COUNTRY COMES TO SYDNEY
After the wit, imagination and depth of traditional story-telling in Warwick Thornton's opening night film at the Sydney Film Festival, it was always going to be hard for other Indigenous Read More
Art for the Environment
The Environmental Defenders Office of the Northern Territory (EDO NT) is again holding an online Aboriginal art auction to raise funds for its important work (advising and acting for individuals, Read More
Ghost-Nets Straddle the World
There are three spin-offs from last year's exhibition, Australia: Defending the Oceans at the Heart of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art, held at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, currently Read More
THAT BIG FELLAR UP THERE
That Big Fellar..... is none other than the Southern Cross, the 5 stars that grace the sky in the Southern Hemisphere, and feature on our national flag (or flags, if Read More
Grayson Perry Going Indigenous?
Remember Grayson Perry, the out-spoken English artist who featured at the Museum of Contemporary Art in 2015 and 16 with his Hogarthian commentaries on contemporary UK life in the form Read More
Barks Bigger than Ben Hur
The bark paintings of Australia's Aboriginal North, so easily put into the shade by the brilliant acrylics of the Deserts, are coming out into the sun. As a foretaste, the Read More
Red Ochre for Ken Thaiday
The delightfully modest Ken Thaiday Snr from the Torres Strait has taken out Indigenous culture's most important award “ the 2017 Red Ochre. Selected by his peers and managed by Read More
NGA QUINQUENNIAL 2017
Oh, so many words, but so little new art that really excites! Let's start with the National Gallery's curator Tina Baum's mantra for the whole event: We defy: By existing; Read More
Leah Purcell Wins Prize for Playwriting & Book of the Year
Leah Purcell has been awarded the Nick Enright Prize for Playwrighting ($30,000) in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, and also the Book of the Year ($10,000), for The Drover's Wife. Read More
Indigenous Art Curators Off to Venice
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced that nine established Aboriginal Art Curators are taking part in an international exchange program at the 57th Biennale in Venice. Ozco's Executive Read More
Dr. Gumana, AO 1935-2016
Aboriginal Art Directory is delighted to offer this eulogy delivered at Gangan Homeland in Arnhemland on 18 January 2017 by Barbara Spencer, former Executive Officer of the Aboriginal Cultural Foundation, Read More
Blak Douglas Finds Home at the NGA
1. You already have one artwork in the National Gallery of Australia Collection, now the NGA has acquired The Lucky Country series too. I'm elated to have had the highly Read More
BRIAN ROBINSON WINS HAZELHURST WOP
On Friday, Sutherland Shire Council announced Torresian Brian Robinson from Cairns as the winner of the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2017 for his work entitled 'Land Sea Sky “ Read More
PARRTJIMA 2.0
The NT Government has announced the appointment of Rhoda Roberts AO as curator of the second annual Parrtjima “ A Festival in Light event in Alice Springs, running from Friday, Read More
2017 NATSIAAs
The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) is excited to announce that 66 artists have been selected from 300 entries to be part of the country's most Read More
Yulparitja Rugs
The Yulparitja artists of Bidyadanga near Broome have used their agency with that town's Short St Gallery to supply their art to Sydney company, Designer Rugs to produce a set Read More
THE NATIONAL
What is conjured by a title like 'The National'? For Poms, it's a horse race at Aintree; for the writers in the opening stanza's catalogue, it's an opportunity to consider Read More
CAIRNS FAIRS UP
Now in its eighth year, the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) is a celebration of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts cultures of Queensland. It's also one of the Read More
Biennale of Sydney Artists Announced
Mami Kataoka, Artistic Director of the 21st Biennale of Sydney, today revealed the first group of 21 artists selected for the Asia Pacific's leading contemporary art event. With around 70 Read More
ALL IS REVEALED IN THE WEST
The annual Revealed Exhibition this weekend in Perth features works by more than 75 new and emerging WA Aboriginal artists from 23 art centres all over the state, showcasing the Read More