Artitja’s Utopia with Janet Holmes a Court
An exhibition of Utopian art which was opened by Janet Holmes a Court has been a great success for South Fremantle gallery, Artitja Fine Art. Gallery Director, Anna Kanaris, says Read More
SALLY GABORI RETROSPECTIVE
The fascinating career of the late Bentinck Island artist and senior Kaiadilt woman Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori (c.1924“2015) is explored in a retrospective exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery from Read More
Rohr’s Remedy
Every industry has them, those bright sparks of individual determination and courage - women who manage to champion their passion against the toughest of odds. They are pioneers of sorts, Read More
OZCO FUNDING
There's been a huge furore over the Black Friday announcement of arts-funding cuts for small and medium arts enterprises by the Australia Council. Sixty-two organisations that had previously enjoyed multi-year Read More
The Good Life in Adelaide This Week
They say good things come in 3's and at Tandanya this week that's no exception - so if you're in Adelaide or plan to be, a visit there is a Read More
Argy-Bargy in Public
We need to have argy-bargy in public, insists Rhoda Roberts, the Sydney Opera House Head of Indigenous Programming, who is celebrating the 49th anniversary of the Aboriginal Referendum in 1967 Read More
BILL HARNEY
A new exhibition opens today in the NT bringing to life a culture passing out of memory and one man's remarkable journey to share the remaining vestiges of his Wardaman Read More
DAVID PAGE
Tragedy has struck a second time for the Page clan with the death last weekend of David Page, composer, actor and autobiographer. David was the musical heartbeat of Bangarra Dance Read More
SHIFTING THE BLINDFOLD
The Black Armband thrives, it seems. Not the Black Arm Band “ which gets to play its 10th-anniversary concerts soon. Rather the school of historical study that hit the headlines Read More
Mrs Gabori’s Land of All
To celebrate the significant contribution to art of the late Kaiadilt woman, Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori (Mrs Gabori), the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) will stage Read More
Dealers v The Institutions
I recently noted that you have to go to the US these days to see considered Indigenous art shows “ all in institutions, admittedly, which seem to be taking the Read More
Skin and Bones in the Gardens
For the 32nd Kaldor Public Art Project, Sydney-based artist Jonathan Jones will present 'barrangal dyara' (skin and bones' ), marking the first Kaldor Public Art Project presented with an Australian Read More
Tiwi Design at Chan’s Art Atrium
Art Atrium, a gallery located in Bondi Junction, is known for its guests, its narrow staircase and intimate spaces. But mostly it is known on account of its owner, Simon Read More
Ngurratjuta’s Physical and Cultural Loss
Between 2013 and 2015 five senior artists from Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra (Many Hands) Art Centre in Alice Springs died. Fellow Hermannsburg artist, Gloria Pannka, says, "It's a loss which is Read More
Raft Artspace Enters Hobart with Raft South
RAFT Artspace's Dallas Gold loved Tasmania but it took a few people, including the highly-regarded Kade McDonald (ex Yirrkala), to bring RAFT South into being. We were keen to catch Read More
Joe Hockey Marks the Infinite
As interest in Aboriginal art continues to grow in the US, a new major exhibition of women Aboriginal artists is set to tour five distinguished museums beginning September 2016 - Read More
‘THE MATRIARCH OF NOONGAR ART’
The best side of regionalism is recognised in the current Bella Kelly show in Albany, on WA's far southern coast. For the Vancouver Gallery (no “ not in Vancouver, but Read More
INDIGENOUS ART GAMBLES IN MONACO
Tomorrow sees the opening of a major exhibition in the rich Principality of Monaco which will link its Oceanographic Museum “ once run by Jacques Cousteau “ with Australia's Indigenous Read More
A BIENNALE OF RINGGITJ
So “ you employ a German woman who runs a major London art institution (the Hayward Gallery, conveniently closed for restoration) to come up with an international Biennale in Sydney. Read More
CHANGE OF MIND AT NATSIAAs
I reported earlier that we wouldn't know the names of the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award judges until entries had closed on April 1st. But today the Read More