I STILL CALL AUSTRALIA HOME!
No “ not a spangly sing-along with Peter Allen, or an ad for Dubai-bound Qantas. But part of the provocative title - My Country : I Still Call Australia Home Read More
50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BARK PETITION
It was a big rock that set off so many ripples, was how Leila Gurruwiwi from Yirrkala in NE Arnhemland put it on Radio National this morning. She was talking Read More
Resale Royalty Scheme Review ““ Only One Week to Go!
The Australian Government is conducting a review of the resale royalty scheme for visual artists. The review will look at: whether the scheme has achieved its objectives of providing artists Read More
WINDMILL BOY
This film is a delightful fable shot in some magical East Kimberley scenery by the masterly Geoff Simpson. And even though the film's conclusion has similarities to the glorious, gritty Read More
Dr Yunupingu Dies
Aboriginal Art News wishes to pay tribute to the late Mandawuy Yunupingu, who died in Yirrkala, NE Arnhemland on June 2nd aged 56. He had been fighting end-stage renal disease Read More
New application process for indigenous arts funding
The Australia Council for the Arts today announced a new application model for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts funding after extensive consultation with stakeholders in the sector. Australia Council Read More
Finalists announced for the $25,000 Kate Challis RAKA Award 2013
Nine artists have been selected as finalists for the prestigious Kate Challis RAKA Award, to be exhibited at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, from August 10 until November 3, Read More
Australia Council Bill approved by the Senate
The Australia Council Bill 2013 - the new governing legislation for the Australia Council - was today approved by the Senate after passing through the House of Representatives last month. Read More
Dorothy Napangardi Dead at 55
Dorothy Napangardi, who achieved a record price for the resale of her art during the resale royalty debate, died in a car accident on the weekend. She and others had Read More
Results for Sotheby’s Early Papunya Art Auction
Who logged on to Sotheby's last night to watch or bid in the live auction of Anthony & Beverly Knight's collection of early Papunya art? Predictably there were a lot Read More
The 6th Annual National Indigenous Arts Awards
The multi-talented David Gulpilil OAM has won this year's Red Ochre Award, the highest peer-assessed award for an Indigenous artist with a prize money of $50,000, presented today at the Read More
Artwork Auction to raise funds for Emily Museum
Hundreds of art lovers attended the official opening of the Emily Museum by the Hon Richard Alston on 6th May, each celebrating the genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye. The Emily Read More
Ganagan (Deep Water) on Display
Being Launched on 6 June by the Hon Heidi Victoria MP (Minister for the Arts, Women's Affairs and Consumer Affairs) is an exhibition called Ganagan, a Taungurung word meaning 'deep Read More
Almost $100,000 Awarded Through Territory Screen Grants
Filmmakers from across the Territory are set to share more than $80,000 through the latest round of Screen Territory grants to help get their projects onto the small screen. Screen Read More
SALLY GOES SOLO
Danda ngijinda dulk, danda ngijinda malaa, danda ngad - This is my Land, this is my Sea, this is who I am. That pretty much sums up the extraordinary mind Read More
THE EMILY MUSEUM
An event of national significance occurs on Monday (May 6th) with the opening of The Emily Museum in the inauspicious setting of a converted factory in a back street in Read More
SHAKE-UP IN THE DESERT
An important article appeared in The Australian a week or so ago. Almost inevitably, it was penned by Nicolas Rothwell, the paper's Darwin-based master of prose and Indigenous insight. Somehow, Read More
SELL OUT SHOW IN SHANGHAI
Waringarri artists from Kununurra returned triumphant from a recent visit to Shanghai after two successful exhibitions, including the sale of all 41 artworks taken to China, and ten days of Read More
Entries flood in to 30th NATSIAA
The 30th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award is in full swing with over 240 entries received from almost every state and territory in the country, all Read More
DESERT RIVER SEA : KIMBERLEY ART THEN & NOW
After two years of consultation, the Art Gallery of Western Australia with support from the Rio Tinto Community Investment Fund have announced the launch of a six year, $1.8million art Read More