WA Announces Art Award Finalists
The Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards, the richest Indigenous arts prize in the country since they began in 2008, today announced the 16 artists who'll fight it out for a Read More
COL LAVERTY 26/5/37 to 09/02/13
A huge hole has opened up in the Indigenous art collecting world with the death of Dr Colin Laverty OAM at the age of 75. The gentle giant who, in Read More
The Late Mrs Bennett
We reported that Mrs Bennett had passed away in January 2013 - near her ancestral rockhole at Punkilpirri, WA. That notice sparked great interest about her life and so we Read More
Hermannsburg watercolourist, Mervyn Rubuntja’s Open Studio
Watercolour landscape artist Mervyn Rubuntja will be travelling to Sydney from Alice Springs for a weekend of events in Sydney in February, which include a painting session at a local Read More
PAT CORRIGAN, COLLECTOR
In the torrent of art books with an Indigenous flavour that were published last year, one stands out for the sheer exuberance of its art “ and the quality of Read More
Obituary: Farewell to Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa (Mrs Bennett)
One of the great characters of the Kintore region, Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa's (aka Mrs Bennett) paintings were executed with the same energy, cheer and enthusiasm that she exhibited in life. Painting Read More
Grafton Regional Gallery Artist in Residence Program
Pursue your creative practice in the Clarence Valley and be paid to do it by applying for an Artist in Residence program at the Grafton Regional Gallery. Artists and curators Read More
Parisians flock to new exhibit of Australian Aboriginal art
An exhibition of the largest collection of modern Aboriginal paintings to have gone on display outside of Australia has been a major hit with art lovers in Paris. The exhibition, Read More
First Aboriginal and TSI Playwriting Festival in Sydney for 20 Years
The first Aboriginal playwriting festival in Sydney for over two decades. Yellamundie: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Playwriting Festival is a landmark writing event which will take place over Read More
CONFINED 5
The annual CONFINED exhibition opened to the public on Thursday 10th January at the St Kilda Town Hall gallery, with a celebratory launch scheduled to take place on Wednesday January Read More
Maningrida Executives Sacked, Artists Not Paid
Administrators of the Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation, put into special administration in October last year, have sacked two executives from the Maningrida Arts & Culture (part of the Bawinanga group) and Read More
thinking making
What is Art (with a capital 'A') all about when you're under 10 years old? Find out at the Gympie Regional Gallery with a fun and stimulating exhibition titled thinking Read More
The Soul of Emily Kngwarreye
It often seems to be the case that great Australian achievements need the validation of overseas approval. But the fact that 'Utopia : The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye' was Read More
A French Finale to 2012 Aboriginal Art Auctions
The last month of 2012 was relatively a relatively quiet period for the sale of Aboriginal art. There were, however, some sales worth mentioning, including Emily Kngwarreye's My Mothers Country Read More
The Emily Kame Kngwarreye Museum Gets Ready to Open
Of the many highly acclaimed superstars of the Aboriginal art movement, now 40 years old, none shine as brightly as Emily Kame Kngwarreye. Volumes have been written by academics, art Read More
An Indigenous Celebration of 40 Years of Cultural Links with China
The 40th anniversary year of Gough Whitlam establishing diplomatic links with Mao's China has just come to an end with the closure of an exhibition of Indigenous photography in Beijing. Read More
TIWI – THE BOOK
by Jennifer Isaacs, published by the wonderful Miegunyah Press at Melbourne University at $120 It's been an amazing year for Aboriginal art books “ never known a better. If only Read More
Spinifex Arts Project tours Germany in 2013
PRO COMMUNITY is an exhibition format developed and organized by Artkelch in Freiburg, Germany, that features excellent art from community based art centers in a touring exhibition in Germany. Artists Read More
Deutscher & Hackett Achieve $100,000+ for Two Aboriginal Paintings
Deutscher and Hackett's November 28 Aboriginal Art auction produced some great results with two paintings selling for more than $100,000 (including buyer's premium). The overall sale total of $671,100, which Read More
Unique Indigenous story teller awarded
Indigenous writer, poet and story teller Herb Wharton has been awarded the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature; a $50,000 award that recognises the achievements of eminent writers Read More