ARTITJA: THE GIFT COLLECTION ““ ART + OBJECTS: small and affordable 2010
Fine art, fibre and wooden sculptures, textiles and jewellery from over 20 of Australia's top and emerging Indigenous artists will be the feature of Artitja Fine Art's final show for Read More
ABORIGINAL ART IN COLOGNE
The Museum Ludwig in Cologne has opened a significant exhibition of Australian art in a series which has included important Western artists such as Gerhard Richter in 2008 and Christopher Read More
Victorian Indigenous Art Awards
The Final Countdown - Deadline for Entries Tomorrow Are we all feeling it? The deadline looming so, so close. Not to worry, we all have up to 5pm Friday 26 Read More
Country, memory and art: Understanding Indigneous art
Anthropologists Howard Morphy and John Carty, and senior curator Mike Pickering, will discuss Indigenous art from the Western Desert and Arnhem Land, and how art from both regions reflects concepts Read More
MOLLIE GOWING’S LASTING LEGACY
Edmund Capon, Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales today announced that Mollie Gowing, a great supporter of the Gallery and of Indigenous art in particular has left Read More
THE DESERT COMES TO ADELAIDE
The Art Gallery of SA has organised its second big exhibition of Aboriginal art from the Desert, showing until the end of January and accompanied by a big catalogue. It's Read More
Cowichan International Aboriginal Film Festival
Cowichan International Aboriginal Film Festival 2011 Immerse yourself in the worlds of the people of the land in this sharing of aboriginal culture, teachings and realities through film, art, song, Read More
ReDot Fine Art Gallery Annual Stockroom Christmas Show 2010
Come and join us at ReDot Fine Art Gallery for some mulled wine and festive cheer as we celebrate the holiday season and the opening of our annual Stockroom exhibition Read More
ONCE UPON A TIME IN PAPUNYA
How to tackle this intimately informed, radically revisionist but ultimately frustrating tale of the art movement that did more than anything to change Australia's views about its indigenous people and Read More
Three days in the southern Tanami ““ a photo-essay
Not an article about Aboriginal art, but this is the magic of our amazing country that you can see when visiting remote communities in Central Australia.
From Cubawee to Coraki
Marie Florence began painting at 50 and as an Aboriginal artist, felt that she had to use traditional colours. She decided that she wanted to break with tradition and experimenting Read More
Nominations Now Open Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards 2011
The Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards is a national award founded in 2008 to celebrate the breadth, diversity and excellence of art from all corners of Indigenous Australia. The awards Read More
A New Sentimental Art Market Era Pt. 3
If you want some further examples of the sentimental and nostalgic direction that the art market is beginning to take then I shall provide you with two more. The first Read More
Cobra and Aboriginal art brought together in Breaking with Tradition
BREAKING WITH TRADITION: Cobra and Aboriginal art explores the influence of the ideas of the European avant-garde movement Cobra on the development of contemporary Aboriginal art. Work by Paji Honeychild Read More
Contrast of a harsh beauty
Marie Florence won the Aboriginal Art Prize at the Coraki Art Prize with a work titled Restriction = Loss of Freedom. She explained to me that it was about the Read More
Outback art in Parliament
Works by local artist Peter Brown are part of the Outback Art Exhibition at Parliament House. Nationals member for Murray-Darling John Williams along with Barwon MP Kevin Humphries are presenting Read More
ABC fails to strike out defamation case
A defamation claim by an Aboriginal art dealer against the Australian Broadcasting Corporation is to proceed in the Northern Territory Supreme Court. The Supreme Court in Alice Springs has denied Read More
Out of the desert great artists come
Aboriginal art has travelled a long way since the early days at Papunya in the 1970s. Painting about his culture and country, and in an uncharacteristic pink, senior law man Read More
art + soul
art + soul An "insider's" view of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and artists. Charismatic curator Hetti Perkins takes us on a journey of ideas and the imagination Read More
LANEWAY COMMISSIONS 2011 AN INDIGENOUS PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITY
Dear Indigenous Artist, INVITATION TO A BRIEFING FOR THE LANEWAY COMMISSIONS 2011 AN INDIGENOUS PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITY The Laneway Commissions are: an annual season of temporary artworks in the public Read More