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
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