INDIGENOUS FESTIVALS GALORE
For a while, it seemed that Rhoda Roberts' pioneering efforts to establish the validity of the Indigenous arts via her wonderful Dreaming Festival in 1997 in the lead up to Read More
Indigenous Leaders appointed to Indigenous Art Code Board
The Indigenous Art Code (IartC), the industry code set up to promote integrity, transparency and accountability in dealing with Indigenous art, has announced the appointment of several arts leaders from Read More
WARMUN ALL OVER
Suddenly the artists of Warmun in the East Kimberley are all over the place. With wins for Mabel Juli at the RAKAs in Melbourne and Churchill Cann at the WA Read More
Telstra acknowledges Land Rights across Australia
In recognition of its commitment to reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Telstra has rolled out a commissioned Indigenous artwork across its 365 national retail stores and 88 Read More
35 ARTISTS VYING FOR AUSTRALIA’S RICHEST ABORIGINAL ART PRIZE
Digital photographs, handmade paper, embossed prints, wooden sculptures and illustrated animal skins are among some of the unique works to be chosen as finalists in this year's Parliament of NSW Read More
THE GANTNER COLLECTION
Carrillo and Ziyin Gantner are fortunate people in having a) taste and great enthusiasm to collect Indigenous art and b) enough money to do things like flying around remote Aboriginal Read More
Gulpilil takes out the $50,000 Red Ochre Award
Presented since 1993, the Red Ochre Award acknowledges the outstanding contribution of an artist to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander world at national and international levels. It was presented Read More
THE COLOURS OF BENETTON GO ABORIGINAL
The Venice Biennale may have passed from the headlines, but it's still running. And, just as the Film Festival is poised to pack Venice out once again, Luciano Benetton, the Read More
WA AWARDS SPRING A SURPRISE
Oh Boy, they must be crowing in Queensland! In Perth, a Queenslander took out the Big One “ actually, the country's biggest Indigenous art award of $50,000; and behind him Read More
AND NOW FOR THE RAKAS
Sometimes the right result emerges from the strangest circumstances. Melbourne's Kate Challis RAKA Awards at the Ian Potter Museum of Melbourne University were the creation of the art historian Bernard Read More
Winner announced for the $25,000 Kate Challis RAKA Award 2013
One of Australia's most cherished Indigenous artists, Mabel Juli, has won the $25,000 Kate Challis RAKA Award 2013 for her refined, minimal painting Garnkeny Ngarranggarni (Moon Dreaming). A respected Gija Read More
NATSIAAS REFRESHED
The leaders of both of the main groupings of remote Aboriginal art centres have spoken out recently about the gulf between Indigenous and urban Australia. Philip Watkins, CEO of Desart, Read More
THAT TIME OF THE YEAR
It's that time of the year! Just as the footy tends to deliver adrenaline-sodden drama throughout September, Indigenous art has somehow chosen August as the month when an inherently uncompetitive, Read More
THE SONG PEOPLE OF ARNHEMLAND
Great things happen when people discard their egos and return to their roots. A mob called Barkly Regional Arts based in Tennant Creek has now completed two projects taking well-known Read More
THE ABORIGINAL JOURNEY CONTINUES
After the marvels of the first two episodes, the ABC's 'First Footprints' makes slightly less impact in bringing Australia up to date through the last 6/7000 years. There are simply Read More
PIONEERING YUENDUMU
The foundation myth is simple: Aboriginal art as we know it today “ acrylic painting on canvas - emerged from Papunya in 1971/2. But now the question is being asked Read More
For the Sake of a Song
As part of this book review we have been given permission to include a couple of the recordings from the accompanying CDs. We think you will love them. WANGGA SONGMEN, Read More
HEARTLAND IN SA
As South Australia lead the cultural way in the 70s when Don Dunstan emerged as the first Aussie politician to recognise the value of the arts to the soul and Read More
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNIE
The power of TV to educate and change minds is nowhere more apparent than in the new 4-part ABC TV series beginning on Sunday night. 'First Footsteps' will, hopefully achieve Read More
Vincent Serico
The current QAGoMA exhibition, 'My Country : I Still Call Australia Home' has alerted me to the work of the late Vincent Serico, whose painting, Carnarvon Collision (2006) reflects a Read More