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
2011 VICTORIAN INDIGENOUS ART AWARDS OPEN
From the Minister for the Arts Monday, 11 October 2010 Entries are now open for the 2011 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards (VIAA), the State's premiere celebration of our Indigenous visual Read More
New Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art galleries
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have existed on the continent of Australia for tens of thousands of years. Their art and traditions are among the oldest and richest in Read More
Indigenous artists finding a steady income
An arts manager in South Australia's far north-west Aboriginal lands says a record number of artists are working on the lands. Skye O'Meara from Tjala Arts in the APY Lands Read More
The spirit wakes anew
BINDI Cole's first response when she was invited to curate an exhibition for the Melbourne International Arts Festival was one of relative calm. The 35-year-old Melbourne-based artist, who last year Read More
Keeping Place collection seeks a permanent home
Keeping Place consists of 1500 artworks plus artefacts and photographs collected over 40 years by Aboriginal artist and activist Gordon Syron and his wife Elaine. The collection had been housed Read More
Landmark space embodies soul of the nation
Indigenous art has found a welcome home at the reinvigorated National Gallery of Australia. AT last, indigenous art has the national showcase it needs: 11 luminous, purpose-built galleries at the Read More
An aboriginal art exhibition; latest works by Barbara Weir
Mbantua Gallery have an art exhibition running from today until Thursday 4th November, of works by a prestigious aboriginal artist named Barbara Weir. The Grass Seed paintings represent a grass Read More
2009 NAIDOC Artist of the Year Wayne Quilliam nominated for International Award
One of Australia's leading Indigenous photographers has been nominated as a Master of Photography by National Geographic. The 2009 NAIDOC Artist of the Year Wayne Quilliam said To be considered Read More