March, 2009
CIAF relocates
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 31.03.09
The location for the inaugural Cairns Indigenous Art Fair has been changed with the event now taking place at Tanks Arts Centre rather than the Heritage Sheds announced earlier. The dates remain the same August 21 - 23....» Read More
Envoy for our colonial past
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 31.03.09
Not really relevant but wouldn't this have been amazing: "Old switcheroo art deal weathers well", ran the headline in The Daily Telegraph. The exchange program was soon derailed after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, an event that took place while the...» Read More
Aboriginal arts talk
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 31.03.09
An update from Will Owen: No essay this week, I confess, as I've happily spent the last seven days entertaining my friend Walter, down from Boston for a springtime visit, our first since we saw each other at the opening...» Read More
New essay from John Altma: Beyond Closing the Gap: Valuing Diversity in Indigenous Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 31.03.09
Teacher earns grant, heads to Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 31.03.09
From Boulder and County News: Jason Gage, an art teacher at Spangler Elementary in the St. Vrain Valley School District, has been chosen to receive the 2009 Eleanor Venture grant -- created five years ago to support a teacher "travel...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Exhibition Opens today
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 31.03.09
THE Balgo - Contemporary Australian Art Exhibition launched yesterday at the Fiji Museum in Suva. The exhibition is the result of a small indigenous community based on the outskirts of the Great Sandy Desert and the Tanami Desert of northeast...» Read More
'EARTH'S CREATION' IN ALICE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 29.03.09
The painting that briefly set the record for Aboriginal art, and still holds the record for a painting by an Australian woman – Emily Kngwarreye's 'Earth's Creation' – is now on show in Alice Springs. During the 2007 peak in...» Read More
You can still buy from the Important Aboriginal Art Auction
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.03.09
For bargain hunters and those looking to purchase Aboriginal Art you can still buy off the catalogue from the Important Aboriginal Art auction that went under the hammer on the 25th March....» Read More
Downturn hits art auction hard
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.03.09
From the Age: Barely half of the 265 works offered at Deutscher and Hackett's inaugural Aboriginal art auction last night sold, fetching a total of $1.3 million, including commissions. Executive director Chris Deutscher, who had been hoping for a $2...» Read More
Opening auctions to test art market
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.03.09
From the Age: The sales will be a litmus test of the market in these tight financial times. In Melbourne, Deutscher and Hackett will launch its inaugural Aboriginal art sale, while, in Sydney, Rod Menzies will auction 250 works in...» Read More
From Desert to Saltwater Country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.03.09
The ReDot gallery is proud to welcome the 1st Singaporean show for the exciting works of the Yulparija and Mangala artists of Bidyadanga. “FROM DESERT TO SALTWATER COUNTRY” will showcase the very best from this art community whose ancestral lands...» Read More
Doubts raised about Rover Thomas painting
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.03.09
Expert analysis of a Rover Thomas painting bought at auction four years ago has cast doubt on whether the indigenous master painted the work. A preliminary report from Melbourne University's Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation states that, in view of...» Read More
Auction houses get creative
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.03.09
After a bumper turnover in 2007 the market contracted, and predictions for this year have been gloomy. Tonight's sales at Menzies Art Brands and Deutscher and Hackett will be a test of how the downturn is affecting the Australian market....» Read More
The Artery's 'Yaruman Collection' acquired by IFC Washington DC, USA.
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 25.03.09
We are very proud to announce that a collection of paintings we commissioned from the tiny Community of Ringer Soak, east of The Kimberly in Western Australia, has been acquired by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) a member of the...» Read More
MOUNTFORD BARKS GET AN OUTING
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 25.03.09
The small showing of barks and works on paper collected by Charles Pearcy Mountford during his American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhemland in 1948 – currently at the AGNSW – raises more questions than it answers. Which is not necessarily a...» Read More
Barunga Festival
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 23.03.09
Barunga Festival is on June 5-8th. We are now calling for Aboriginal bands, sporting teams and artists for entries in this year's festival. Barunga Festival is open to the public, there is traditional dancing, - music, - sports, - art,...» Read More
CREATIVE AUSTRALIAN AICEY ZARO RECOGNISED FOR INSPIRING THE TOWNSVILLE COMMUNITY
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 23.03.09
CREATIVE AUSTRALIAN AICEY ZARO RECOGNISED FOR INSPIRING THE TOWNSVILLE COMMUNITY Creativity comes in a surprising range of shapes and sizes in Australia and is often the inspiration behind people becoming involved in their local community. This year, Sensis is celebrating...» Read More
Ngardarb Francine Riches - First indigenous sculptor in Denmark
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 20.03.09
Four WA artists whose sculptures have wowed Cottesloe beachgoers will exhibit at the first international Sculpture by the Sea in Aarhus, Denmark. Kevin Draper, Richie Kuhaupt, Francine Riches and Jean-Marc Rivalland are among 60 artists whose work will be on...» Read More
NATSIAAs SAIL ON
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 20.03.09
Australia's most important indigenous art prize will sail on into its 26th edition in August this year - with entries for it closing on Friday, 27 March 2009. Last year's Silver Jubilee of what are often called The Telstras attracted...» Read More
New Indigenous Art Gallery To Showcase Shoalhaven Local Talent
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 17.03.09
New Indigenous Art Gallery To Showcase Shoalhaven Local Talent The House of Koorang Gallery is owned and operated by international renowned Aboriginal artist and Eora Elder, Mundara Koorang and his wife Novy. The focus of the gallery is in providing...» Read More
ONLY DAYS TO GO TO RESPOND TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 17.03.09
People who care about how Aboriginal art is 'brought to market' have only until Friday 20th March to respond to the Australia Council's draft Code of Conduct for the industry. The place to go to examine their proposals – which...» Read More
Bush Dolls from the Heart
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.03.09
Yarrenyty Artlere Artists in conjunction with Outstation - Art from Art Centres are proud to present Bush Dolls from the Heart, Yarrenyty Artlere Artists' inaugural exhibition featuring dyed textile bush dolls and dry point etchings....» Read More
Barks, Birds & Billabongs symposium at the National Museum of Australia
Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 16.03.09
From the 16 – 20 November 2009, The National Museum of Australia (Canberra) is presenting Barks, Birds & Billabongs, a symposium that will investigate the significant and often controversial legacy of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land in 1948....» Read More
House of Koorang Gallery Opens
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 15.03.09
on the 14th March the new House of Koorang Gallery Opened in Nowra NSW. This is the first retail gallery store for Mundara and Novy after running an Indigenous wholesale for over 12 years. The House of Koorang Gallery has...» Read More
The shock of the old
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 14.03.09
The major auction houses are offering the strongest catalogues of Aboriginal art since indigenous paintings found their way from Turkey Creek to the mainstream. Names such as Rover Thomas and Emily Kame Kngwarreye excite the art market as much as...» Read More
One Country - Atnwengerrp THE PWERLE SISTERS - Minnie, Emily, Molly and Gayle
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.03.09
The works by the late Minnie Pwerle captivated the art world. Together, Minnie, Emily, Molly and Gayle create the magic that is in the forefront of contemporary art today – works from the artists of Utopia, Central Australia. In January...» Read More
KALKADUNGA MAN ON THE ROAD
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 12.03.09
Australia's finest and most imaginative vocal ensemble – The Song Company - has pushed the envelope yet again, into the indigenous. And typically of this now-25 year old group, lead by the irrepressible Roland Peelman, it's an enveloping experience they...» Read More
Bangarra Dance Theatre
Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 12.03.09
On Saturday, the 9th March, the Australian Aboriginal Art magazine has launched in Alice Springs. The new magazine Australia Aboriginal Art is devoted entirely to the Aboriginal art world. Its creator Steve Bush, whose passion in art, inspired this new...» Read More
UQ Art Museum Exhibition Floor Talk: Next Generation Lockhart River ‘Old Girls’
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 10.03.09
‘Aboriginal Art and Another History’ Dr Sally Butler is Senior Lecturer in Art History at The University of Queensland. Her recent publications include a book covering the history of the Lockhart River Indigenous art movement in Queensland`s Cape York region,...» Read More
SONIA KURARRA GOES SOLO
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 06.03.09
A new name is hurtling out of The Kimberley into Sydney this weekend. Sonia Kurarra is a Walmajarri woman from Fitzroy Crossing who is going to knock a few socks off when her art is viewed at Gallery Gondwana in...» Read More
ARCHIBALD/WYNNE PRIZES GET A BIT INDIGENOUS
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 06.03.09
The important annual Wynne Prize for landscape painting – handed out today at noon by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Trustees – is getting more and more indigenous. This year 7 of the 30 acceptances are by Aboriginal...» Read More
Art on a String
Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 06.03.09
Central Art is proud to launch a collection of unique Aboriginal beaded Jewellery hand crafted by Aboriginal artists Leonie Campbell and Marie Napurrula. Each necklace or bracelet is comprised of gum nuts, acacia seeds and ininti seeds. Aboriginal artist Leonie...» Read More
The art sale orgy
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.03.09
What will happen here when the domestic sales start is unknown. Most likely value will hold for quality although volumes will drop off and the low to medium end of the market may suffer. The Australian season opens on March...» Read More
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