Saltwater Country Opens in the Netherlands
A new exhibition Saltwater Country is set to open at the Museum of Contemporary Aboriginal Art in Utrecht on January 11, showing a great diversity of art produced by sixteen Read More
2014 in Review
No one could call it a stunning year for Indigenous art - with the market delicate and the product, perhaps in response, not leaping any dramatic hurdles. No one, that Read More
Vale Peter Taylor
Kwementyaye Taylor (c 1940 - 12/2014) Watercolourist Peter Taylor has died in a car accident. Peter Taylor was born into a large family at Oodnadatta in South Australia. His father Read More
A Lycett for Christmas
A delightful project has emerged from the National Library in Canberra and the University of Newcastle's Wollotuka Institute of Aboriginal Studies. True Light and Shade takes the early 19th Century Read More
THE CODE REFRESHED
The recent AGM of the Indigenous Art Code has been singularly unreported by mainstream press. Thank heavens for the specialists like AAD! For we can report a new CEO to Read More
TRACEY MOFFATT IS SPIRITED
When I first arrived in Australia, an early writing commission was to preview the expat playwright Ray Matthew's wonderful outback play, 'Spring Song'. It captured country values and setting perfectly Read More
DOOM & GLOOM??
The Australian newspaper's galumphing headline writers had a field-day last Friday with their ultra-bold claim: 'Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi's demise echoes the fate of Aboriginal art'. The obituary continued in the Read More
THE KIMBERLEY ONLINE
Desert River Sea: Kimberley Art Then & Now has gone live online at last after a mighty development saga. It's been developed in two phases over 6 years by the Read More
Ups and Downs Amongst the Art Centres
The thriving art centre at Blackstone in WA hard by the SA/NT borders has been devastated by a fire that caused irreparable damage to its archival collection and all of Read More
Christmas Cheer in Rozelle this Sunday
Head along to Rozelle this Sunday to experience some early Christmas Cheer when the Pormpuraaw Arts and Culture Centre artists and Art Centre Manager visit the Tali Gallery. All the Read More
Waringarri Begins Casting…in White Aluminium
Waringarri artists, commissioned by Wesfarmers for its official centenary gift, have cast a collection of carved boab nuts in white aluminium. And so impressive is the result that today this Read More
Angry Auction House Cancels its IartC Membership
Speculation regarding the authenticity of Aboriginal artworks being offered for sale by Arthouse Auctions has been a point of discussion within the industry for at least a year, and throughout Read More
REACHING FOR THE STARS IN WA
A collaborative exhibition by artists from Australia and South Africa, exploring the skies as seen through the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope project, is currently on at Curtin University's Read More
Boneta-Marie Mabo Is The People“™s Choice
Sydney artist Boneta-Marie Mabo has been voted the People's Choice Award winner at the end of this year's 31st Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Museum and Read More
MICHAEL BRAND GOES OUT ON A LIMB
There have been some pretty controversial decisions made since Michael Brand took over the Directorship of the Art Gallery of NSW more than a year ago. Many a senior curator Read More
WHITLAM MALIGNED BY FAIRFAX
A great wrong has been done to both history and Gough Whitlam's memory by the Fairfax press. Their splendid supplement on Wednesday to commemorate the passing of that great mover Read More
EVERWHEN EVERYWHERE
The Queensland Art Gallery │Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) has unveiled a new permanent display of Indigenous Australian art: ˜Everywhen Everywhere', which opened last Saturday, 18 October. QAGOMA Director Chris Read More
TWO SENIOR ARTISTS LOST TO US
In recent weeks at Yuendumu in the Central Desert and at Amata in the APY Lands, marvellous artists have died. Here are their official life stories: Shorty Jangala Robertson was Read More
NICOLE FORESHEW WINS 2014 NSW PARLIAMENT ABORIGINAL ART PRIZE
Nicole Foreshew, a Sydney-based Aboriginal artist, has taken out the 2014 Parliament of New South Wales Aboriginal Art Prize - announced at the awards ceremony held at Parliament House overnight. Read More
2014 Redland Art Prize Goes to Margaret Loy Pula
Margaret Loy Pula wins another - this time with the 2014 Redland Art Award for her artwork, Anatye (Bush Potato), selected from 250 entries and 49 finalists. Margaret Loy Pula Read More