Indigenous artworks auction likely to fetch $6m
WHEN the late Australian art dealer Gabrielle Pizzi was at school in the 1950s, students were taught that Aboriginal culture was of no interest. The young schoolgirl couldn't have paid Read More
Jumbana Group has become a leading indigenous design and strategy company
Now, 27 years into its corporate life, Sydney-based Jumbana Group is a leading indigenous design and strategy company. Established by the Moriartys, Jumbana comprises the contemporary design studio, Balarinji, and Read More
Torres Strait on show at World Expo
Managing the cultural program at the Australian pavilion for the Shanghai World Expo has been a major career highlight for local Torres Strait Islander Leilani Bin-Juda. With nearly 3.5 million Read More
Before time today: Reinventing Tradition in Aboriginal Art from Aurukun
Date: 11 September “ 28 November 2010 Time: 10:00 - 16:00 daily Venue: UQ Art Museum, Building No. 11, St Lucia Campus Reinventing Tradition in Aboriginal Art from Aurukun The Read More
Wilcannia Indigenous art proves popular
The artwork of a group of Indigenous artists from Wilcannia has proved popular, with most works selling in the first week of a Sydney exhibition. Executive officer of West Darling Read More
Public works
In August last year, however, a group of artists from the region caused a sensation when they showed new experimental work at the inaugural Cairns Indigenous Art Fair. It was Read More
Indigenous youth learn life and work skills through Beyond Billabong program
Thirteen indigenous teenagers from remote Queensland communities have come to the busy Gold Coast as part of Beyond Billabong, a program aimed at helping them make a better life for Read More
Art market – best of intentions, worst of realities
In July 2010 was announced that the Cooper Recommendations will be absorbed into Australia's new laws for Self Managed Super Funds. Clearly, art has been diagnosed in these quarters as Read More
Wilcannia pride
The gallery idea comes from 37 mainly Barkindji men and women who are transforming a dusty town park in Wilcannia in western New South Wales. It will become Reconciliation Park, Read More
Papunya and Balgo exhibitions at the National Art Museum of China – promotion of Australia“™s rich cultural heritage
Extraordinary collections of Indigenous art from Australia's remote deserts are now on display in Beijing. The highly regarded Papunya Painting: Out of the Australian Desert and BALGO: Contemporary Australian Art Read More
Wilcannia Indigenous art proves popular
The artwork of a group of Indigenous artists from Wilcannia has proved popular, with most works selling in the first week of a Sydney exhibition. Executive officer of West Darling Read More
Winning means freedom from day jobs
Ian Potter Museum of Art director Chris McAuliffe, one of the judges of the sport-themed $100,000 Basil Sellers Art Prize, being announced in early August, guesses that Australia has more Read More
Kirby joins fight to save indigenous art collection
The campaign to salvage The Keeping Place, one of the largest collections of indigenous art in Australia, has found a staunch ally in the former High Court judge Michael Kirby. Read More
Indigenous art code launched
Art galleries, dealers and auction houses have been urged to sign up to code of conduct aimed at ending dodgy sale practices within the multi-million dollar indigenous art sector. The Read More
Less is more: Sotheby’s hope for indigenous art
Sotheby's Australia is poised to stage one of its biggest indigenous auctions after scrapping its $5000 lower threshold. The move has given Sotheby's competitors reason to smile after they predicted Read More
The Labor Party is no friend to the arts
Despite a ludicrous survey conducted by the Australia Council that tells us 93 per cent of Australians are actively involved in the arts, the politicians are not fooled. They know Read More
Art code: Arts Minister Peter Garrett quick on the draw
Federal Arts Minister Peter Garrett yesterday announced the introduction of an Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct. The code is to protect Aboriginal artists against sharp practices within the Read More
London calling
A VIBRANT but little-recognised style of Aboriginal art produced in Wynnum and Manly will be showcased to the world next year. London's Coningsby Gallery has accepted the works of award-winning Read More
Indigenous art on display
The West Australian Indigenous Art Awards will be displayed at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. The exhibition which features scultpure, video, painting and photography opens July 31. Sixteen artists Read More
Is the penny about to drop in government? An extract from Peter Garrett’s speech
The Indigenous visual arts sector is estimated to have an annual turnover of up to $500 million. Participation by Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander people in the visual arts plays Read More