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
Canada’s First People First
I first seriously became aware of Canada's Aboriginal people in 2010 when my daily Google feed of online mentions for Aboriginal art started to trend towards almost 50% Canadian content. Read More
MISSION SONGS PROJECT
The Sydney Festival kicked off with two Torres Strait Islander tributes “ Jimi Bani's autobiography at Belvoir (which I've missed) and Jessie Lloyd's on-going 'Mission Songs' project to collect the Read More
SWEET COUNTRY
Oh boy, has Warwick Thornton set us a series of virtually unanswerable ethical questions in his latest film as director and cinematographer! 'Sweet Country', his successor in terms of its Read More
The UN comes to Sydney Airport
Sydney Airport and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) this week announced that Toowoomba-born Kamilaroi artist Archie Moore has been selected to realise a major work of contemporary art Read More
CHRISTMAS GOODIES
If you're looking for that last minute Christmas present to grace your loved ones' coffee tables for 2018, look no further than Jacquie McPhee's self-published book about her collection under Read More
TOMMY WATSON
It's been confirmed that the 82 year-old Tommy Yannima Watson has died in Alice Springs. The old man produced scores of glorious paintings reflecting an extraordinary ability to abstract his Read More
BARBARA AND THE CAMP DOGS
It sounds like a rock group. It is an all-girl rock group, that just happens to be lead by the Kunwinjku/Yugoslav actor Ursula Yovich “ an 'Aboriginal' actor who has Read More
ONES COUNTRY – BANGARRA DANCE
The art of telling stories via dance is an imprecise one. In classical ballet there are usually familiar stories supported by emotional music and a set repertoire of gestures with Read More