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
Resale Royalty Admin Fee Increase
Copyright Agency has just announced a 5% increase in its administration fees on Resale Royalties, to take effect from 1 July 2015. This increase brings the service cost to 15%, Read More
‘EARTH AND SKY’ AT TARRAWARRA
When the eight Indigenous artists chosen for the Musee du quai Branly commission were announced in 2005, John Mawurndjul from Maningrida made a dynamic speech entirely in his Kuninjku language, Read More
THE IRREPRESSIBLE MRS B
The late Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa “ more frequently known as Mrs Bennett or Mrs B “ is the latest Aboriginal artist to receive the accolade of a Big Picture Book costing Read More
Gary Foley Awarded 2015 Red Ochre
Australia Council's 8th National Indigenous Arts Awards will be held at the Sydney Opera House. And this year, the Awards - comprising the prestigious Red Ochre, two Fellowships and the Read More
Bungaree wins top museums and galleries award
Mosman Art Gallery has won the top National Award at this year's Museums and Galleries National Awards (MAGNAs) for its contemporary Aboriginal arts project, Bungaree's Farm. The Gallery was also Read More
BRANDIS CUTS BEGIN TO BITE
This came through from the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council earlier this month: The Australia Council is hosting discussion sessions across the country about the futures for Aboriginal Read More