DR J.N.GUMBULA
Joseph Neparrnga Gumbula was a generous man. And coming from an influential family “ his father, Tom Djawa's art is held in collections around the world - it was inevitable Read More
PUTUPARRI AND THE RAINMAKERS
The documentary is an astonishing ten-year labour of love by film-maker Nicole Ma, documenting the fragile line by which endangered Indigenous cultures are passed from one generation to the next. Read More
SALTWATER IN ISTANBUL
Prominent Indigenous artists and culturally significant artworks are currently taking part in the 14th Istanbul Biennial, one of the most prestigious biennials on the visual arts calendar, which opened last Read More
A MESSAGE FOR MALCOLM?
This chair is a special chair. This chair tells a story. We the women of the Ngannyatjarra Lands invite the Government people to come here and to sit down with Read More
Question of Ethics
Leichhardt Council is about to host a panel discussion on ethical trade of Aboriginal art. It comes after a pop-up auction house offering Aboriginal art with questions around provenance (reported Read More
TOO MANY FAIRS?
Is it four or is it five art fairs opening in Sydney this week? It seems they have a tendency to multiply; for Sydney Contemporary 13, two years ago, pioneered Read More
HISTORY TO BE MADE THIS WEEKEND
With the annual Desert Mob show and fair happening this weekend in Alice Springs, many will also be dashing up the Tanami Track to Yuendumu on Sunday to be present Read More
LOTS HAPPENING
So much news to share with you, I'm having to collate it all into a single story: 1. The Istanbul Biennial is about to hit the headlines as Sydney's last Read More
Details of Exciting New Tarnanthi Festival
More than 300 artists from across Australia will showcase work in TARNANTHI (pronounced TAR-nan-dee), the inaugural Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, right across Adelaide from 8 Read More
“ABORIGINAL POINT OF VIEW“ IN LONDON.
It is a display that is objective and intelligent enough to recognise the gulfs in understanding between Europe and Australia, not as something to be vainly bridged by an apologist, Read More
DARWIN ““ THE BIGGER PICTURE
This is how I began my first, impressionistic report from the Telstra Prizes last week: Bold' was the word that kept springing to mind as I viewed the 2015 National Read More
Victorian Indigenous Art Awards 2015
Glenda Nicholls has been awarded the $30k Deady Art Award for her woven scuptural work, A Woman's Rite of Passage. Glenda is the granddaughter of the late Sir Doug Nicholls, Read More
32ND NATSIAAS
'Bold' was the word that kept springing to mind as I viewed the 2015 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (the NATSIAAs) in Darwin and considered the winners Read More
Thancoupie“™s Bursary and CIAF 2015
On 28th July the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair hosted a magical breakfast in honour of Thancoupie, the beloved elder artist from Cape York who had passed away in 2011. As Read More
LESS THAN 24 HOURS TO GO!
For $500 or more you could earn yourself an original water-colour from Hermannsberg and help to complete a documentary film about that school of painting, about the life of its Read More
The Mural Project
Zhou Xiaoping is a Melbourne-based artist who learnt the technique of traditional brush painting under the tutelage of a great master while growing up in the Anhui province of China. Read More
The Wonderful World of Wayne Quilliam
Wayne Quilliam is described as one of Australia's pre-eminent Indigenous photographic artists, curators and cultural advisors working on the international scene. But to be a little more specific, he has Read More
BLAK WIT IN THE WEST
The differences between the two major Indigenous art prizes in Australia “ the NATSIAAs in Darwin and the WA Indigenous Art Awards in Perth “ may be widening. While this Read More
TELSTRAS CHARGE ON
The recent release of the 65 names that will be adjudged next month for the six National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art awards “ the NATSIAAs “ conceal some Read More
Master of Art, Humour & Political Insight
2015 Archibald finalist Adam (aka Black Douglas) Hill has talked about the subject of his entry, Smoke and mirrors Uncle Max Eulo as having, "...etched his way into modern Sydney Read More