February, 2008
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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