Productive Report?
In response to this week's Productivity Commission report into the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts & Crafts Industry, the ABC reported: “Around $250 million of Indigenous art was Read More
Silent Strength
Was this the first time an Indigenous photographer has won the National Portrait Gallery's National Photographic Portrait Prize? I can't find any official word of celebration. But Wayne Quilliam, the Read More
Daniel Boyd Surveyed in Sydney
I find it intriguing that virtually all of the many feature articles that I've read, plus radio and even TV interviews experienced about the current AGNSW survey show of Daniel Read More
Mrs D Yunupingu 1945/2022
The eldest of her six sons, Witiyana Marika, posted a message on social media earlier this week: “This day is the saddest day of my family’s life. The mother of Read More
FNQ All Over
Cairns, Cape York and the Torres Strait may seem like impossible distances away from the southern capitals of Australia (and Tassie). But the promotion of their art – often with Read More
PHOENIXING
Judith Neilson is in the news for all the wrong reasons – a falling out, it seems at her eponymous Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas. It seems that Read More
A Grande Experience
There will be many mixed responses around ‘Connection : Songlines from Australia's First Peoples', just launched in Canberra. For any one who experienced ‘Van Gogh Alive', where the Dutchman's familiar Read More
The 2022 Red Ochres
Bangarra’s founding artistic director, Stephen Page and the visual artist who invented the word 'Blak', Destiny Deacon have both won $50,000 Red Ochre Awards for 2022. Last year, Page announced Read More
Barak Artworks Saved for Victoria
Amazing news! The Victorian State government has put up half a million dollars to save two artworks by the revered Wurundjeri artist and Ngurungaeta headman, William Barak for the Wurundjeri Read More
New Man at MAGNT
The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) has announced the appointment of Adam Worrall as its new Director to replace Marcus Schutenko. Adam is currently the Managing Read More
Missing Molly
Sydney's tiny Ensemble Theatre's decision to program an Indigenous play for the first time in its illustrious history has come off splendidly with the world premier of the charming 'A Read More
Bark Renaissance
Suddenly, Aboriginal bark painting is becoming very trendy. In September, American eyes are going to be opened wide by the start of a national tour in New Hampshire of 'Madayin', Read More
Mr Wanambi 1963- 2022
Mr Wanambi, a Yolngu cultural leader from north-east Arnhem Land and an internationally-renowned artist, died this week at the tragically early age of 59. Will Stubbs, the coordinator of the Buku-Larrnggay Read More
First Nations at the Archie
The second highest number of Indigenous entries came in this year for the Art Gallery of NSW's annual Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prize feast. And 27 have been selected – Read More
Tarrkarri’s Architect
Last week, the former Australian Dance Theatre AD, Garry Stewart introduced us to his new role as a Professor of Creative Arts at Flinders Uni in Adelaide. As such, he Read More
NATSIAA Finalists Announced
65 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander finalists from across Australia have been selected from a total of 221 entries in the 2022 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Read More
Molly Johnson
The never-ending saga of 'The Drover's Wife : The Legend of Molly Johnson' comes to a Roadshow cinema near you on May 5th. There may be other promotional opportunities elsewhere, Read More
SERRY MOANY
I wonder if Curator-in-Chief, Hetti Perkins knows how appropriate her title 'Ceremony' for the fourth National Indigenous Art Triennial is? For, back in the 90s, when the balance of authority Read More
Motions in Alice
After more than five years of prevarication, the NT Government has awarded an Australian architectural company a $7.2 million commission to design the controversial National Aboriginal Art Gallery in Mparntwe. Read More