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
The Auction Time of Year
Toward the end of 1991, women's Awelye ceremonies were being held in Utopia. December was overwhelmingly humid with hot northerly winds. The anticipation of rain and the ongoing ceremonial activity Read More
AUSTRALIA’S CROWN JEWELS
I've written much in recent months about the absence of progress in developing the hoped-for National Aboriginal Art Gallery in Alice Springs. And, just a few days ago, I discovered Read More
Re-imagining a museum of our First Nations
This story is re-published from The Conversation under Creative Commons license. It was written by Kieran Wong, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Monash University. Kieran Wong also consults to COX Architecture, Read More
Going Native in the Kitchen
John Newton is keen that we eat 'The Oldest Foods on Earth', ie Australian Indigenous foods, grown (sometimes cultivated), cooked and tasted here for up to 60,000 years. He's so Read More
Emu Runner
So, pretty much wherever you look these days, there's an Aboriginal film or TV series. Last year's AACT Awards hailed Warwick Thornton's 'Sweet Country' in just about all major creative Read More