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
Eye-catching mural unveiled in Coffs Harbour
The artist commissioned to create a huge mural for Coffs Harbour's city centre says it is good to see it finally come together. The 19 metre piece was revealed at Read More
Stolen Gloria Petyarre Painting
By now, my painting by Gloria Petyarre (Bush Medicine Leaves 2008, International Artwork Code A15119, 200 x 150, 2062) an esteemed Australian Aboriginal artist, could be in Timbuktoo by now. Read More
Jilamara artists here to exhibit
The Grafton Regional Gallery will be holding a meet-and-greet with the artists of their latest exhibition, Prints From Jilamara, tomorrow. The artists have travelled from Milikapiti on Melville Island, 100km Read More
A collection of masterpieces
In Sydney, where the countdown to January's Sydney Festival has begun (corporate.sydneyfestival.org.au), you can still see Namatjira at the Belvoir Theatre until November 7. Written by Scott Rankin and co-directed Read More
Scheme looks to get parents, kids learning together
A not-for-profit group has launched a program to help Indigenous parents in Roma become more involved in their children's education. The Downs Industry School Co-op says the Parent and Community Read More
Dancers entertain at exhibition opening
Last Friday night more than 70 people were greeted with wine and nibblies and entertained by Aboriginal dancers at the opening of local aboriginal artist Johanna Parker's solo Indigenous art Read More
Parsons Brinckerhoff launches plan to help Indigenous communities
Engineering company Parsons Brinckerhoff earlier this month launched its reconciliation action plan at the Art Gallery of NSW among some of Australia's best indigenous art collection in the Yiribana Gallery. Read More
Indigenous revelations
At first glance it's hard to see how Destiny Deacon shares any common ground with the artists of Papunya Tula or with Ricky Maynard or Judy Watson. But Hetti Perkins, Read More