March 2008 Australian Aboriginal Art Archives at Aboriginal Art News

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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