CAT AMONGST THE PIGEONS
This weekend in Sydney, two free discussions about Aboriginal art are likely to set the proverbial cat amongst the pigeons. Both are at the Opera House on Saturday and involve Read More
Tribal Trend Sparks International Hunt for Aboriginal Artefacts
Collectors and investors have been scouring auctions all over the world in the hunt for Aboriginal artefacts as a global tribal artefacts trend continues to emerge. Bonhams Australia sold a Read More
Art prize of $40k open to Aboriginal artists from NSW
THE 2012 PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES ABORIGINAL ART PRIZE IS NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES Aboriginal artists born in or living as residents of New South Wales are invited to Read More
GORDON BENNETT SOLO IN UTRECHT
In Outsider / Insider: The art of Gordon Bennett, the AAMU Museum of Contemporary Aboriginal Art will present a selection from the wide-ranging oeuvre of Gordon Bennett, who is regarded Read More
ART MARKET CHEER
As has been reported elsewhere on Aboriginal Art News, the May/June spate of auctions for Aboriginal art hit a highpoint as Mossgreen to watch auctioneer Paul Sumner sell every one Read More
British Daily Mail find Sex Angle in Rock Paintings
Here's an unsual take on the recent discovery of ancient rock art, reproduced here in full. Aboriginal erotic rock art proves that “ even 28,000 years ago “ men had Read More
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