Cultural Momentum
I never thought my first live sighting of and listening to the great Chinese/American cellist and social activist, Yo-Yo-Ma would be in the great open void beneath Barangaroo Park. But Read More
Warlimpirrnga Wins Copyright Claim
The successful, if gloomy, Netflix TV series, 'After Life' in which the English actor Ricky Gervais plays a widowed man in a state of aggressively deep depression, chose “ for Read More
It’s Time for Tarnanthi
Somebody once announced It's Time, and won a famous election. Now another Somebody “ Djambawa Marawili AM “ has declared, This is the time when we should show the culture Read More
Natives Go Wild
Is the mischievously entitled 'Natives Go Wild' our first Indigenous cabaret? The Sydney Opera House's own Head of First Nations' Programming, Rhoda Roberts has written this bitter sweet entertainment and Read More
Jandamarra: Sing for the Country : Ngalanyabarra Muwayi.u
If you are in Sydney on Friday, it would be a mistake to miss out on the single performance of 'Jandamarra', the dramatic cantata telling the story of Aboriginal Australia's Read More
Impasse in Alice
Last week in the confidential part of its executive development committee, the Alice Springs Town Council, secretly voted to reject a swap offered it by the NT Government of its Read More
FIBRE ALCHEMY
From ghost net sculpture to body amour, a new fibre art survey show The Alchemists, brought together by FORM in Perth, draws together diverse contemporary weaving practice from Indigenous artists Read More
WE ARE COMING TO SEE YOU
This book is a rare treat in offering both fabulous pictures of rock art in the west Kimberley while also giving the local Gaambera, Wunambal and Dambeemangaddee peoples' understanding of Read More
Mparntwe Muddles On
A week ago, the Alice Springs Town Council rejected the NT Government proposal for a complex land swap which would build the new National Aboriginal Art Gallery on the current Read More
Fondation Opale Glows Opalescent
A follow-up to my Menil Collection story from Houston “ for my enthusiasm for America's current positivity towards Aboriginal art may have allowed me to miss the Big Story. Which Read More
‘Mapa Wiya’ (Your Map“™s Not Needed)
The Menil Collection in Houston, Texas is opening today its first major museum exhibition devoted to Australian Aboriginal art:'Mapa Wiya' (Your Map's Not Needed): Australian Aboriginal Art from the Swiss Read More
Sydney Goes Contemporary
It's that time of year again for the now-annual Sydney Contemporary art fair at Carriageworks in Sydney. Ever innovative, this year the show began early in the unlikely setting of Read More
Victorian Bonanza!
Victoria is positively buzzing with the exciting breadth of First Nations' art and craft this month. I wonder how it's all coincided? But let's start with the Bendigo show of Read More
Woven Furniture
Koskela, one of Australia's leading furniture and design brands, is presenting Ngalya, celebrating the 10th anniversary of Koskela's social impact projects working with Australia's First Nations People. Koskela has opened Read More
Funding for Indigenous Art
It's a long list but important to have on the record for anyone interested in the sheer size of the Aboriginal arts industry and the amount of public money that Read More
Movement at the Station in Alice
The Business Case for the Northern Territory's National Aboriginal Art Gallery in Alice Springs (Mparntwe) has been published by EY Consultants (aka Ernst & Young) at a cost of $224,000. Read More
THE NIGHTINGALE
As Australian audiences brace themselves for Quentin Tarantino's latest exploration of gratuitous violence, bear in mind that Australia's own dark side will be on view in cinemas from August 29th Read More
2019 Telstra NATSIAAs
The political flavour of last weekend's Garma Festival has swept across Arnhemland to Darwin and crept up in the background for this 36th iteration of Australia's major Indigenous art event. Read More
Blak Douglas Wins the Kilgour
When we interviewed Blak Douglas about his Lucky Country series being acquired by the National Gallery of Australia in 2017, we ended by asking, Where to from here? And he Read More