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
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