2008
January, 2008
Colleen Wallace Nungari Dreamtime Sisters
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 03.01.08
In response to the phenomenal demand for the work of Colleen Wallace Nungari, we have released a special series of artworks, the Dreamtime Sisters. There are 20 artworks available. The artworks are all either 32 x 32 or 33 x...» Read More
2008: The year in preview
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 03.01.08
2008: The year in preview Cristoph Mark Daily Yomiuri Quoted from article: Shifting to another Commonwealth nation, The Yomiuri Shimbun will sponsor an exhibition of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, an Australian Aborigine artist whose impressive but short career (only about six...» Read More
Bold vision of artistic rebirth
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.01.08
Bold vision of artistic rebirth January 5, 2008 Quoted from article: In a dusty corner of the outback, among artworks covered in dirt, Judith Ryan set out on a journey that has transformed the NGV's indigenous collection, writes Robin Usher....» Read More
MD leaves auction house after a year
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.01.08
The Age MD leaves auction house after a year Gabriella Coslovich January 5, 2008 Quoted from article: Rod Menzies, the head of Australia's art auction leader, the Menzies Art Brand, has lost his right-hand man, Adrian Newstead, who helped achieve...» Read More
Keringke Aboriginal Arts Centre at Ulladulla Gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.01.08
Keringke Aboriginal Arts Centre is holding an exhibition at Ulladulla Gallery January 7th -11th 2008...» Read More
Christmas 2007: Online Exhibition extended until 11 January 2008
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.01.08
The Central Art Aboriginal Art Store Christmas exhibition has been put together in appreciation of the different styles from the different art regions of Australia. The exhibition has been extended until 11 January to allow Central Art users the opportunity...» Read More
Kluge-Ruhe Collection Features 'Contemporary Aboriginal Art from the Lockhart River'
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.01.08
January 9, 2008 — The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection reopens Jan. 15 with a special exhibit, "Our Way: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Lockhart River." A free reception, open to the public, will be held Friday, Jan. 18 from 5:30 to...» Read More
Bedford's retrospective
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.01.08
The Courier-Mail Bedford's retrospective January 11, 2008 Quoted from article: It was sheer chance that the indigenous artist Paddy Bedford's work became known. In 1988 when Tony Oliver, the chief executive officer of the Jirrawun Aboriginal Art Corporation, went to...» Read More
Scholars blow the canon apart
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.01.08
The Australian Scholars blow the canon apart Rosemary Sorensen January 11, 2008 Article about the 32nd congress of CIHA will be held at the University of Melbourne. It will bring together more than 600 participants from a record 47 countries,...» Read More
Drawn to a primitive urge
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 12.01.08
The Age Drawn to a primitive urge Gabriella Coslovich January 12, 2008 Quoted from the article: Onians is one of more than 300 international experts descending on Melbourne this week for what is considered the "olympics" of the art historians'...» Read More
Mixing of cultures is far from black and white
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 12.01.08
The Age Mixing of cultures is far from black and white Gabriella Coslovich January 12, 2008 Quoted from the article: PHILIP Batty, a one-time art teacher at the Aboriginal community of Papunya in the Western Desert, recently received an unexpected...» Read More
Culture Warriors
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 12.01.08
Sydney Morning Herald A vivid trip back to where it all began January 12, 2008 Quoted from article: CULTURE WARRIORS is a curious name for the inaugural National Indigenous Art Triennial at the National Gallery of Australia. Gallery director Ron...» Read More
Water Dreamings
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 12.01.08
Water Dreamings featuring paintings by Janet Nakamarra Long at Art Mob....» Read More
Ancient Culture. Modern Art: the art of Regina Wilson & Peppimenarti at Club 21 Gallery, Singapore
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.01.08
Club 21 Gallery and tjala, supported by the Australian High Commission and the Australian Trade Commissioner, are proud to present Ancient Culture. Modern Art - an exhibition of contemporary Aboriginal Australian art by Regina Wilson and the artists of the...» Read More
AUSTRALIA CONTEMPORARY: Aboriginal Art + Modern Architecture
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 15.01.08
It is that time again – time for us to wow and delight you with some stunning art and architecture at the MODAA Gallery. Please do join us next Friday, 1/18 from 7PM – 11PM, as we celebrate the opening...» Read More
Our Way wows the USA
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 15.01.08
The University of Queensland's successful exhibit of Lockhart River Aboriginal art is continuing its international tour with a two-month showing at the University of Virginia. The Virginia exhibit of Our Way: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Lockhart River will run from...» Read More
Mamultjulkunga by George Tjungurrayi
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.01.08
News item on the Central Art website about a new George Tjungurrayi artwork, Mamultjulkunga....» Read More
Dreamtime Art from Down Under beckons US Collectors
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.01.08
La Jolla CA – January 9, 2008 Molloy Gallery of La Jolla announced today that it will be holding the first major US exhibition of works by renowned Australian Aboriginal artist, Kudditji Kngwarreye (pronounced “koo-ba-gee noo-war-uh”). A satellite exhibition of...» Read More
art at the heart submissions closing soon
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 18.01.08
There are less than two weeks for artists and those working in the arts, including volunteers, to submit ideas for presentations, exhibitions, displays or performances for the 6th Regional Arts Australia conference to be held from 3 to 5 October...» Read More
Aboriginal art before it became an industry
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 21.01.08
An republication of a Eureka Street article where Rosemay Crumlin recalls travelling in search of Aboriginal Christian art for an exhibition to coincide with the World Council of Churches Assembly. She was joined on her pilgrimage by exhibition co-curator Anthony...» Read More
Critics blast city as art wasteland
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 22.01.08
A Herald-Sun article about Melbourne being a cultural backwater, with its saving grace being Aboriginal Art. Quoted from the article: Melbourne is a cultural backwater far beneath cities such as Paris and London, foreign art experts say. If not for...» Read More
Axes swing at the NAMM Show
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 23.01.08
Special about the four-day NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center featuring the Ulladulla Aboriginal Art Gallery. The annual dam-burst hosted by the International Music Products Assn. (though the original acronym for the National Assn. of Music Merchants refuses to...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Store in January 2008
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 24.01.08
An announcement of what's happening at the Central Art Aboriginal Art Store in January 2008, including an Abie Loy Kemarre feature....» Read More
Julianne Turner Nungarrayi
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.01.08
Aboriginal Art Store are featuring new artworks by Julianne Turner Nungarrayi, including the Bush Onion painting. The Bush Onion is a staple food source for the Warlpiri people of Central Australia....» Read More
A Fine Romance: White Money, Black Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.01.08
An Quoted from the paper: Despite allegations of corruption and fraud, the Aboriginal art market continues to flourish. Early paintings fetch increasingly higher prices, while indigenous art centres maintain a steady supply of new works. This frenzied activity is of...» Read More
AlphaWomen.com and Aboriginal Art Collection Showcase Aboriginal Art and Artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.01.08
CHICAGO,IL. (January 18, 2008) - Women and art. The history is deeper than most can ever imagine, particularly in Australia. The Aboriginal Art Collection Gallery and AlphaWomen.com will host a special exhibition to showcase the amazing works of Indigenous Australian...» Read More
New Aboriginal Artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.01.08
The Aboriginal Art Store welcomes six new artists: Namyumi Napangardi Topsy Pederson Napangardi Pantjiya Nungurrayi Sarrita King Serena Hayes Raymond Walters Japanangka...» Read More
Abie Loy Kemarre
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.01.08
Central Art is excited to present its third online exhibition and first artist feature Abie Loy Kemarre feature from Central Art - Aboriginal Art Store. This feature has been created to recognise the immense contribution that Abie Loy has made...» Read More
Selling Art from the Australian Desert
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.01.08
The Painted Door Gallery Opening Reception The Painted Door 421 2nd Street Petaluma, CA Free Refreshments 5:00 ~ 8:00 Reception 5:00 ~ 6:30 Nicole Worden on Didgeridoo Selling Art from the Australian Desert: Acrylic Paintings by: Barbara Napangardi Reid, Cheryl...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Store Newsletter #4: Abie Loy Kemarre
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.01.08
Australian Country Style reader event at Murrurundi - Aboriginal Art in March
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 29.01.08
Australian Country Style reader event at Murrurundi - Aboriginal Art in March 29th March 2008 The term ‘aboriginal art’ is a tricky one. Separating indigenous Australian art from the religious practices and social customs with which it has been intertwined...» Read More
On May 23, 2007 Mbantua Gallery bid for and won Emily Kame Kngwarreye’s Earths Creation
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 30.01.08
A great blog post by Tim Jennings about bidding for and winning Earth's Creation by Emily Kame Kngwarreye including the pressures before and during the auction and most importantly his appreciation of her incredible art....» Read More
February, 2008
art at the heart – it’s hotting up!
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.02.08
Summer is hotting up and so is the pace at the art at the heart conference hub in Alice Springs. 2008 is already shaping up to be a busy year - and a hot one so far. We almost broke...» Read More
From Cape to Cove
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.02.08
From Cape to Cove will include paintings and sculpture by members of the young "artgang" at Lockhart River – Rosella Namok, Fiona Omeenyo, Samantha and Silas Hobson and two of the emerging older painters - Susan Pascoe and Moira Macumboy....» Read More
Dreamtime Art from Down Under beckons US Collectors
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.02.08
La Jolla CA – January 9, 2008 – Molloy Gallery of La Jolla announced today that it will be holding the first major US exhibition of works by renowned Australian Aboriginal artist, Kudditji Kngwarreye (pronounced “koo-ba-gee noo-war-uh”). A satellite exhibition...» Read More
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Announces Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.02.08
(Media-Newswire.com) - Ithaca, NY—The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University presents Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya, which will be on view at the Museum beginning in January 2009. “Drawn from a private collection,...» Read More
The Lam Collection of Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.02.08
UTSA gallery presents aboriginal art collection By Ashley Harris Public Affairs Specialist (Jan. 28, 2008)--The UTSA Department of Art and Art History will present "The Lam Collection of Aboriginal Art," an exhibit featuring work by contemporary Australian aboriginal artists, from...» Read More
Our Way: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Lockhart River
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.02.08
Join us for an opening reception for the exhibit Our Way: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Lockhart River....» Read More
Six artists speak in March
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.02.08
Six artists speak in March 4th March 2008 One of the most profoundly interesting aspects of collecting contemporary art is getting to know the artists. Together with sheer physical talent, the success or otherwise of much contemporary art is heavily...» Read More
Aboriginal Art in February
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.02.08
Aboriginal Art in February 5th February 2008 The term ‘aboriginal art’ is a tricky one. Separating indigenous Australian art from the religious practices and social customs with which it has been intertwined for at least 60 000 years is almost...» Read More
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection Announces Distinguished Lecture
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.02.08
February 6, 2008 — The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection will host a distinguished lecture named for the museum’s benefactors, John W. and Maria T. Kluge, on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 5:30 p.m. in Newcomb Hall Ballroom. An annual event held...» Read More
Greengallery guide launch
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.02.08
‘GREENGALLERY GUIDE’ LAUNCH 7 February 2008 A JOINT INITIATIVE OF THE AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION AND THE AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL GALLERIES ASSOCIATION The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) and the Australian Commercial Galleries Association (ACGA) will launch the ‘GreenGallery Guide’ on 7 February...» Read More
Eco-Art: GreenGallery Guide launch
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 08.02.08
Eco-Art: GreenGallery Guide launch The Australian art community is showing its eco-sensibility through the launch of the GreenGallery Guide, a collaboration between the Australian Commercial Galleries Association (ACGA) and the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), on 7 February. The GreenGallery Guide...» Read More
Aboriginal Australian Art - Understanding and Collecting
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.02.08
Utopia Revisited
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.02.08
NG Art Gallery is hosting 'a women's' only exhibition to coincide loosely with International Women's Day on Saturday 8 March. A number of established indigenous artists will show their work in 'Utopia Revisited' to be opened by Her Excellency Professor...» Read More
Utopia Revisited exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.02.08
NG Art Gallery in association with Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Dacou Gallery, Gallery Australis and Lauraine Diggins Fine Art present ’Utopia Revisited’ Exhibition to opened by Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Governor of New South Wales Tuesday 12...» Read More
Power & Beauty
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.02.08
Power and beauty are concepts that resonate through the work of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists in all areas of Australia today. Indigenous art is strong in country and law: it is concerned with the politics of identity...» Read More
The Manifest Dream
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.02.08
California Institute of Integral Studies "The Manifest Dream." Contemporary Australian aboriginal paintings. Ends Wed. 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sat.-Sun. 1453 Mission St. (415) 575-6100. www.ciis.edu. SF January 14–March 5 Spirit in the Arts Event: The Manifest Dream,...» Read More
Emily Ngarnal Evans Balibal Country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.02.08
Alcaston Gallery is excited to be presenting the first solo exhibition of recent paintings by Emily Ngarnal Evans in association with Mornington Island Arts and Craft, Mornington Island,Queensland from 5 February - 1 March 2008. Born in 1975, Emily lives...» Read More
Milingimbi Artists featuring Lilly Roy
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.02.08
Alcaston Gallery is delighted to present an exhibition of works from Milingimbi Arts, featuring recent fibre works, morning star poles, carvings and bark paintings. The exhibition Milingimbi Artists featuring Lilly Roy is presented in conjunction with Milingimbi Art and Culture...» Read More
Stolen Generation - a small tribute to John Moriarty
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.02.08
A very interesting post about John Moriarty. Quoted from the article: But now I want to make my little tribute to a member of the stolen generation. John Moriarty was picked in 1960 to represent Australia in football. The first...» Read More
ACGA joins Australian parliament in saying sorry
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.02.08
The Australian Commercial Galleries Association (ACGA) strongly supports and endorses the apology to the stolen generations given in the Australian Parliament today. Today is an historic day for Australia’s Indigenous and non-indigenous alike. Saying sorry is a vital step in...» Read More
Aboriginal art film gets approval from traditional owners
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 14.02.08
Dingo Dreaming began pre-production today after more than two years of discussions with the Wongi People of Wiluna in remote WA, regional businesses and private investors. Written by W. John Hackwell, Dingo Dreaming stars American actor Charles Matthau, son of...» Read More
Aboriginal art on Vox
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 14.02.08
Some examples of Australian Aboriginal art on Vox....» Read More
Australian Aboriginal art at Charles Darwin University
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 15.02.08
A Flickr post about Australian Aboriginal art outside the School of Australian Indigenous Knowledge Systems at Charles Darwin University....» Read More
'Dingo' art film go-ahead
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 15.02.08
A new film about forgery in the Aboriginal Art world will begin filming shortly. Quoted from the article: A new film about forgery in the Aboriginal art world will begin shooting in central WA after the project got the green...» Read More
The next mission
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.02.08
Inga Clendinnen writes in the Age about her book True Stories. Quoted from the article: Although I am Australian and a historian, I discovered the history of indigenous Australia only a decade ago. The stimulus was an invitation from the...» Read More
Look Homeward, Angel
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.02.08
Article in the New York Review of Books by J.M. Coetzee about Lost Paradise, a new novel by Cees Nooteboom, translated from the Dutch by Susan Massotty. The novel is heavily concerned with Aboriginal art....» Read More
Investing In Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.02.08
When investing in Aboriginal art or artefact's it is sometimes hard to find a good investment, with many of the more popular artists’ works out of the reach, financially, of the small to medium investor. If you invest in a...» Read More
Sand Dune Country by Maureen Hudson Nampijinpa
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.02.08
Four Generations – The best of Ochre Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 17.02.08
The beautiful and remote East Kimberley region of far North East Western Australia has produced some of Australia’s most renowned artists, including George Mung Mung, Paddy Jampinjii, Jack Britten, Rover Thomas, Hector Jandany, Queenie McKenzie. The legacy these now deceased...» Read More
Sydney Museum Showcases Aboriginal Bark Painting Collection
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 17.02.08
The Museum of Contemporary Art is set to unveil a new exhibition showcasing its collection of rare and significant Aboriginal bark paintings, dating from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. They are Meditating: Bark paintings from the Museum Of...» Read More
Painting meets medicine for healing dream in country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 17.02.08
Sydney Morning Herald preview of Utopia Revisited exhibition. Quoted from article: After establishing the Aboriginal Benefit Foundation in 2005 and funding small-scale indigenous health and welfare projects, the Aboriginal art specialist and gallery owner has set a goal of raising...» Read More
Terry Smith deliveres the inaugural Kluge Lecture in Arts and Humanities
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 17.02.08
On February 13, 2008, the Kluge-Ruhe Collection of Aboriginal Art at the University of Virginia sponsored the first John W. and Maria T. Kluge Distinguished Lecture in Arts and Humanities, featuring professor Terry E. Smith of the University of Pittsburgh....» Read More
They are Meditating: Bark Paintings from the MCA’s Arnott’s Collection
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 18.02.08
Since the 1950s the practice of bark painting has responded to new contexts and has become increasingly pertinent to the outside world. During this period, the generation of painters most commonly known and admired – some of whom are still...» Read More
Amazing women artists from the Central and Western Desert
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 18.02.08
Amazing women artists from the Central and Western Desert opens today online at Central Art, Aboriginal Art Store. This online exhibition runs from today, Monday February 18 until March 14 2008. This exhibition celebrates the unique contribution of eleven leading...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Store Newsletter #5: Amazing Women Artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 18.02.08
Amazing women artists from the Central and Western Desert
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 18.02.08
AboriginalArtDirect #1
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 19.02.08
Welcome to the first issue of AboriginalArtDirect, the Aboriginal Art Directory Newsletter. Its been an exciting and challenging first four months for the Aboriginal Art Directory and we are thrilled to be able to bring you the first edition of...» Read More
Aboriginal Art goes Overseas: 3 Contintents, 3 Exhibitions
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 19.02.08
The intercontinental trio are the first big commercial showing of Aboriginal Art on barks in London, courtesy of Josh Lilley Fine Art September-October 2007; the imminent opening of Utopia - The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye in Osaka, Japan at...» Read More
Emily Ngarnal Evans Opening
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 19.02.08
The opening of Mornington Island artist Emily Ngarnal Evans was held on Saturday 9th February. We are very grateful to Emily and her family for making the trip down to Melbourne from their home in the Gulf of Carpentaria for...» Read More
Australian Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 19.02.08
Post on blogger about Ronald M. Berndt's book, Australian Aboriginal Art. New York: The Macmillian Company and London: Collier-Macmillan Ltd, 1964. This is a very interesting post by Steve Thornton about an early book on Aboriginal Art. Quoted from the...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Sale
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 21.02.08
In today’s fast and exciting world there are many ways to make your investments in Art , so whether you are looking for an investment or just something nice in your office its important to consider all types of art....» Read More
Important Aboriginal Art at Caruana Reid
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 21.02.08
The annual Important Aboriginal Art exhibition at Caruana Reid, Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay, opened last night and will run until the 22nd March 2008. One of the highlights of the show, and the work chosen for the catalogue's cover...» Read More
Ellendale host to art show this weekend
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 23.02.08
More than 40 countries will be represented with paintings, carvings, pottery and a host of other forms of artistic expression in the lobby of the Opera House in Ellendale this weekend. Quoted from article: And some of the art comes...» Read More
art at the heart
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 23.02.08
The sixth biennial Regional Arts Australia national conference will be presented by Regional Arts Australia and the Northern Territory Government through Arts NT, in collaboration with the host town of Alice Springs. After the success of the Pacific Edge in...» Read More
Maningrida Arts and Culture
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 24.02.08
Will Owen posts about visiting the Maningrida Arts and Culture. Quoted from the blog entry: Maningrida Arts and Culture is a powerhouse warehouse of Indigenous art. Of all the art centres we visited across the Territory and adjacent WA, Maningrida...» Read More
Aboriginal artist in residence
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 25.02.08
From ABC online: For the next nine weeks you'll be able to visit the Western Plains Cultural Centre in Dubbo on the weekend and see one of Australia's best Aboriginal artists at work. Lewis Burns is an internationally renowned painter...» Read More
National Center for Modern Art in Roppongi
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 25.02.08
A beautiful and interesting post from ibonito blog 2007 about the National Center for Modern Art in Roppongi. Quoted from the post: I saw that they have another exhibition coming up: the works of the acclaimed (but unpronounceable) Australian Aboriginal...» Read More
Ochre: Supporting Indigenous Health through Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 25.02.08
The Menzies School of Health Research, prominent in the field of childrens' health in remote communities, has organised an auction of art works in order to raise money to fund significant research into and treatment of Indigenous child health issues....» Read More
Where to stash your cash while it grows
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.02.08
A response to the recent share market fluctuations, with a focus on different investments. Tim Klingender from Sotheby's is quoted: If you're thinking of forming your own art collection as an investment alternative, you'll need to be careful. And patient....» Read More
Indigenous Insight
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.02.08
Article from The Star in Malaysia about Alice Springs, and buying Aboriginal Art in Central Art. Quoted from the article: You can’t leave Alice Springs without learning about the Aboriginal way of life, and if you have the means, buying...» Read More
Culture in colour
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.02.08
This exhibition celebrates Aboriginal art of the 'New Wave': the daring and visionary use of colour by Aboriginal artists throughout Australia. The use of bright acrylic paints rather than ochres has fired the imagination of artists and liberated them to...» Read More
Dynamism down under: The riveting Lockhart River Art Gang
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.02.08
This winter may be paltry in terms of snowfall, but it has dished out plenty of sullen, gray days like so many bowls of cold gruel. Last Saturday morning, for instance, the sky was drab as I drove to see...» Read More
David Dunn
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 29.02.08
Posted by David Dunn from David Dunn Aboriginal Art: hello everyone Im back again had a very busy christmas, getting ready again for some more great works on ebay and also a new web site have david...» Read More
Easier access for 'real' tourists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 29.02.08
An article about Indigenous tourism in the Northern Territory news: Busloads of tourists should be allowed in indigenous communities for the "cultural experience'', an Aboriginal businessman saidyesterday. Jungala Enterprises director Jungala Kriss said permits should not stop communities from taking...» Read More
Kudditji Kngwarreye Artist Slideshow
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 29.02.08
The Kudditji Kngwarreye Artist Slideshow was the first Aboriginal Art Directory eAlert to be released to the Aboriginal Art Directory mailing list. Born in the 1920's, Kudditji Kngwarreye is the brother of the famous Emily Kame Kngwarreye (dec.1996). Kudditji is...» Read More
March, 2008
Feast for the Senses dinner
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.03.08
Yirrkala Aboriginal community in East Arnhem Land will benefit from a third Feast for the Senses dinner at NG Art Gallery's Mission Restaurant & Bar in Sydney's Chippendale on Tuesday. In association with the gallery's Utopia Revisited exhibition (until March...» Read More
Emily finally gets a stage as big as her paintings
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.03.08
Article in the Australian about the Emily Kame Kngwarreye exhibition in Japan. Quoted from the article: Utopia: The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye opened this week at the National Museum of Art in Osaka and in late May will move...» Read More
Tucker tops a million as boom goes on
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.03.08
Article in The Age that mentions the continued boom in Aboriginal Art....» Read More
Pedro Wonaeamirri
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.03.08
lcaston Gallery is excited to present Pedro Wonaeamirri’s sixth solo exhibition, in conjunction with Jilamara Arts & Crafts, Northern Territory. This body of work confirms this exciting young artist as the leading Tiwi artist of his generation. Including carved figurers,...» Read More
Ninuku Arts - Ninuku Tjukurpa – Bilby Dreaming
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.03.08
Beverly and Anthony Knight, in conjunction with Ninuku Arts, South Australia, proudly invite you to view Ninuku Arts Ninuku Tjukurpa – Bilby Dreaming Tuesday 18 March – Saturday 5 April 2008 This exhibition is now online for general viewing and...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Store Newsletter #6: What's on in March?
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.03.08
The Power of Place: Paintings and Sculpture from the Eastern Desert at Tandanya, Adelaide
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 03.03.08
A celebration of Land - a vibrant spiritual landscape - seen through the art of the Anmatyarr and Alyawarr people of the Eastern Desert region, NT. Power of Place includes exciting new iconographic and geometric ceremonial paintings and artifacts from...» Read More
Evelyn Pultara Feature
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.03.08
Central Art is excited to present its fifth online exhibition and second artist feature Evelyn Pultara feature from Central Art - Aboriginal Art Store. This feature has been created to showcase the enormous and growing talent of Evelyn Pultara. Evelyn...» Read More
Out of Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.03.08
You are invited to the opening of Out of Australia this Thursday night at the Medea Gallery in San Pedro. The show features works from local collector Sherry Thompson. I have seen her collection and she has some stunning works....» Read More
Warlukurlangu Artists - Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.03.08
Australian Aboriginal art is the oldest living art tradition in the world, done by Australian Aborigines, with paintings in rock shelters dating back 20,000 years as well as contemporary art by Aborigines based on traditional culture. Art is one of...» Read More
25th Telstra Art Award Open
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.03.08
The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) and Telstra are calling for entries for preselection in the 25 th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. MAGNT Director, Anna Malgorzewicz, said 2008 marks a very...» Read More
Dacawi: Transforming to the indigenous view
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.03.08
Article about Aboriginal culture in the Philippines. Quoted from article: Students from all over recently shared with each other the news of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's pre-Valentine's Day formal apology to his country's Aboriginal people for the years of...» Read More
Exciting times at Kluge-Ruhe
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.03.08
New article by Will Owen about the recent lecture delivered by Terry Smith at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection at the University of Virginia....» Read More
Award defies stereotypes
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.03.08
Indigenous artists are being urged to enter their work into the first and longest running indigenous art award in the country. The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory and Telstra are calling for entries for pre-selection in the...» Read More
Curtain rises on Spring of Culture
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.03.08
Quoted from article: A month-long aboriginal art exhibition entitled Warlukurlangu takes place at the La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art starting at 7pm on Thursday....» Read More
The Power of Place: Paintings and Sculpture from the Eastern Desert at Tandanya, Adelaide
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.03.08
The Power of Place: Paintings and Artefacts from the Eastern Desert is currently showing at Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute. The exhibition is a celebration of the land – a vibrant spiritual landscape – seen through the art of the...» Read More
Ngurrara, The Great Sandy Desert Canvas
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.03.08
This exhibition centres on the great Ngurrara canvas, painted by Great Sandy Desert traditional owners during National Native Title tribunal hearings in 1997. In counterpoint to the installation of Michael Riley’s cloud, this imposing painting will be exhibited with...» Read More
Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.03.08
Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula Discovering the past is just the beginning Paintings on linen and board by the late Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula Tuesday 4 March – Saturday 15 March, 2008 John Kean, Curator and Producer with Museum Victoria, will give a...» Read More
Walmajarri Man
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.03.08
Clifton Jungurrayi Bieundurry...» Read More
Evelyn Pultara Artist Slideshow
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 06.03.08
Evelyn Pultara was born in c.1940 at Woodgreen Station, Utopia and has been painting since 1997. Evelyn paints the bush yam, the totem she shares with her late aunt Emily Kngwarreye - the most notable Aboriginal Artist. Evelyn Pultara is...» Read More
East Gippsland Aboriginal Arts Corporation
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 06.03.08
East Gippsland Aboriginal Arts Corporation (EGAAC) have hit the ground running after a very successful 2007. Over the past year sales and visitors (local, national and international) have increased dramatically. We are being recognized as a place to visit not...» Read More
Blak Swans Gatherin’
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 06.03.08
The Gippsland Art Gallery, SALE Nirmba Gidi Quarenook Blak Swans Gatherin’ FRIDAY 29 February at 2.oo pm Featuring Young Spirits Dance Group Welcome to Country by Elder Auntie Katey Bryant Image: Kurnai Dreaming, Charlotte (Penny) Hood Exhibition Dates: 23 February...» Read More
Not just dots
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 06.03.08
Article about a current exhibition of Aboriginal Art from East Gippsland. Quoted from the article: Aboriginal art, especially Aboriginal art from East Gippsland, is about more than dots - that's the message the East Gippsland Aboriginal Arts Corporation is hoping...» Read More
Special funding recognises the value of Indigenous arts organisations
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.03.08
The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett today announced funding of $1.3 million from the Indigenous Visual Arts Special Initiative to provide 24 Indigenous art centres with infrastructure, training and marketing support. “This investment recognises the...» Read More
Chance to see Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.03.08
Authentic contemporary Australian Aboriginal artwork will be unveiled at 7pm tonight during the opening of the Warlukurlangu Artists exhibition at La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art, Manama. The exhibition will showcase the work of Otto Simms and Ormay Gallagher, who...» Read More
Wynne Prize Finalists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.03.08
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art congratulates the following artists as finalists in this year's Wynne Prize for Landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Michael Mcwilliams, Elizabeth Kunoth Kngwarray and Sisters, Angelina Ngal and Kathleen Ngal. Angelina is also...» Read More
Senior artists of Fitzroy Crossing. W.A.
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.03.08
Senior Women artists of Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia Stories about country are the subject of the beautiful contemporary works by the women of Fitzroy Crossing. They are stories that remind us that time is not necessarily linear: while it is...» Read More
Wynne Prize 2008 Finalists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.03.08
Andrew Bennett The casual farmer Zhong Chen Rainy day III Lucy Culliton Hartley landscape - cactus garden Joanne Currie Nalingu The river is calm Marc De Jong The middle of nowhere Graham Fransella Landscape figures Maria Gorton Ancient blue Julie...» Read More
New Voices in Gija Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 08.03.08
The first group show for Warmun Art Centre's tenth anniversary year is with the gallery that hosted Warmun Art Centre’s first-ever exhibition. Work from established artists such as Shirley Purdie will hang beside that of emerging up-and-comers like Roseleen Park....» Read More
Influence and Inspiration
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 08.03.08
For tens of thousands of years, the Kunwinjku people of western Arnhem Land have painted their stories upon the sandstone escarpments of their ancestral lands. Covered in a vibrant cacophony of images, these rock art galleries present a powerful vision...» Read More
Warnditch Ngarrangkani (Maker of Dreams)
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 08.03.08
Born in the bush circa 1920 at what is now called Glenroy Station in the central Kimberley, Ngarra has lived through 90 years of that region’s extraordinary frontier history. A speaker of Andinyin, Ngarinyin and Gija, Ngarra is highly respected...» Read More
Kunwinjku Songman
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 08.03.08
Over the past two decades, Bruce Nabegeyo has established himself as one of the most evocative and sophisticated narrative painters of western Arnhem Land. Bruce Nabegeyo’s works bristle with a compulsive energy, as a multitude of spirit figures, creation beings...» Read More
Decipher Creation Myths, Blow Glass at Singapore Art Galleries
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 08.03.08
Tiger Palpatja, born around 1920, had a late start as an artist. He began painting only three years ago. Palpatja, who is from Amata in South Australia, about 1,100 kilometers (684 miles) northwest of Adelaide, is one of a growing...» Read More
GIs and Australian Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.03.08
An article in IPilogie about the potential use of geographical indicators in Australian Aboriginal art. A reason why ‘new world’ countries should support the protection of geographical indicators (GIs) is because the GI concept can be applied to aboriginal art...» Read More
Ngaruwanajirri/New Works
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.03.08
A L I S O N K E L L Y G A L L E R Y In association with Ngaruwanajirri Inc, Bathurst Island, Northern Territory, invites you to the opening of this exhibition on Wednesday 12 March 2008...» Read More
Desert Rain - Indigenous Fine Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 12.03.08
Desert Rain - Indigenous Fine Art Shop 15 Noosa Marina, 2 Parkyn Circuit, Tewantin 4565 Phone: 07 5470 2214 Email: art@desertrain.com.au Web: www.desertrain.com.au Exhibition: Wood and Ink - Maningrida and Tiwi The exhibition brings together work from the Top End...» Read More
art at the heart conference e-bulletin #2 March 2008
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 12.03.08
art at the heart conference March update....» Read More
Artist Spotlight featuring Adam Hill
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 12.03.08
1. Briefly describe yourself. When and how did you first become interested in art? How long have you been a practising artist? I am a complex man striving for simple answers. I became interested in art when I first distinguished...» Read More
Wet roads, dry town expected to affect Tiwi art sales
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 12.03.08
An article from ABC News about the Tiwi art sale associated with the Tiwi Islands football grand final. Quoted from the article: Indigenous artists could be forced to walk to a major art sale on the Tiwi Islands this weekend...» Read More
Art mafia 'ordered' minister's bashing
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.03.08
An article in the NT News about the assault on retired politician Peter Tonyne. Quoted from the article: Peter Toyne, 62, who was stabbed in the leg with a sharpened nulla nulla and clubbed across the head several times by...» Read More
MALUNGU (FROM THE SEA) NEW WORKS BY ALICK TIPOTI
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 14.03.08
Alick Tipoti was born in 1975 on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait. He has completed an Associate Diploma of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art at Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE. Tipoti has also received a Bachelor of...» Read More
Desire to inspire winks
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 15.03.08
A quick wink that shows some artworks from Artery. Quoted from the wink: "My background is design - I am an interior designer and spent about 6 years working for Freedom Furniture as a furniture designer - anyway now I...» Read More
Culture on air, close-up and personal
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 15.03.08
An article in the Financial Times about Tim Marlow and his brief but involvement with Aboriginal art....» Read More
Nangara recent acquisitions
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 15.03.08
Nangara have updated their recent acquisitions page. The acquisitions include: early works on board by famous artists Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula and Anatjarri Tjakamarra works by Minnie Pwerle works by Heather “Anjolu” Umbagai Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri's, Warlugurlong 1977, measuring 385 x...» Read More
Interview with Edwin Safarian
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 15.03.08
An interview with Aboriginal Dreamtime Fine Art Gallery Curator Edwin Safarian. Our Manly reporter Bevan Dally caught up with Edwin Safarian, new owner of the ‘Aboriginal Dreamtime Fine Art Gallery’ (ex Oz Biz Art Gallery) to chat about Indigenous Art,...» Read More
Ngaruwanajirri – New Work
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.03.08
In association with Ngaruwanajirri, Nguiu, Bathurst Island, Northern Territory 12 March to 12 April 2008 Following highly successful exhibitions in 2004 and 2006, Alison Kelly Gallery is pleased to present new works of artists from Ngaruwanajirri Inc., located at Nguiu...» Read More
Agathon Galleries Showcases Women’s Painting of the Gibson Desert
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 17.03.08
Irrunytju’s Kuntjil Cooper and Tjayanka Woods Depict Dreamtime Epic of ‘Seven Sisters Dreamings’ Celebrating two of the most distinguished artists at Irrunytju Art Centre, Agathon Galleries will be showcasing the work of Kuntjil Cooper and Tjayanka Woods at their next...» Read More
Crowds gather for Tiwi art sale
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 17.03.08
Flooded roads have not stopped one of the country's biggest Aboriginal art sales from going ahead on the Tiwi Islands off the Northern Territory coast today. Around 90 artists from Bathurst and Melville Islands have gathered on the Nguiu football...» Read More
Emily Kame Kngwarreye in Osaka
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 18.03.08
From the very first time he laid eyes on the work of Emily Kame Kngwarreye (c.1910-96), in the 1998 retrospective at the Queensland Art Gallery, Akira Tatehata knew that it was something special. At that time, Tatehata was a curator...» Read More
Australian Aboriginal Art at ‘Art Now’ art fair in NY
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 21.03.08
The ‘Art Now’ art fair runs Thursday March 27 through Sunday March 30 at Hotel 30/30 in New York. It is one of the major art fairs taking place in New York in the last week of March, along with...» Read More
John Bartoo wins 2008 Chelsea International Fine Art Competition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 21.03.08
John Bartoo was one of twenty four selected to participate in the exhibition at Agora Gallery from a number of entrants at the 2008 Chelsea International Fine Art Competition....» Read More
Lawyers offer lessons in legacy
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 22.03.08
An article in the Australian about ArtsLaw and other bodies helping Indigenous artists and Aboriginal art centres develop wills to protect royalty streams for artists. Quoted from the report: Arts Law's services in will-making are part of a program called...» Read More
Record prices for Aboriginal art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 24.03.08
Information about a recent Aboriginal art auction from Lawson-Menzies. Quoted from the article: Some 120 works went under the hammer tonight for the Lawson-Menzies auction, many of which were post-1980 Aboriginal works. A spokeswoman for auction house Lawson-Menzies said a...» Read More
Win an Abie Loy Kemarre Painting
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 25.03.08
In a fantastic gesture, Central Art Aboriginal Art Store is offering all Central Art Mailing List subscribers as well as any new members that join the Central Art Mailing List the chance to win an incredible painting by Abie Loy...» Read More
Aboriginal art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 25.03.08
Article about Aboriginal Art in Express India. Quoted from the article: The individual character of Aboriginal art lies in its depiction of the Western Desert region of Australia, its social activities, material culture, economy, environmental change, myth and religion. Creation...» Read More
Des Art in the Park
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 25.03.08
Des Art in the park was held a couple of nights ago in the Alice Springs Desert Park. Like always it seems to have been a great success. Quoted from the report: Stalls selling everything from bright canvases to jewellery,...» Read More
What is Authentic Aboriginal Art & Provenance?
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.03.08
New post by Edwina Circuitt about Western Desert Mob and Aboriginal authenticity and provenance....» Read More
Hieronymous the Anonymous
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.03.08
An interesting post about Aboriginal art and its impact from Hieronymous the Anonymous. The article is about the writer walking around a gallery and describing the colours and the art. Quoted from the post: I moved from painting to painting,...» Read More
Cultural Connections: The Mowanjum Artists of the Kimberley
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.03.08
What's the proper way to buy Aboriginal art?
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.03.08
There was a time when it seemed easy to answer the frequently asked question: What's the proper way to buy Aboriginal art? I simply said go to a city gallery that's a member of Art.Trade, the association of galleries dealing...» Read More
AboriginalArtDirect #2
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.03.08
In this edition of AboriginalArtDirect Jeremy Eccles examines how you buy your art and key moral questions facing every buyer in the Aboriginal art market. We also highlight the latest Emily Kngwarreye exhibition in Japan and the what's popular online...» Read More
Samantha Hobson - Ngayu Aalmana Ngaachi Ngatangku - Growing up with Cuontry
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 29.03.08
Samantha Hobson was born in 1981 at Lockhart River, Cape York, the northern most settlement of Eastern Australia. She began painting with the Lockhart River Art Gang at the age of 17, producing paintings of the land and reef that...» Read More
Emily's Country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 30.03.08
The Emily Kngwarreye show has been very popular in Japan, as Akino Yoshihara writes: An Aborigine community in the boundless red desert of central Australia nurtured a gifted artist who was full of dynamism and creativity. Emily Kame Kngwarreye, who...» Read More
Fresh as a daisy, bar a pretentious minx
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 31.03.08
An article in the Sydney Morning Herald that discusses an exhibition of painted bark cloths of the Omie people in Papua New Guinea's remote Oro province, and the similarities in interpretation to modern Australian Aboriginal art....» Read More
There's magic in these spectacular works
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 31.03.08
An article in the Sydney Morning Herald about Annadale Galleries that mentions their success with Arnhem Land art....» Read More
April, 2008
Stolen paintings dumped in park
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.04.08
Lindsay Murdoch of the Age reports that the seven Aboriginal paintings worth hundreds of thousands of dollars have been found dumped under a tree near where they were stolen from the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory early...» Read More
Stolen museum paintings found
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.04.08
The Herald Sun reports that seven valuable Aboriginal paintings stolen from a Darwin museum have been recovered undamaged and a man arrested....» Read More
Aboriginal paintings recovered
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.04.08
ABC online reports that the seven artworks have now been recoved. Quoted from the report: Assistant Police Commissioner Graeme Kelly says all seven works were recovered just before midday. A Northern Territory Government spokesman says the paintings were found hidden...» Read More
Aboriginal art stolen from Australian gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.04.08
A Reuters India report about the overnight theft of Aboriginal artworks from the Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery. Quoted from the article: Gallery director Anna Malgorzewicz said the stolen paintings were not the most valuable in the gallery's collection,...» Read More
Blood dots a clue to Aboriginal painting heist
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.04.08
Another article about the stolen paintings. Quoted from the article that appeared on the West Australian online. Dots of blood could help police catch two thieves who stole seven Aboriginal paintings worth more than half a million dollars from a...