THE CODE ON HOLD
It's hiatus time at the Indigenous Art Code (IartC). At a time when there seem to be more debates about the artform and its marketing, the new, one-person administrator of Read More
2015 Parliament of NSW Art Prize Opens
With works as broad as handmade paper, sculpture, jewellery and paintings, it's no wonder there were a record number of entries in last year's NSW Parliament Aboriginal Art Prize. And Read More
A Minefield of Madness, Badness, and Sadness
A collaborative work between Tjanpi Desert Weavers and Fiona Hall has been included in Fiona Hall's latest exhibition, Wrong Way Time, at the new Australian Pavilion in this year's prestigious Read More
GalaBid Online Auction Supporting NT’s Environmental Defenders Office
The Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) has been defunded by the Government, and their offices are about to close. But in the Northern Territory Aboriginal artists have stepped in by donating Read More
NEW NAME AT MAGNT
A surprise announcement from the NT Government has revealed the replacement of the existing Director of the Museum & Art Gallery of the NT (MAGNT) “ Pierre Arpin “ by Read More
The Australia Council Wants You
As of today the Australia Council for the Arts will be hosting discussion sessions across the country about the future of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts - and Executive Read More
THE NEW BLACK
No, not a fashion item, but the title of a new Aboriginal musical which is building support like a rolling stone and will be playing for 2 nights this week Read More
A Riposte to Christopher Allen
Of course (my italics), it is only the cultural meanings that give the works substance and authority. What a sentence! It could only have come from my long-time professional acquaintance, Read More
‘HALF WAY BETWEEN ROTHKO AND POLLOCK’
The enthusiasm of businessman and art collector Pat Corrigan is undiminished at 82. Having made a motza out of freight forwarding, this nugget of a man has embraced art for Read More
MITZEVICH GOES BUSH
Visiting the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in the north west of South Australia in recent weeks, SA Art Gallery Director Nick Mitzevich kept asking himself how he'd feel if Read More
MAWURNDJUL REFOUND
We recently published the Chair of ANKAAA, Djambawa Marawili's cry from the heart about the essential importance of outstations to the maintenance of Aboriginal culture and art. Now, from over Read More
THE BRITS EXPERIENCE INDIGENOUS CIVILISATION
Oh, the Poms love to get in a tizz about Australian art and culture! Remember the 'Australia' show of landscapes 18 months ago at the Royal Academy “ we were Read More
CRY FOR HELP
The distressing efforts of governments “ Federal, State and Territory “ to escape their responsibilities for remote Aboriginal communities “ out-stations or homelands “ was, of course, personified by the Read More
ART MOVES IN DARWIN
The Northern Territory Government is helping to create a brand new cultural institution for Darwin, unveiling plans today for a dedicated art gallery in the city's historic Chan Building. Chief Read More
RUMINATIONS ON PROVENANCE AND AUTHENTICITY
Recently I caught one of the BBC's more interesting TV shows, Fake or Fortune. Hosted by Fiona Bruce of Antiques Roadshow fame, it traced the provenance of a possible missing Read More
NEW HIGH-TECH CONSERVATION & ATTRIBUTION CENTRE IN MELBOURNE
Jeremy Eccles interviews Prof Robyn Sloggett, Director of the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation (CCMC) at the University of Melbourne about art fakery, new technology - and her special relationship Read More
SCHOLL SHOW
In 2008, collectors Colin and Liz Laverty set out to emphasise just how comfortable they felt in moving on from admiring and buying some of Australia's most adventurous Abstract Expressionist Read More
2015 ““ YEAR OF AWARDS
If you wanted to survey the state of Indigenous art today in all its richness and variety, then a jetset snapshot national tour at the beginning of August would give Read More
WA Awards Artists Chosen
The Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards, one of the richest Indigenous arts prizes in the country, were founded in 2008 to celebrate the scope, diversity and excellence of art from Read More
BALGO AT ART ATRIUM
This was a speech I delivered at the opening of this Art Atrium exhibition in Sydney: I feel a close affinity with Balgo “ or Wirrimanu as the current location Read More