THE LOCKHART BRAND IS BUOYED UP
I've been a fan of the artists from Lockhart River on Cape York for almost 20 years now “ ever since a bunch of giggling girls appeared at the International Read More
THE WYNNE’S A WINNER AGAIN
It's been a process that's built and built over 3 years. For this year, the prestigious Wynne Prize of $50,000, offered annually since 1897 by the Art Gallery of NSW Read More
NATSIAA FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) is delighted to announce 67 works have been selected from 308 entries to be part of the country's most prestigious Read More
Lynch v Crees in the Race to Develop a National Aboriginal Art Gallery
Things are moving at breakneck speed in the competitive arena of National Aboriginal Art Galleries! Both the NT and South Australia are holding nothing back in selecting sites, on their Read More
Siena Stubbs’ Yirrkala Birds
Young photographer, Siena Ganambarr Stubbs, has published a book featuring photographs that she has taken of birds in the North-east Arnhem Land region of Australia. It is called Our Birds. Read More
Grants – Closing Soon
Get your skates on - here's some ripper grants being offered to individuals and small businesses by fantastic companies and organisations, all with fast-approaching deadlines. Indigenous Languages & Arts Grants Read More
ENGLAND’S EMILY?
Poor old Emily.....first there was the Qantas plane named after her with an artwork that didn't look like her's, and now Damien Hirst. Much puffing and blowing has occurred since Read More
THE SONGKEEPERS
Weird coincidences abound, don't they? On the day that I saw a preview of the delicious documentary, 'The Songkeepers' about the (mainly) women's choirs that are a key part of Read More
ON GADI COUNTRY
In an extraordinary first “ extraordinary because it's the first time in 180-odd years that the Australian Museum in Sydney has taken the opportunity to celebrate the local Gadigal culture Read More
SPECIAL REQUEST
Wiradjuri artist Jonathan Jones is working on a project for this year's Asia Pacific Triennial which requires a lot of feathers “ native bird feathers. It's all about understanding the Read More
Competing National Aboriginal Art Galleries
It is well recognised that a National Centre for Aboriginal Arts and Culture is long overdue. The absence of a national gallery for Aboriginal Australia's cultural and artistic heritage is Read More
Gapu-Monuk ““ Saltwater Barks
Probably the finest exhibition of Aboriginal art on in Sydney currently is at an unlikely venue “ the National Maritime Museum on Darling Harbour. The barks and other artworks on Read More
SONGLINES SYMPOSIUM
Details have just been released of the Symposium which will bring to an end the important 'Songlines : Tracking the Seven Sisters' exhibition at the National Museum in Canberra. Here's Read More
EMILY TRADUCED
Qantas has revealed images of its fifth jet-liner featuring a special Indigenous livery in the paint-shop at Boeing's Everett facility just outside Seattle. The airline says the new livery is Read More
SONGLINES ““ TRACKING THE SEVEN SISTERS
Back a'while, Banjo Paterson saw the outback as a land half-made.....Far to the Northward there lies a land, A great grey chaos -- a land half made, Where endless space Read More
Dennis Nona Emerges in Hobart
After a number of years behind bars in Canberra for sex crimes committed when he was a student, and much discussion about the removal of his art from public display Read More
Discover the Outback – Departing March
Discover the outback in a 4x4 guided tour and go beyond the beaten track, as well as visit some of Central Australia's most recognised Aboriginal art centres - Ikuntji, Warlukurlangu, Read More
