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
Controversy in Newcastle
Blak Douglas and Adam Geczy are teaming up again for an exhibition at The Lock Up Gallery in Newcastle called The Most Gaoled Race on Earth. And it comes with Read More
Imagined Cultures
39 Oceana objects that Indigenous peoples lived with and used between 1830 and 1950 will go on show at the Bard Graduate Centre Gallery in New York later this month Read More
2016 NATSIAAs
It's that time again “ time for Indigenous artists to enter the biggest prize of them all. Here's the official announcement: "Australia's longest running and most prestigious Indigenous art award Read More
47,000 Years of Aboriginal Genomics
The first complete sequences of the Y chromosomes of Aboriginal Australian men have revealed a deep indigenous genetic history tracing all the way back to the initial settlement of the Read More
ONE BILLION BEATS
Romaine Moreton is a poet “ her mastery of the English language (rather than her tribal Quandamooka and Bundjalung languages) is unquestioned. And she has a PhD to prove it. Read More
THE PASSING OF TWO GREAT LADIES
In recent days, the Australian art world has lost both Jukuja Dolly Snell from Fitzroy Crossing and Jarran Jan Billycan from Bidydanga “ two women from deep in the deserts Read More
ALL OVER THE U.S.
Why is it so.....that there are more, and more considered exhibitions of Aboriginal art currently on in America than here in Australia? The recent pattern there of solid shows of Read More
Art Mob’s Top 20 from 2015
We don't often examine the commercial side of Aboriginal art-making much on AAD. So the initiative of Euan Hills of Hobart's Art Mob in totalling up his sales for 2015, Read More
Aboriginal Artworks Go Missing
Several Aboriginal artworks have been taken from a private home in Fremantle WA during the last week, part of a larger haul including international works. We have also recently received Read More
AUSTRALIA DAY HONOURS
Aboriginal Art Directory is delighted to congratulate the following people, long involved in the world of Aboriginal art, on their Honours - awarded on 26th January 2016. Sadly, no painters Read More
Top Job in Aboriginal Art
Senior Resource & Development Officer (Program Manager) Leadership Role in the Aboriginal Art Sector Founded in 1987, The Association of Northern Kimberley and Arnhem Aboriginal Artists (ANKAAA) is a leading Read More
TIWI + JAZZ REVIEW
A wonderfully warm (well, hot actually) performance in the Spiegeltent as part of the Sydney Festival brought about the unlikely combo of a Sydney jazz band and a number of Read More
Indigenous artists encouraged to enter art award
With the first-ever win by an Aboriginal artist “ 65-year-old Ben Ward from Kunnunurra, WA “ of the $10,000 John Fries Award last year, the organisers are keen to receive Read More
‘CUT THE SKY’ REVIEW
In its latest work for the Sydney Festival, the Broome-based dance theatre, Marrugeku continues with the theme of diminishing optimism for Aborigines in The Kimberley that started with their work, Read More