That bold statement by the non-Indigenous Iain Grandage, newly arrived as Director of Read More
Cairns Airport Commission
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) and Cairns Airport are seeking creative submissions from Queensland's Indigenous artists to have their artworks featured prominently within the Airport's newly redeveloped T2 Domestic Terminal. Read More
KNOWLEDGE GROUND
"Dance is so ephemeral; we felt we owed it to acknowledge 30 years of dance and more than 200 alumni - dancers, designers, musicians, etc, and, above all, the cultural Read More
Daniel Boyd Shines Again
Internationally renowned architect Sir David Adjaye of Adjaye Associates and award-winning Sydney-based contemporary Aboriginal artist Daniel Boyd have been chosen to design a new public square and artwork near Circular Read More