May, 2009
Shalom Institute funds Aboriginal medical students
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 29.05.09
Sydney’s Shalom Institute is funding Aboriginal medical students through the exhibition and sale of Aboriginal art..with ten indigenous students currently in residence in Shalom College. The Shalom Institute’s support for the Aboriginal education scholarship program Shalom Gamarada goes from strength...» Read More
Art For Sale
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 29.05.09
Speaker: Barbara Ashford, School of Social Science, UQ The art dealership is situated at a nexus of relationships that contest and negotiate culturally informed values and categories of fine art, Aboriginality and commodities. I argue that dealers in Aboriginal art...» Read More
A decade of Australia’s indigenous fine art 1999-2009
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.05.09
A decade of Australia’s indigenous fine art 1999-2009 Curated by McCulloch & McCulloch Art & Books Designed as a ‘walk through our books’, the exhibition, part of Salt Contemporary Art's Winter Arts Programme, comprises more than 40 Aboriginal paintings, prints,...» Read More
McCulloch’s Aboriginal Art @ Salt Contemporary
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.05.09
McCulloch’s Aboriginal Art @ Salt Contemporary A decade of Australia’s indigenous fine art 1999-2009 Curated by McCulloch & McCulloch Art & Books Designed as a ‘walk through our books’, the exhibition, part of Salt Contemporary Art's Winter Arts Programme, comprises...» Read More
Senior Kimberley artist couple show paintings of their country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 25.05.09
Luka (Mud) 13 June – 4 July 2009 In their second joint exhibition, husband and wife Tommy and Dorothy May present colourful new paintings of their country, The Great Sandy Desert. A beautiful large canvas was painted jointly , with...» Read More
The stuff of dreams
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 25.05.09
Great article in The Age about Trevor Nickolls: Destined to paint, Trevor Nickolls pursued his creative dream until the art world was finally awakened, writes Gabriella Coslovich. In the inner city suburb of Bowden, Adelaide, Trevor Nickolls lives alone but...» Read More
Assortment of art awaits
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 25.05.09
Article about the Roebourne Art Group: Roebourne, known as Yirramagadu to the region’s indigenous peoples, is a place rich in culture and arts and nowhere is this more evident than at the Roebourne Art Group. Located in a small unassuming...» Read More
Tribal Art - New artist at Tony Bond art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 25.05.09
From TribalWords blog: Here at Aboriginals Gallery, also known as TribalWorks, an online gallery offering Australian Aboriginal art and artifacts, we received the following letter from our good friend, Tony Bond of Adelaide, South Australia. We have purchased from Tony...» Read More
Go Walkabout for Rare View of Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 25.05.09
In Papunya, an aboriginal relief camp in the central Australian desert area near the town of Alice Springs, a teacher provided village elders with paint, tools and encouragement. And, in the process, he helped launch a unique artistic movement that...» Read More
Kluge-Ruhe Tour with Margo Smith
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 25.05.09
Kluge-Ruhe Tour with Margo Smith Date/s: May 23, 2009 Time:10:30 a.m. Location Kluge-Ruhe Sponsored by Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection Category Speakers, Public Event Web Site Event Web Site Contact Information Phone: 434.244.0234...» Read More
Club banner to promote region
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 25.05.09
The Wagin Shire Council was approached to submit a banner for this project and this year they offered the idea to Wagin Rotary Club member Gloria Bliss. Mrs Bliss, who has a degree in Contemporary Aboriginal Art and graduated her...» Read More
EMSAH Research Seminar: Aboriginal Art & Systems Theory
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 21.05.09
This paper examines parallels between Aboriginal knowledge paradigms and key principles of Systems Theory. Twentieth century scholarship in Cultural Anthropology was instrumental in formulation of ‘whole systems thinking’ that underscores multidisciplinary imperatives of contemporary scholarship. Through analysis of artworks as...» Read More
Kanyiri with Bob Randall
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 20.05.09
Nerissa Major, a Koori Aboriginal Artist from Western Victoria, will be displaying some of her Unique Art at "Kanyiri with Bob Randall'. Also a Didgeridoo Performance by Russell Smith and a 'Bush Tucker' supper is provided. Entry is Adults $20...» Read More
Adam Hill: A Colony of Terrors
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 20.05.09
A Colony of Terrors 23 May - 11 June 2009 Opens Wednesday 27 May, 6pm To be opened by Adam Geczy Artist, Writer & Lecturer, Syney College of the Arts 7pm, Artist talk and special guest performances Adam Hill does...» Read More
Kaleidoscope of Colour
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 19.05.09
An exhibition of photography, landscape painting and Indigenous art. Smith & Hall invite you to step into a Kaleidoscope of Colour featuring new works by Camilla Connolly, Renato Grome and Ronnie Tjampitjinpa. Exhibition runs from 19th - 31st May 2009...» Read More
Best in the west
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 18.05.09
Culture vulture: The clutch of modern and heritage buildings on the city's northern shoulder house the Western Australian Museum, the Art Gallery of Western Australia and the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts. Founded in 1895, the art gallery collection contains...» Read More
Sacred secrets in Aboriginal art at the Fowler
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.05.09
The Fowler exhibit, "Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya," features 49 paintings and focuses largely on the early years of Western Desert Painting's development. A companion exhibit, "Innovations in Western Desert Painting, 1972-1999," gives museum-goers a chance...» Read More
Pushing boundaries
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.05.09
Just read the book! You can understand Cees Nooteboom's frustration. He writes a potentially controversial book about a young Brazilian woman having mystically awakening sex with an almost speechless Aboriginal artist, and the response in Australia is silence. "I'm curious,"...» Read More
Warwick Thornton discusses Samson and Delilah with the WSWS
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.05.09
Samson and Delilah writer, director and cinematographer Warwick Thornton spoke with the World Socialist Web Site this month when his film screened at the Message Sticks film festival in Sydney. Thornton, who was born and raised in Alice Springs, Central...» Read More
Painting of child actor is Archibald People's Choice
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.05.09
VINCENT FANTAUZZO won the Archibald People's Choice Prize for the second consecutive time today, with a portrait of the young Aboriginal actor Brandon Walters. Walters became a star overnight when he appeared in Baz Luhrmann's film, Australia, but at the...» Read More
Desart welcomes $10m industry funding
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.05.09
The head of Desart in central Australia says the Federal Government has got its priorities right in granting extra money to the Aboriginal art industry. A $10 million package for Aboriginal art was announced in this week's Federal Budget. The...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Shines in Charlottesville
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.05.09
The surprising Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection is part of the University of Virginia (which was designed by Thomas Jefferson). The small museum opened in 1997 through a gift by businessman John W. Kluge, who began collecting Aboriginal art in the...» Read More
Samson and Delilah
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.05.09
Some might say it is a simple love story, but delve deeper and you will find one of the richest narratives told in Australian cinema. In an isolated community in the central desert of Australia, Delilah (Marissa Gibson) spends the...» Read More
Interview with Warwick Thornton, writer/director of Samson & Delilah
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.05.09
Interview with Warwick Thornton, writer/director of Samson & Delilah: Few first-time feature filmmakers are greeted with the kind of accolades bestowed upon Australian director Warwick Thornton, whose triumphant Cannes-selected indigenous drama Samson & Delilah has prompted a gushing response from...» Read More
Venice Reflux: Doctorin' The Tardis
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.05.09
All that is missing from Gladwell's imagery is a large monolith and some token Aboriginals with a spear and shield. Vernon Ah Kee rises from the pages of The Australian to create an interesting debate with his 'Commissioner': "The problem...» Read More
Introducing the Australian Art Market Blog - australianartmarket.com
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.05.09
As a Sydney, Australia based art market analyst and art consultant I am sure you would not be surprised to hear that I have a particular interest in Australian art and the Australian art market. Having spent the last couple...» Read More
Minister lashes the 'culture vultures' of Aboriginal art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.05.09
Responding to growing disquiet in central Australia, where Aboriginal artists are angry that secret cultural material contained in paintings is being exhibited internationally, NT Arts and Aboriginal Affairs Minister Alison Anderson has intervened to overturn government policy of researching and...» Read More
Susan Lowish - Treasuring Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.05.09
Host/Speaker Susan Lowish, Ph.D. Sponsored by Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection Type Speakers - Arts/Performing Arts Location Kluge-Ruhe Date and Time Friday May 15, 2009 7:00 PM (EST) Description Susan Lowish, Lecturer in Australian art history, University of Melbourne, will discuss...» Read More
Mike Anderson new director of AAMU
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.05.09
As of 1 June Mike Anderson, presently Cultural Governance programme leader at Kunst & Zaken, will be director of the AAMU Museum of contemporary Aboriginal art in Utrecht. He will succeed Ms Daniëlle van den Broek, who was director of...» Read More
GLORIA GOES TO PARIS
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 15.05.09
Celebrated Utopia artist, Gloria Petyarr has become the first Australian artist commissioned by Hermes, the swanky international fashion house based in Paris. Gloria's Leaf design was selected by Hermes for their 2009 collection, and has just been released internationally. The...» Read More
WA ART PRIZE NOMINEES NAMED
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 12.05.09
Fifteen Indigenous artists and one artists collective are nominated for Australia's richest art prizes. They are: Tony Albert (born 1981 Townsville QLD, lives Brisbane QLD) Lorraine Connelly-Northey (born 1962 Swan Hill VIC, lives Swan Hill VIC) Timothy Cook...» Read More
Interview with Leon Paroissien and Bernice Murphy
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 10.05.09
Interview with Leon Paroissien and Bernice Murphy This is an excerpt from the interview which looks at Aboriginal art only. The full interview can be found at the url below. The interview was made in 2006. In the Perspecta exhibition...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Exhibit Opens at the Fowler
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 10.05.09
In 1971 in the tiny settlement of Papunya, a group of Australian Aboriginal men began transferring their sacred ceremonial designs onto pieces of masonite board. Since this crucial transformative period, Australian Aboriginal art has become an international phenomenon, widely exhibited...» Read More
Other side art: Trevor Nickolls, a survey of paintings and drawings 1972–2007, 13 May to 2 August 2009 (and national tour 2009–10)
Posted by | 08.05.09
Other side art is the first museum survey of the work of South Australian indigenous artist, Trevor Nickolls, known as “the father of urban aboriginal art” (Brenda Croft, former senior curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the...» Read More
Central Australian Film Samson and Delilah screens at the Cannes Film Festival
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.05.09
Samson and Delilah, written and directed by Warwick Thornton and shot in central Australia screens at the Cannes Film Festival next week. As quoted from the director: 'Samson & Delilah is a love story, but perhaps not in the traditional...» Read More
The 3 Kings
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 06.05.09
Sarrita and Tarisse King will pay homage to their father, the highly respected artist and elder, William (Bill) King Jungala (1966 – 2007), in a powerful exhibition at Kate Owen Gallery. The exhibition opens from 6 – 8pm on 7th...» Read More
Visiting the old outback haunts of an Aboriginal water colourist
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 06.05.09
Aboriginal art to many tourists in Australia means paintings on bare rock and the Rainbow Serpent creation myth rendered in rich colours with the dot technique. Aborigines and watercolours hardly seem to go together. But Albert Namatjira, who ranks as...» Read More
INVITATION TO JOIN US AT THE KUNSTTOUR 2009
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.05.09
INVITATION TO JOIN US AT THE KUNSTTOUR 2009 Once again the town of Uebach-Palenberg - bordering the Netherlands - is host to Aboriginal Art from Australia. If you are looking for masterpieces of indigenous art the Aboriginal Art Gallery Brit‘s...» Read More
Artistic gems from the Australian outback
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.05.09
It's not often that I come across a painting that vibrates. I don't mean literally, as in a work engineered for actual physical movement, or one that plays with both a viewer's perception and a picture's surface in the style...» Read More
Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum reopens after £1.5m revamp
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.05.09
The Pitt Rivers Museum in Parks Road closed last July for the £1.5m revamp, which won £1m from the Heritage Lottery Fund and other grants. A special programme of Bank Holiday weekend events starts tonight. Collections move assistant Kate Greenaway...» Read More
ABORIGINAL ART AT CANNES!
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 01.05.09
The Cannes Film Festival will host the world-wide launch of the Aussie film, Samson & Delilah – featuring the great Warlpiri artist, Mitjili Napanangka Gibson, in her second film role. Not only the artist, but her art features seriously in...» Read More
Emily's creation finds new home in Alice
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.05.09
From ABC News: The family of one of Australia's most celebrated Indigenous artists gathered today to witness the return of one of her paintings to central Australia. Emily Kngwarreye painted Earth's Creation at Utopia, 220 kilometres north-east of Alice Springs,...» Read More
The Blackstone Reading Room
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.05.09
A great post with a wonderful picture from Papulankutja Artists: Edith Lyons and Jean Lane, having an in-depth read of the new 'Art Collector Guide to Aboriginal Art Centres' Magazine. Both featured in the magazine with stunning artworks. Please check...» Read More
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