Is There Anything Comparable in Australia???
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is awarding US$815,000 to the University of Virginia to create a research center for the study of the indigenous art of Australia and the Americas. Read More
CULTURE v POLITICS IN SYDNEY
After all the trumpeting about the two big International Art Series shows on this summer in Sydney “ 'The Greats' from the Scottish National Galleries at AGNSW and Grayson Perry Read More
underSTATEd 2016
Opening on Monday is underSTATEd, NSW Parliament's biennial exhibition. And this year 44 works on paper are being shown - a collection which includes art by Badger Bates, Danny Eastwood, Read More
CHRISTMAS BOOKS
The spate of Aboriginal art publishing seems to have diminished just a tad this year. Which may be no bad thing for avid collectors with limited shelf space! They do Read More
TRACEY MOFFATT FOR VENICE
Photographer, film-maker and witty film montage-maker, Tracey Moffatt has been selected as the sole Australian representative for the 2017 Venice Biennale. She will be the first Indigenous-identifying artist to get Read More
GRAYSON RECANTS
¦when I see those Indigenous paintings crop up in contemporary art shows, I go: ˜Are they contemporary artists?, remarked Grayson Perry in an article published by the Sydney Morning Herald Read More
REVOLUTIONARY ENCOUNTERS
Most of the coverage you might have read or heard about the innovative 'Encounters' exhibition at the National Museum of Australia (NMA “ in Canberra) has concentrated on the issue Read More
2015: Iron Ore down, Gertie Huddleston up
It has been a year to forget for investors in BHP Billiton Ltd, one of the largest companies by value listed on the Australian stock exchange, with its revenues falling Read More
Darwin’s Chan Building to be Transformed
One of the most exciting architectural projects in the Northern Territory will be led by local firm DKJ projects.architects in partnership with the nationally acclaimed Fender Katsalidis Mirams Architects. The Read More
BANGARRA PLAYS IT AGAIN
When Humphrey Bogart in 'Casablanca' demanded that the pianist at Rick's nightclub,Play it, Sam; play 'As Time Goes By' - he never actually said, Play it again..... - he was Read More
THE VERNACULAR AT THE ASIA PACIFIC TRIENNIAL
You can spend three years planning for a massive event like the 8th Asia Pacific Triennial (APT) at QAGoMA in Brisbane, and then something small and unpredictable but remarkable happens Read More
A Murri to the Murray
Arone Meeks is in Mildura at The Art Vault, a privately funded contemporary arts facility housing three gallery spaces as well as specialist printmaking facilities. Named after the building's original Read More
Delicate Nobby Man Comes Home
On 9th November, the new Arts Minister, Sen. Mitch Fyfield welcomed the return of Aboriginal ancestral remains from the United Kingdom to the Dunghutti community of New South Wales. On Read More
Ethical collecting and Indigenous Art in Melbourne
Following from the recent discussion on ethical collecting of Indigenous art in Leichardt, Sydney, Melbourne is tackling the topic this weekend. An expert panel lead by gallerist Vivien Anderson will Read More
OVER-PRODUCTION OF ABORIGINAL ART
Art Centres need to consider regulating the number of art products that are released on to the market, critically assessing the price points of their art products, and marketing them Read More
Keeping Art in Your Super
You can keep art in your Super advises specialist art market accountant, Michael Fox, in this follow-up to his article on SMSF write-off measures - and invest in more. Here's Read More
Super Art and Write-Off Measures for SMSFs
Unless new Arts Minister in Canberra, Mitch Fifield, can be tempted to cross the Treasury/Brandis line that art is bad for super funds, the months leading up June 30th 2016 Read More
TARNANTHI TRIUMPHANT
Story is so rich in Aboriginal art; it does help to know the back-story when viewing it. Nici Cumpston, Artistic Director of the new Tarnanthi (pronounced Tar-Nan-Dee) Festival that's making Read More
Winners 2015 NSW Parliament Art Prize
Shevaun Wright, a previous finalist and 2012 winner of the UNSW Art & Design Indigneous Professional Development Award, has this year taken out the $40,000 NSW Parliament Aboriginal Art Prize Read More
DOWN TO EARTH
Featuring the work of seven artists from southern Australia, Primavera 2015 opened to the public on 22 September at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art. The artists in this year's curation Read More