Evolution of a landscape
Almost four decades since the dawn of the desert painting movement, and a quarter-century since the first award was held in Darwin, the current of indigenous expression in art has Read More
Danie Mellor wins Telstra Aboriginal Art Award
A paper work exploring the fragile relationship between black and white Australia has won the country's most prestigious indigenous art award. The mixed media work by Danie Mellor - From Read More
Clash of cultures wins
THE winner of the 2009 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award has been announced and is set to be the most controversial in many years. At a ceremony Read More
DANIE MELLOR WINS ‘THE BIG TELSTRA’
"It's important to have my work in an exhibition where conversations occur between different sorts of art and artists". The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (the NATSIAAs) Read More
Keszler Gallery Brings Society And Art Together For ‘Nomad Two Worlds’
Southampton - This past Saturday, Aug. 8 the Keszler Gallery in Southampton was the epicenter of a cultural and societal reconciliation with the exhibit Nomad Two Worlds" a collaboration between Read More
GULUMBU YUNUPINGU Heavens Above!
GULUMBU YUNUPINGU Heavens Above! ACGA Gallery @ Fed Square The Atrium, Federation Square Cnr Flinders & Swanston Streets Tuesday to Sunday 10am“5pm Gulumbu Yunupingu will make the long journey to Read More
Crossing Roper Bar Forum Event
Crossing Roper Bar Forum Event Friday 26 August 2009, 3 - 6pm Federation Hall, Victorian College of the Arts Cnr St Kilda Road and Grant Street, Southbank Paul Grabowsky's Australian Read More
Bush Berry Dreaming
Bush Berry Dreaming 14th - 18th September 2009 9am - 5pm Opening night drinks: 17th September 2009 6pm - 8pm RSVP essential Smith & Hall Gallery 53-59 Great Buckingham Street Read More
Moriah students meet top Aboriginal artist
Sydney's Moriah College students met acclaimed Aboriginal artist Barbara Weir who was Artist in Residence at the school last week prior to their drive to assist needy Aboriginal children living Read More
Vernon Ah Kee
Vernon Ah Kee Who let the dogs out? (detail) 2008 Applied vinyl, variable dimensions Site-specific work for Contemporary Australia: Optimism at QAG Vernon Ah Kee is an Indigenous Australian artist Read More
Art Fair strengthens Darwin“™s lead in national stakes
Australia's original national Aboriginal Art Fair will be held in Darwin from 13 “ 15 August. The 2009 event has attracted a record 32 Indigenous owned and operated art centres Read More
Lismore cafe is no longer a wannabe
RECIEVING national recognition in the third edition of Tourism Australia's National Indigenous Tourism Product Manual is Lismore's very own GunnaWannaBe Cafe, Gallery and Learning Centre. GunnaWannaBe owners Thelma James and Read More
This Week In Arts
Keszler Gallery Presents Russell James 'Nomad Two Worlds' There will be an opening reception on Saturday, Aug. 8 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. for a new show entitled Nomad Read More
Wesfarmers Arts Indigenous Fellowship consultation workshops
Consultation workshops are beginning for the Wesfarmers Arts Indigenous Fellowship, the new partnership between the National Gallery of Australia and Wesfarmers. Designed to foster the next generation of professional Indigenous Read More
GARMA FESTIVAL 2009
My art is a story about the universe “ about the stars, says Gulumbu Yunupingu artlessly. The eldest member of the important Yunupingu clan, on whose land in the far Read More
ART.TRADE to hold General Meeting in Darwin / AGM in Alice Springs
The Australian Indigenous Art Trade Association is holding a general meeting on Saturday the 15th of August 2009 at 10 am at the Palms City Resort on The Esplanade in Read More
Aboriginal leader lashes at assimilation
Australian National University professor Jon Altman also spoke at the forum and lambasted the territory government's homelands policy to turn 20 towns into regional hubs. Funding to more than 500 Read More
Desert Mob 2009
Desert Mob is three days of events and celebrations in Alice Springs, Northern Territory in early September 2009. Desert Mob is presented by Desart in partnership with Araluen Arts Centre. Read More
Aboriginal art flourishes despite recession
The current global financial crisis may be putting the economic pinch on the Australian art market but Aboriginal art centres in the Northern Territory are more than weathering this fiscal Read More