Finding puts Aborigines among art’s avant garde
ARCHAEOLOGISTS at a remote site in southwest Arnhem Land have made a discovery establishing early Australian Aborigines as among the most advanced people in human evolution. A team led by Read More
BLACKFELLA FILMS
A welcome change at the Sydney Film Festival was a special program of Indigenous films “ Australian and international. This appears to be a move out of the Opera House Read More
Mossgreen’s Sell-Out Aboriginal Art Auction
Mossgreen Auctions produced one of the best Aboriginal art auction results in recent times with their auction of Indigenous art from the collection of John W. Kluge which achieved an Read More
Aboriginal Artist Auction Records at Stellar Sotheby“™s Sale
The Sotheby's Australia June 5 Important Aboriginal Art sale held in Melbourne was further evidence that the Aboriginal art market will react with enthusiasm when they are offered top quality, Read More
Mabo adheres to the first principles of biography
THE good biographer assumes nothing, trusts no one, checks every detail but never lets a good story escape. The best are always alert for what literary critic Peter Steele once Read More
Aboriginal art regains confidence of market
A CASUAL observer of the Aboriginal art market would have been surprised this week to see two successful auctions in Melbourne. After three years of dire prognostications of imminent extinction, Read More
Exhibition cancelled after Tiwi protest
STILL reeling from having his first Australian exhibition in 12 years cancelled at the last minute, Melbourne-based artist Cameron Hayes claims he is the victim of censorship by white gatekeepers Read More
Early Papunya Boards Head Sothebys Australia Aboriginal Art Sale
Sotheby's Australia will hold their first major Aboriginal art sale for the year on Tuesday 5th June 2012 in Melbourne. The sale will consist of 105 lots with an estimate Read More
Spectacular Aboriginal Art from the Kluge Collection to be Sold by Mossgreen
Mossgreen will sell an amazing array of Aboriginal paintings from the highly prestigious collection of the late John W. Kluge at their Melbourne saleroom on Wednesday the 6th of June. Read More
‘A WONDEROUS CONTEMPORARY ART MOVEMENT’
Across the Pacific in Seattle collectors Bob Kaplan and Margaret Levi have developed a relationship with their local Seattle Art Museum (SAM) so that a 100+ artwork show opens today Read More
Aboriginal Art Highlights From Bonhams Australia May Sales
Bonhams May series of auctions held in Sydney produced some fantastic results for Aboriginal art. Although buyers were highly selective passing on many wonderful lots, there was plenty of competition Read More
Cutting-edge Aboriginal Art at Bonhams Australia May 29 Contemporary Art Sale
On the 29th of May, Bonhams Australia will auction a fantastic catalogue of art from the Fehily Collection of Contemporary Art including a number of significant contemporary Aboriginal works by Read More
Bonhams Australia May 28 Aboriginal Art Auction Features Amazing Array of Paintings and Artefacts
Bonhams Australia have thrown down the gauntlet to other auction houses with an ambitious two catalogue sale of Aboriginal art taking place in Sydney on the 28th of May. A Read More
SECOND INDIGENOUS TRIENNIAL
Why did the word 'colourless' spring to my mind when trying to sum up the National Gallery's second National Indigenous Art Triennial? I think the answer intrinsically springs from the Read More
Lives hidden in the life’s work
THE looped chains of brilliant colour, the radiating line-work, the grids and vortex patterns -- they speak of a personality, and a strong one. At last, six years after her Read More
GULUMBU YUNUPINGU 1945 – 2012
They keep trying to say that the 40 year old Aboriginal art movement is doomed by the inevitable death if its elders. But just a decade ago, no one had Read More
Aboriginal Art Auction Signals a Shift Towards Minimalism and Tradition
The market for Aboriginal art has had a tough time of late as the cautious buying activities of collectors and investors allude to a market in a state of suspended Read More
GUNYBI “SPEAKS TO ALL TIMES AND ALL PLACES“
It is time to celebrate the Yolngu artist, Gunybi Ganambarr. His selection amongst the ten remote artists who are defined as the cream, of the crop at this moment in Read More
ART FAIRS ARE GO
Both of the country's major Indigenous art fairs have announced their plans for 2012 “ and give every impression of being stronger than ever. While the Cairns Fair (CIAF “ Read More
Australian film The Sapphires screening at Cannes
THE Australian film based on the true story of an indigenous girl band singing Motown classics, The Sapphires, has been selected as part of the official selection at the upcoming Read More