THE TORRES STRAIT IN SYDNEY
Ken Thaiday Snr. is an artist of rare talent whose works only infrequently make their way down south. So it's all the more exciting that Sydney is getting to see Read More
ABORIGINAL ARTISTS GO MENTAL
High profile artists, including four Archibald winners, have joined forces with the ABC and have donated artworks to be auctioned online to help raise funds to boost mental health research Read More
ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES
I've just discovered a new TV series starting TONIGHT about Indigenous languages - such a key element in maintaining culture for Aboriginal people. You'll notice that a high proportion of Read More
2014 Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Prize Finalists
Digital photographs, handmade paper, sculptures, jewellery and paintings are among some of the unique works to be chosen as finalists in this year's Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Prize “ Read More
Art Adds to the Beauty of a Long Distance Walking Trail
Since reading the book, Wild: From Lost to Found Along the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed, I, like many others, have been romancing the idea of a long-distance walk. Read More
PETER BROKENSHA OAM 12/10/26 TO 24/06/14
He was a good man who did good things, assessed Bob Edwards, long-time friend, one-time employer and a partner with Peter Brokensha in early efforts to turn the nascent Aboriginal Read More
DID A BITCH WIND BLOW ABORIGINAL ART ONTO THE WORLD STAGE?
Was Cyclone Tracy a freak accident of cosmology, an epic drama involving a vengeful wind, or just a pissed off tropical storm? The insinuated anthropological terminology given to destructive natural Read More
KALDOR GOES NATIVE
The first Kaldor Public Art Project to involve an Australian artist creating art in Australia will also be John Kaldor's first Indigenous project. Sydney-based Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi identifying artist, Jonathan Jones is Read More
LOLA GREENO ““ LIVING TREASURE
The first Indigenous artist/craftsman has been recognised as a Living Treasure “ Master of Australian Craft. Tasmania's Lola Greeno joins a distinguished list of Treasures which includes potters Les Blakebrough Read More
The Martu ‘Did it Together’
Twelve large collaborative desert artworks will go on show at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art next week in a show entitled Martu Art from the Far Western Desert . The Read More
Warlayirti: The Art of Balgo
After a period in which social unrest and an emphasis on film dominated the cultural scene, the revitalisation of Balgo painting continues apace. Two different projects are under way which Read More
KLUGE GOES TO THE TORRES STRAIT
The Kluge-Ruhe Museum “ America's only permanent institution displaying Australian Aboriginal art and educating Americans about it through associations with the University of Virginia “ re-opened earlier this year after Read More
Ricardo Idagi at the Kluge-Ruhe
An exhibition of Melbourne-based Indigenous artist Ricardo Idagi's (Merium) sculptural works is underway at the Kluge-Ruhe. Gurari - Saltwater Drinker comprises 9 works made from a variety of materials - Read More
TWO CHARITY AUCTIONS
With what looks like an unfortunate coincidence of timing, two worthy Indigenous charities are holding art auctions within days of each other. Arts Law is first cab off the rank, Read More
Jenny Crompton wins Victoria’s Richest Indigenous Art Award
Bellbrae artist Jenny Crompton has taken out the State's richest Indigenous art prize, the $30,000 Deadly Art Award at the 2014 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards. Crompton, who takes much of Read More
DARWIN 2014 – The Bigger Picture
In the wash-up to the 31st National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, it seems possible that the man who lead the charge to free MAGNT (the Museum & Read More
31st NATSIAAs: TONY ALBERT DOES IT AGAIN
The three judges for this 31st NATSIAA Award all come from the south; Tina Baum from the National Gallery, Clotilde Bullen from the WA Gallery and David Broker from the Read More
LIFE IMITATES ART IMITATES ART AT SELLERS PRIZE
Announced tomorrow is the lucky winner of the $100,000 Basil Sellers Art Prize for a work or works which confront issues and themes in sport. As an enthusiastic press release Read More
TARNANTHI ““ THE NEW NAME IN FESTIVALS
South Australia's Premier Jay Weatherill has announced that the State's new Aboriginal visual arts festival will be known as Tarnanthi “ pronounced TAR-NAN-DEE - a local Kaurna word meaning 'to Read More
ABORIGINAL ART ‘COMES HOME’
A significant dinner held in Melbourne last week was a homecoming of sorts for that dominant feature of the Aboriginal art market over the past two decades “ the auction. Read More