Lake Bolac Eel Festival, Nerissa Major’s Local Koori Art Display
Local Koori Artist, Nerissa Major, will b having a display of her Unique Affordable Aboriginal Art, Handmade Gifts and Jewellery. Nerissa will also be having a Koori Art & Craft Read More
AUTSIDER ART IN BELARUS
Mainpage /Authors Lyapin Alexey Year of Birth: 1966 Live in: Mozyr, Belarus Genres: graphics, painting, poetry Total works: 29 Nicholas Red Lioness and the Bird of Paradise Dreams tabby Music Read More
DEATH OF IAN ABDULLA
On the morning of Saturday 29 January, at the age of 63, Aboriginal artist Ian Abdulla passed away at the Berri Hospital, South Australia after a brief battle with cancer. Read More
INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS GATHERING IN WINNIPEG
One of the largest collections of Indigenous art ever assembled is being shown at galleries throughout Winnipeg in Canada. There are around 60 pieces of art included in Close Encounters: Read More
Salt Water to Salt Contemporary: Exploring the theme of water in Indigenous Art
Curators' Exhibition Preview & Talk Symbols, Mark Making and Colour: Saturday January 22, 5pm Followed by opening drinks, 6pm Curators' Talk: Sunday January 23, 2.30pm More than 35 works from Read More
Western desert artist leaves behind record of women’s ceremony
THE art world has been shaken by the death in early January of a ''visionary'' leader of the western desert art movement. Makinti Napanangka, thought to be in her 80s, Read More
EMILY AT MOMA
It is, of course, a joy to discover that a big international contemporary art show at an institution as prestigious as the Museum of Modern Art in New York has Read More
Discovery of Living Pigments in Bradshaw rock art
The age of Bradshaw rock art (also called Gwion gwion) is uncertain but estimated by indirect methods at between 46 000 years ago, based on the time of extinction of Read More
“˜No si hijomiono“™o jabesi soré jajivo“™ (We are painting the designs of our ancestors)
ReDot Fine Art Gallery is proud to welcome a very special exhibition of barkcloth art from the Ömie artists of Mount Lamington in Oro province, Papua New Guinea. An artistically Read More
Gulumbu Yunupingu is People’s Choice in WA
The great Yolngu artist, Gulumbu Yunupingu - big sister of Manduwuy - from Yirrkala in North East Arnhem Land, has won the People's Choice Award of $5,000 in the Western Read More
LOFTY – WAMUD NAMOK
The life and work of the great Bardayal 'Lofty' Nadjamerrek is being celebrated this summer at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. One immediate challenge to the mind is Read More
Gems sparkle in Sotheby’s earnings
Mr Goodman said Sotheby's jewellery and decorative arts divisions had boosted the company's results, in the face of a difficult market for both finding buyers and consigning items for auction Read More
Alison Kelly: Drawing to a close
In the decade since Alison Kelly opened her Aboriginal art gallery, she has seen a massive increase in the general population's appreciation and understanding of indigenous art. So much of Read More
Indigenous art code launched
THREE years after a Senate committee recommended sweeping changes to end the exploitation of indigenous artists and ensure fair play in the industry, a voluntary code of conduct is finally Read More
Where Two Rivers Meet art exhibition is being held at the Studio Gallery East Gosford
FRANK Wright's mission is to educate indigenous and non-indigenous children on Australia's Aboriginal heritage through his artwork. Previously resident on the Central Coast and now living at Walgett a sister Read More
Bonhams move into Aboriginal art
CONFIRMING their intentions in the Australian market, Bonhams have launched an Aboriginal art department in Sydney. Specialists Francesca Cavazzini and Greer Adams will run the department under the aegis of Read More
Family, tradition and lore in Arnhem Land
The Marika family of Arnhem Land could be called the Boyds of the indigenous art world. Like the Boyd dynasty, they've contributed an intergenerational opus of work to the Australian Read More
Dunkeld Open Gardens and Galleries, Nerissa Major’s At Studio
Activities now available at Nerissa Major's Art Studio. Koori Art and Craft Workshop $5 pp (inc. materials) Come and create your own piece of Koori Artwork. Experience a traditional "Welcome Read More
Awe-inspiring indigenous art
A highlight of my trip to the Northern Territory in September was the Desert Mob 2010 exhibition at the Araluen Arts Centre in Alice Springs. It's an annual exhibition of Read More
Of death and mythologies
In Aboriginal art, there are two significant shows: Art and Soul at the AGNSW, with works shown in the ABC documentary of the same title, and Desert Country at the Read More