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
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