April, 2008
BareNest: Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 30.04.08
A post on BareNest, a blog by a Nyungar woman. The post talks about people imitating Aboriginal art, or drawing inspiration from Aboriginal art and selling works as 'Aboriginal art'. It is an interesting post about a strange phenomenon....» Read More
Dr Sally Butler: `Creative Thinking in Aboriginal Art`
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 30.04.08
Public Floor Talk by Dr Sally Butler `Creative Thinking in Aboriginal Art` (Free) This talk will focus on art works by Dorothy Napangardi, Arthur Pambegan, Gloria Petyarre and George Tjungurrayi on display in the UQ Art Museum, and will discuss...» Read More
A life reconciled
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 30.04.08
Article in the Cairns post about the artist Norman Miller. Quoted from the article: Norman’s mission to serve, combined with his identity as a descendant of the Jirrbal, BarBarrum and Yidinji rainforest peoples of the Atherton Tableland, are reflected in...» Read More
Les Ecorces de Maningrida : Œuvres récentes
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 30.04.08
Terre d’Arnhem – Northern Territory – Australie Du 16 mai au 14 juin 2008 Vernissage le 15 mai à partir de 17 heures Voici deux ans, nous vous avions présenté en Juin 2006 les œuvres de cette communauté à l’occasion...» Read More
Aboriginal Artist Rusty Peters
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 29.04.08
YouTube video featuring Aboriginal Artist Rusty Peters...» Read More
Utopia discoveries
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 29.04.08
Utopia Discoveries explores the diverse art practices of this region – from the internationally recognised Gloria Petyarre and Barbara Weir to the emerging talents of Emily and Galya Pwerle. Drawing upon customs of bush medicine and womens’ ceremonies this exhibition...» Read More
Daisy Manybuhurrawuy
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 29.04.08
Daisy Manybuhurrawuy passed away on Wednesday, 16th April...» Read More
A dream time in Melbourne
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 29.04.08
An article in The Age that discusses the AFL's Dreamtime Round and more particularly the "Dreaming at the G" match between Essendon and Richmond....» Read More
Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula @ Depot Gallery, Sydney
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 29.04.08
Alcaston Gallery is privileged to exhibit in Sydney the powerful paintings of the late Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, in association with Papunya Tjupi Arts, Papunya, Northern Territory. This outstanding collection has been meticulously preserved by the people at Papunya for ten...» Read More
QANTAS 747 - Wanala Dreaming
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.04.08
Wanala Dreaming take off featured on you tube....» Read More
Upcoming exhibitions at Alison Kelly Gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.04.08
Crossing Country: Contemporary Paintings from the East Kimberley In Association with Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra, Western Australia 21 May to 14 June 2008...» Read More
Mwere Alpeme
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 24.04.08
Amoonguna Art Center presents “Mwere Alpeme” Arrente for “Good Return” Art festival weekend: 14th 15th June08 In Amoonguna Art Center’s 1st annual art festival we will celebrate the opening of the hot glass recycling studio, Art glass sculpture, recycled metal...» Read More
David Dunn
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 23.04.08
New post by David Dunn on his blog....» Read More
NT Govt considers purpose-built Aboriginal art gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 23.04.08
The Northern Territory government is considering building a new purpose built Aboriginal Art gallery in either Darwin or Central Australia reports the ABC....» Read More
Uluru (Ayers Rock) by Vincent Forrester
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 23.04.08
Vincent Forrester is a Luritja/Aranda man born in Alice Springs, central Australia. Vincent grew up on a cattle station where he was brought up traditionally by his forefathers. Vincent is an artist and teacher of traditional law to young men....» Read More
Tjukurpa Minymaku Kunpu: Strong Women's Stories
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 23.04.08
In Association with Ernabella Arts, Ernabella, South Australia Ernabella Arts 60th Anniversary (1948 - 2008)...» Read More
Exit Art People's Choice Award Winner
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 22.04.08
The Department of Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts (NRETA) is pleased to announce that the 2007 Exit Art People's Choice Award has been won by Myra Gorey for her work titled ‘Ltyentye Apurte Landscape'. Museum and Art Gallery of...» Read More
Modern landscapes
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 21.04.08
CHAPEL BY THE SEA BONDI BEACH UNITING CHURCH MEDIA RELEASE 20th April 2008 LEADING ABORIGINAL ARTISTS TO EXHIBIT AT CHAPEL BY THE SEA Ruby's Place Gallery within the Chapel by the Sea will exhibit the work of Mini Heath, one...» Read More
Indigenous art sales stymied by heritage laws, say auction houses
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 19.04.08
Report in The Age about the impact of the introduction of a new law under the Australian Heritage Act 2006 which adds a fee for each artefact that is sold. Quoted from the article: Leading art auction houses say that...» Read More
Sandbeach Country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 19.04.08
Sandbeach Country - zeitgenössische indigene Kunst der Lockhart River Art Gang, Australien © Brit’s Art & Promotion – Brit Susann Hanstein The Sandbeach Country exhibition will be under the umbrella of the Australian Embassy in Berlin and will be opened...» Read More
Arte Agli Antipodi
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 19.04.08
ha il piacere di invitarla all’inaugurazione della nuova galleria e della mostra Arte Agli Antipodi pittura aborigena contemporanea giovedì 8 maggio 2008 ore 18 cocktail 9-31 maggio 2008 da martedì a sabato 10-13 / 15-19 w: isarte.net e: info@isarte.net a:Garibaldi...» Read More
Buyers beware bulk art 'dumped' online industry's e-scourge
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 17.04.08
The NT News today reports that "unscrupulous dealers are dumping low-quality Aboriginal art on the internet, exploiting artists and dragging the industry down". The article talks to several galleries, eBay and an online store about fakes in the market and...» Read More
Artist Slideshow featuring Mervyn Rubuntja
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.04.08
Mervyn Rubuntja was born at the Telegraph Station in Alice Springs. His mother was a Western Arrernte woman. His father was the famous painter, the late Mr. W Rubuntja Pengarte. His father has been an important role model for Mervyn....» Read More
The Power of Place - Paintings and Artefacts from the Eastern Desert
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 15.04.08
The Power of Place ends this week. Paintings and Artefacts from the Eastern Desert ENDS THIS SUNDAY 20th April, 2008. Be sure not to miss this celebration of Land seen through the art of the Anmatyarr and Alyawarr people of...» Read More
Recognition for lake's platypus project artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 15.04.08
The creators of Ballarat's giant platypus project were acknowledged last night at the opening of the Fresh & Salty exhibition at Kirrit Barreet Aboriginal Art and Cultural Centre. Artists Michael Shiell and Billy Blackall worked with the Ballarat and District...» Read More
A Safe Keeping Place: Shifting Museum Spaces and Embedded Aboriginal Cultural Protocols
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 15.04.08
Lecture A Safe Keeping Place: Shifting Museum Spaces and Embedded Aboriginal Cultural Protocols Kimberly Christen Washington Sate University Friday, April 25, 7:00 pm Kluge-Ruhe Collection Reservations required, call 434 244-0234...» Read More
Aboriginal Fine Art Finds a home in Chicago
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 15.04.08
Aboriginal Art Collection, a New Gallery Devoted to Showcasing Established and Emerging Aboriginal Artists, to open April 11 CHICAGO – Aboriginal Art Collection, the only gallery in Chicago devoted to contemporary Aboriginal fine art, will officially open with an opening...» Read More
Virtuosity: Fred Myers and Pintupi Masters at the Kluge Ruhe
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 14.04.08
Will Owen posts about the new exhibition at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection. The post has some great pictures and interesting information about the exhibition....» Read More
Divided Australia sails into the future
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 12.04.08
An article about the changing face of Australia. Quoted from the article: In an age when the world is becoming aware of the number of cultures that it is losing, the Aboriginal revival came at just the right time. Big...» Read More
Justice for leading black artist
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 12.04.08
Tommy Watson, one of Australia’s most famous indigenous artists, was successful yesterday in getting back from Red Sands Gallery, Alice Springs, 5 key paintings, valued conservatively at $265,000. Tommy had sued the gallery for his being grossly underpaid for a...» Read More
Abuela Ellen explores the beauty of Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.04.08
An American in Australia: The Anangu guides who lead walking tours throughout Kata Tjuta National Park to lookouts, caves, Aboriginal art sites and rock pools taught us about the complex ecosystem of the desert, which is now suffering due to...» Read More
Shady art suspected in mystery nulla-nulla attack
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.04.08
An article in the Australian about Peter Toyne, IdenteArt and payback. Quoted in the article: Jay Easterby-Wood, IdenteArt's partnering director, wonders if Toyne's past has caught up with him. "Peter was the former attorney-general and there may be some people...» Read More
Culture at the Interface: Digital Archives and "Social" Rights Management in Aboriginal Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.04.08
Lecture on Grounds Culture at the Interface: Digital Archives and "Social" Rights Management in Aboriginal Australia Kimberly Christen Washington Sate University Friday, April 25, 3:30 pm Scholar's Lab, Alderman Library...» Read More
Adam Hill: Art is his weapon
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 10.04.08
The Aboriginal Art Directory artist spotlight with Adam Hill was republished in the Koori Mail this week. Download the article now or read the Koori Mail's introduction to the interview: They say art is a weapon. If thatʼs true, Aboriginal...» Read More
Perceiving the Landscape in/through Western Desert Acrylic Paintings
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.04.08
Lecture Perceiving the Landscape in/through Western Desert Acrylic Paintings Fred R. Myers New York University Guest curator of Virtuosity: The Evolution of Painting at Papunya Tula Thursday, April 10, 7:00 pm Reservations required, call 434 244-0234...» Read More
Hands on approach to mural
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.04.08
Cultural recognition and appreciation were represented in colourful fashion at Oxley Vale Public School yesterday. Students were eager to get their hands dirty for the sake of fine art and assisted local artist Corey Strong in painting a mural on...» Read More
Historic Aboriginal art stolen, quickly recovered
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.04.08
The Aboriginal art heist made the China Post. Seven historic Aboriginal paintings were stolen Tuesday from an Australian museum then recovered hours later after the thief apparently changed his mind and dumped them in a park, police said. The paintings,...» Read More
Conditions of Aboriginal people in Alice Springs and the town camps
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.04.08
An article about the condition of the town camps and people's feelings about them....» Read More
Original Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.04.08
Australian Aboriginal art at the India Habitat Centre. Quoted from the article: Looking at Aboriginal paintings is like scanning the DNA of art itself, tracing the primordial codes and colours before they got mutated over millennia and travelled from rock...» Read More
Aboriginal art at school
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.04.08
If you are studying Aboriginal art at home, this post at Learning2Love might give you some ideas on how to go about it....» Read More
Samantha Hobson: indigenous art + abstract expressionism
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.04.08
Gary Sauer-Thompson investigates the categorisation of modern Indigenous art within the context of 'Today Life', a painting by Samantha Hobson from her 'Growing Up With Country' solo exhibition. Quoted from the post: It is more honest to interpret the work...» Read More
New shows at Annandale Galleries
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 08.04.08
The place that has best introduced me to the difficult world of Arnhem barks is Annandale Galleries in Sydney. At first it was the increasing abstraction of Maningrida, forthcoming (16 April) it's the refreshed world of Yirrkala where, despite the...» Read More
Rebecca Hossack - Tales of belonging
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.04.08
An article about Rebecca Hossack's journey to the United Kingdom and her importance to the Aboriginal Art industry in Europe. Quoted from the artcile: Seven years after she arrived, Hossack opened an art gallery, which became the first to seriously...» Read More
Rebecca Hossack - Tales of belonging
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.04.08
An article about Rebecca Hossack's journey to the United Kingdom and her importance to the Aboriginal Art industry in Europe. Quoted from the artcile: Seven years after she arrived, Hossack opened an art gallery, which became the first to seriously...» Read More
On the go…presenting Mukurtu
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 06.04.08
Kimberly Christen posts about some exciting upcoming presentations in the United States, including: Perceiving the Landscape in/through Western Desert Acrylic Paintings A Safe Keeping Place: Shifting Museum Spaces and Embedded Aboriginal Cultural Protocols and Museums 2.0: Virtual Repatriation and Indigenous...» Read More
Australia's best living artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.04.08
A discussion about Australia's best living artists in the Australian. The author comments on Australian Aboriginal art: I have included in my list only one Aboriginal artist and no dot painters, despite the fact Aboriginal art is such a key...» Read More
Mystery of our art in darkness
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.04.08
An interesting article in the Australian with a slightly different take on the heist including some of the mystery's surrounding it. It is a very interesting article about the place of Aboriginal art in the Northern Territory and well worth...» Read More
Warakurna Artists Group Exhibition Perth
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.04.08
Watilu Minymalu Kulira Watjarra Tjukurrpa Purlkanya Mularrpa - Men and Women know and speak of their profound knowledge Watilu Minymalu Kulira Watjarra Tjukurrpa Purlkanya Mularrpa Men and Women know and speak of their profound knowledge Exhibition from - Friday 11th...» Read More
Haul found after Darwin’s biggest art theft
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 03.04.08
Even more information about the theft from a group that helps people migrate to Australia....» Read More
Art Thief Changes Mind, Returns Paintings
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.04.08
Finally the New York Times also made a report into the Aboriginal art theft....» Read More
Stolen Aboriginal Art Found in Australian Bushland
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.04.08
Seven historic Aboriginal paintings were found in bushland in the northern Australian city of Darwin. They were found several hours after they were stolen from a Northern Territory art gallery, police said on Tuesday. The seven paintings included six works...» Read More
Drink is suspected after thief changes his mind about Aboriginal art haul
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.04.08
The Darwin heist made the UK times....» Read More
'Drunks' pull off $500,000 artwork heist
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.04.08
More about the Darwin heist and recovery. "Well, it's not an April Fools' Joke, it has just been a rather excessive occurrence, an extreme occurrence," museum director Anna Malgorzewicz said. And despite the happy ending, she said the robbery was...» Read More
Stolen Aboriginal art found in Australian bushland
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.04.08
Seven historic Aboriginal paintings were found in bushland in the northern Australian city of Darwin, several hours after they were stolen from a Northern Territory art gallery, police said on Tuesday. China view shows five of the artworks....» Read More
Warakurna Artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.04.08
This YouTube video and important message is from the artists of Warakurna Artists Aboriginal Corporation. We are an Aboriginal owned and operated Art Centre, Ngaanyatjarra Lands, Western Australia. The short film is about our Art Centre and also shows examples...» Read More
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...» Read More
'Priceless' artworks stolen from NT museum
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.04.08
Seven paintings have been stolen from the Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery. Quoted from the article: Darwin Police are investigating the theft of seven Aboriginal paintings from the Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery. Security staff at the museum...» Read More
A just program for Indigenous employment
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.04.08
An article in the Green Left about Aboriginal art and the changes to the CDEP program in the Northern Territory. Quoted from the article: The long-term CDEP support for Aboriginal art cooperatives would also be maintained, and more training aspects,...» Read More
Authenticity
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.04.08
A blog post from Kimberley Christen about Warakurna Artists and authenticity....» Read More
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