Discovery of new genius Desert Artist: Lena Pwerle
Yesterday Tim Jennings, the general manager of Mbantua Gallery and Cultural Museum in Alice Springs announced what he termed as "yet another artist genius from Utopia'. The Soakages exhibition we Read More
Coast and country
The inaugural three-day Cairns Indigenous Arts Fair has been a festival of peace, love and understanding so far, but the Ariw Poenipan dancers from Saibai Island are dressed for war. Read More
Culture warriors practise soft diplomacy
An ambitious Australian arts program aims to grab the attention of the Obama Administration. Washington correspondent Anne Davies reports. The largest contemporary indigenous art exhibition ever to leave Australian shores Read More
Aboriginal Painting, Gift and Cost
Re: the Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya exhibition Sent to the resettlement camp at Papunya, in South Central Australia, to acculturate the Aboriginal children, schoolteacher Geoff Read More
MENAGERIE COMES BACK TO TOWN
Menagerie is back in town! The 3-D show that began life in Sydney in 2009 spread across two venues - the Australian Museum and Object Gallery, has returned from its Read More
Artists vie for Uncle Sam’s eye
The largest contemporary indigenous art exhibition to leave Australian shores is about to open in Washington, the first event in a cultural initiative that aims to boost Australia's profile in Read More
Potomac River dreaming
Renda Croft had a clear purpose in mind when she chose Culture Warriors as the title of the first triennial of contemporary Aboriginal art presented by the National Gallery of Read More
EXHIBITION OPENING – SINGING THE DREAMING in association with Warlukurlangu Artists
Exhibitions opening: Friday 11th 6-8pm Desert Rain - Indigenous Fine Art Gallery, NOOSA MARINA, 2 Parkyn Crt, TEWANTIN QLD, continues until 4th Oct 2009 PUBLIC PROGRAM: Sun 13th, 2pm Film Read More
NSW Art Gallery renovation mixes old and really old
Barry Pearce, head curator of Australian Art, said an extremely important addition to the works of the great masters was Indigenous art. We are going to surprise people and bring Read More
COLONIAL TUTINI
The Tiwi people who drove the first White colonialists off their remote Melville Island (80kms north of Darwin) less than 5 years after they tried to establish a fort there Read More
GULUMBU YUNUPINGU Heavens Above!
this Tuesday evening GULUMBU YUNUPINGU Heavens Above! Gulumbu Yunupingu will make the long journey to Melbourne to proudly welcome you to her exhibition opening on Tuesday 8 September 6:30 “ Read More
BENTINCK ISLAND ARTISTS
Alcaston Gallery is delighted to present this vibrant and exciting exhibition by the Bentinck Island artists of new paintings and prints that have been recently editioned at Northern Editions, Charles Read More
Last hurrah for old man of brush Tommy Watson
It was only about a decade ago that Tommy Watson, already an old man, first turned his hand to art. His career took off at once. His works were eagerly Read More
Tommy Watson ‘Kutjara Wara’ (The Last One)
Tommy Watson 'Kutjara Wara' (The Last One) A selection of works September 5 - October 11
Flawed vision cops pasting
THE widow of painter John Brack is ambivalent about it. Wendy Whiteley says in theory it is a good thing. Gallery owner William Mora, who has an enduring interest in Read More
Aboriginal art master puts on final public show
Aboriginal artist Yannima Tommy Watson is a man of few words, but his vibrant works literally shout at audiences from the Muse du Quai Branly in Paris and Australia's most Read More
Life and art in the sky, Part 2: “Ilgarijiri ““ Things Belonging to the Sky“
Further to my previous post on Alma Nungarrayi Granite's paintings from Warlukurlangu Artists at my home town of Yuendumu I found a fascinating set of links between Aboriginal art, the Read More
Life and art in the sky, Part 1 ““ the Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa of Alma Nungarrayi Granites
This small image gives but a very limited impression of the power and majesty of the original of Alma Nungarrayi Granites' painting of her Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa (Seven Sisters dreaming). It Read More
Uluru and Kata Tjuta’s Influence On Aboriginal Art
Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park and the Ayers Rock Resort is the center of Australia and is considered to be the center for much of the Aboriginal Art world. Read More