WHAT BLOODY MAN IS THAT?
To be honest, I thought I was going to hate this show “ being greeted by a hearty drag queen, his language ripe and his ear-rings glittering. This act continued Read More
1967 CELEBRATION
As mentioned in my commentary on Vernon Ah Kee's 'Not an Animal or a Plant' exhibition, this year's Sydney Festival is taking early advantage of the 50th anniversary of the Read More
THE SEASON
Readers of the Aboriginal Art Directory should be familiar with the evocative photos of Ricky Maynard, the Tasmanian Aboriginal who introduced us to the world of Birding “ the annual Read More
ART & POLITICS
Two major art exhibitions have opened in Sydney “ one by a Western art-trained Aboriginal artist and one by an untrained Sri Lankan-born criminal “ and both turn for their Read More
Fate of AAMU and its Collection
The Aboriginal Art Directory has had an opportunity to interview Dr Georges Petitjean, AAMU Curator. Our first question to him was, what will happen to the AAMU Permanent Collection? GP: Read More
National Gallery’s Quinquennial Announced
On 5th December, the National Gallery of Australia quietly announced its program for 2017 “ so quietly that I (and, I suspect, most other journalists) totally failed to notice the Read More
Utrecht’s AAMU to Close
The only museum in Europe to focus exclusively on contemporary Australian Aboriginal art will close mid-2017 as its private funding comes to an end. Utrecht's AAMU Museum of Contemporary Aboriginal Read More
Nuclear Dating for Rock Art
A new technique, developed at ANSTO's Centre for Accelerator Science, has made it possible to produce some of the first reliable radiocarbon dates for Australian rock art in a study Read More
Melbourne Does Indigenous
Overnight, Melbourne is the centre of the Australian Indigenous universe with two substantial shows opening today - one of them a first-ever appearance of Aboriginal art at the defiantly non-Indigenous Read More
Lost Namarari Found after 35 years
A 44-year-old painting by Papunya Tula pioneer Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri that was presumed missing after many years of searching has been discovered in the most unexpected of places. With an Read More
STARS THAT HAVE PASSED
The brilliance of the art of the APY (Anangu Pitjanjatjara Yankunyjatjara) Lands has been obvious to people like me lucky enough to travel widely through the Aboriginal art world since Read More
A WINTER OF NEW AWARDS
Entries open today for the 2017 34th Telstra NATSIAAs. And 2017 offers opportunities to a new generation of artists with the creation of two NEW categories in the Awards. Entries Read More
Going Tiwi in Adelaide
There's still time to attend Adelaide's Spirit Festival Presents and experience a world of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Spirit through original fashion, dance, music, visual art, creative workshops Read More
Nyilpirr Spider Snell
Artist, dancer, teacher, and latterly, film-star, Nyilpirr Spider Snell has died in Fitzroy Crossing, the Kimberley town he settled in after a desert birth and a working life as a Read More
TARNANTHI returns
BHP Billiton, the State Government of South Australia and Art Gallery of South Australia will today announce a truly impressive $17.54 million partnership to present the TARNANTHI Festival of Contemporary Read More
MILINGIMBI MEMORIES
In August, I wrote about the ceremonial makarrata that was held on the Crocodile Island of Milingimbi, off Arnhemland that bound the 53 signatories to its final agreement to make Read More
Canning Stock Route On the Move
Renowned Indigenous artists are visiting Japan for two festival days this month, celebrating the opening of the National Museum of Australia's One Road: Aboriginal Art from Australia's Deserts exhibition in Read More
Nganampa Kililpil: Our Stars in Gymea
A major new Aboriginal art exhibition featuring 50 new and commissioned works from across the vast APY Lands of South Australia will open at the Hazelhurst Regional Gallery in Sydney's Read More
WAITING FOR ALLIGATOR
A play less like Samuel Beckett's could hardly be imagined. But like 'Godot', we do spend a good part of 'The Drover's Wife' waiting for, but never meeting Alligator, the Read More
CLINTON NAIN : PASSIVE – AGGRESSIVE DREAM
Clinton Nain is a shape-shifter. Predictability isn't something you should expect from an artist who has been identified closely with the Torres Strait despite being born in Melbourne of mixed Read More