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
Great Artists, Great Stories, Limited Time
The sale of a collection of five works by the most elite of the original Papunya Masters at 15-20% discount has been extended until 25th of December 2017 (when unsold Read More
Moodoonuthi – ‘Little One’
The second generation of the acclaimed Bentinck Island artists “ famously lead by the late Sally Gabori “ is emerging with its own distinctive style. Just like Gabori, who covered Read More
20% Off until End November
A collection of seven works by the original Papunya Tula Aboriginal artists is being offered at 15-20% discount until the end of November 2017 (when the works will be removed). Read More
THE APY LANDS COME TO SYDNEY
Exciting and slightly controversial news “ artworks by artists from the ever-fruitful APY Lands in the north of South Australia will be sold directly to the Sydney public at a Read More
Entries Open for 2018 NATSIAAs
Entries are open for the 2018 NATSIAAs, now awarding $80,000 in prizes including the prestigious Telstra Award (the most outstanding work in the exhibition, $50,000) and prizes in the following Read More
The Late Mary Macha
Somehow, the Aboriginal Art Directory failed to report the death in March of a woman of great importance in the development of Aboriginal art “ Mary Macha. She grew from Read More
PAINTING COUNTRY
Most people know and happily accept that canvases by remote Aboriginal artists may look abstract but invariably involve a representation of parts of the Country that is so important to Read More
The Scholls Donate Half their Art
A massive 199 pieces of Aboriginal art are being donated from the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection in Miami to three US museums. The lucky trio are the Metropolitan Museum Read More
Death at Kintore
Papunya Tula Artists has announced the death of artist Kumantjayi (Morris) Gibson Tjapaltjarri on Saturday 7th October 2017 at the age of about 60. Kumantjayi was the eldest son of Read More
RETURN OF MUNGO MAN
The bones of Mungo Man, discovered in 1974 and studied in Canberra ever since, will return at last to Lake Mungo in far western NSW on Friday 17th November. And Read More
TARNANTHI 2017
The program has been published for the second Tarnanthi Festival in Adelaide. At the Art Gallery where Director and curator Nici Cumpston holds sway, no fewer than 189 artists are Read More
Carnivale at Bundaberg
Bundaberg, the gateway to the Southern Great Barrier Reef, will play host to a troupe of local and touring artists, acrobats, writers, filmmakers, choir singers and Indigenous designers from 6 Read More