Northern Impressions in Print
A new exhibition, Northern Impressions: a celebration of contemporary printmaking, which features mostly contemporary indigenous fine art prints, has opened at the new Chan Contemporary Art Space in Darwin. It's Read More
Big Crocs, Big Trucks and Big Magnets in Oz Read More http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/10/big-crocs-big-trucks-and-big-magnets-in-oz/#ixzz143WfTf8t
A thousand miles from any ocean, Alice Springs is the biggest outpost in the Outback. It is a major hub for Aboriginal or indigenous artists who travel from their desert Read More
Art Palm Beach“™s annual lecture series and panel discussion highlights
rom Sand Drawing to Synthetic Polymer in Aboriginal Contemporary Art, a lecture on the Aboriginal sand design that has influenced contemporary Aboriginal art, led by Dr. Margo Smith, Director and Read More
Other side art: Trevor Nickolls, a survey of paintings and drawings 1972-2007
Other side art is the first museum survey of the work of South Australian Indigenous artist, Trevor Nickolls. Known as 'the father of urban aboriginal art', Nickolls has developed his Read More
DEATH OF WEAVER JACK
In a statement from Short Street Gallery in Broome, which represented the Yulparija artists of Bidyadanga, Emily Rohr has said: "It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Read More
Arts seminar, Why Collect? presented by Helen Cole and Brian Tucker
What: Arts seminar, Why Collect? presented by Helen Cole and Brian Tucker When: 10.30am on Tuesday 26 October Where: Caloundra Regional Gallery Cost: Free This month is Collections month across Read More
FIRST AUSTRALIAN ART FOR FIRST AUSTRALIAN SAINT
Aboriginal artworks sent from Catholic missions in the north and west of Australia earlier last century are on display at the Vatican's Ethnological Museum in Rome to coincide with today's Read More
ART FOR A GREAT CAUSE
On Tuesday (19th Oct), what's being called a unique collection of contemporary Aboriginal Art will be auctioned at Sotheby¹s in Sydney in aid of the Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES). The Read More
Vatican echoes to sound of didgeridoo
The Vatican echoed to the sounds of the didgeridoo on Friday at an Aboriginal show in memory of Mary MacKillop, who is about to be named Australia's first saint. A Read More
Cultural capital war flares on new front
Some interesting developments for future Indigenous Art museums.... Premier Bligh thinks differently as far as indigenous art is concerned. In revealing early plans to The Age to build a major Read More
”Ngurra Kutju Ngurrara – Belonging to One Country”
The ReDot Fine Art Gallery is proud to welcome back the beautiful works of Australia's foremost Aboriginal art community, Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, in what will be the 7th Read More
Warakurna Artists attend the opening of the new NGA annex
Graham Nelson, one of Warakurna Artists Directors recently made the long journey to Canberra to attended the opening of the new wing of the National Gallery of Australia.
in black and white: more on the orientation of Aboriginal art
Thanks to Helen Vivian's detective work, I was fascinated to read how the London-based Frieze had reviewed Utopia: the genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, the Emily Kame Kngwarreye exhibition at Read More
Story of aboriginal art at La Fontaine
TRADITIONAL aboriginal art will come to the fore in Bahrain tomorrow night at the opening of the Songlines art exhibition at the La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art, Manama. According Read More
Art“™s new face at Canberra gallery
Ron Radford, the Director of Canberra's National Gallery of Australia, can say almost exactly when Australians and overseas visitors became interested in Aboriginal art. ˜'You can pinpoint it to the Read More
Contemporary Aboriginal Art in Holland
When I look around this country and think about the efforts of our state art galleries to excite and educate people about Aboriginal art and culture, I'd have to conclude Read More
AES PUTS INDIGENOUS EMPLOYMENT IN THE FRAME WITH ART AUCTION FUND LAUNCH
12th October 2010, Sydney Australia: A unique collection of contemporary Aboriginal Art will be auctioned at Sotheby's in Sydney on 19th October by national not for profit organisation, the Aboriginal Read More
MIRACLE ON THE CANNING
It was rumoured a couple of years ago that an anthropologist was about to make the astounding announcement that he'd traced the three Aboriginal grandparents who'd lived on the Canning Read More
art + soul – Dreams And Nightmares
art + soul, a one hour documentary series by Warwick Thornton and Hetti Perkins, is a powerful and emotionally engaging series about contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, and Read More
‘Sickening’ Aboriginal art exhibition should close: Wollongong MP
The New South Wales Member for Wollongong Noreen Hay has condemned a decision by the city's gallery to continue an exhibition of paintings which some Aboriginal groups have labelled as Read More