August, 2009
Recommended: Sally McKay on Aboriginal Art Shows Panel
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 29.08.09
The aboriginal art panel that I flagged last week happened on Sunday, and I was worried initially that without some kind of blog notation it might disappear into the ether. (Also, then I wouldn't be able to find out what...» Read More
Australian Code to Regulate Aboriginal Art Trade
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.08.09
Australia’s Aboriginal art business will have to follow minimum standards for dealers, agents, and artists, under a wide-ranging code of conduct that’s been recently updated and awaits the signature of the federal arts minister. Intended to crack down on unscrupulous...» Read More
Museums collecting Yass's Aboriginal history
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.08.09
A little piece of Yass aboriginal history will soon be on display in the National Museum of Australia and stories about how Yass aboriginal people lived will be taken to the British Museum in London. Jonathan King, a Keeper at...» Read More
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair a huge success
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.08.09
Premier and Minister for the Arts The Honourable Anna Bligh 24/08/2009 THOUSANDS FLOCK TO CAIRNS INDIGENOUS ART FAIR Premier and Arts Minister Anna Bligh has declared he first Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) a huge success with more than 10,000,...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Tourism
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.08.09
Do you admire aboriginal artwork? Wished that you could produce a piece of work that had the same stunning impact? Well now you can! A new 4 day safari has been introduced that includes community led dot painting workshops and...» Read More
NYU's Grey Art Gallery to Open Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.08.09
NEW YORK, NY.- The Grey Art Gallery at New York University will open the first U.S. exhibition focusing on early acrylic paintings from the Australian Indigenous settlement of Papunya, Icons of the Desert features approximately 50 paintings, including many rare...» Read More
Collaborative exhibition with Regina Wilson and Silke Raetze : Close at hand
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.08.09
Collaborative exhibition with Regina Wilson and Silke Raetze : Close at hand It is with great pleasure that, Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay welcomes Rusty Peters; Nathan Taylor and Freddy Timms to the gallery. Rusty Peters and Freddy Timms, along...» Read More
Bust up: Artworks withdrawn from sale
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.08.09
Two artworks depicting renowned Tasmanian indigenous leaders have been withdrawn from sale. The busts of Truganini and Woureddy were due to be auctioned tonight by Sotheby's but have been taken off the list, after protests from Tasmanian Aborigines. They were...» Read More
Aboriginal art wrangle
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.08.09
ACADEMICS have defended opposition to the sale of two art works, rejecting claims of political correctness gone mad. The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre opposed the planned auction of the busts of famous Tasmanian Aborigines Truganini and Woureddy on the basis of...» Read More
CAIRNS INDIGENOUS ART FAIR 2009
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.08.09
Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, QLD Friday 21st – Sunday 23rd August Alcaston Gallery is proud to exhibit works from Bentinck Island and Mornington Island artists at CIAF 09 this weekend Alcaston Gallery in conjunction with Mornington Island Arts presents Queensland...» Read More
Harrison Galleries Sale 2009
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.08.09
BEGINS SATURDAY 29 AUGUST, 10AM After the great success of last year's sale, Harrison Galleries is pleased to invite you to our second clearance sale event. Selected works from our stockroom - both contemporary Australian art and Aboriginal art -...» Read More
Wayne Quilliam 2009 NAIDOC ‘Artist of the Year’
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.08.09
Wayne Quilliam 2009 NAIDOC Artist of the Year Aboriginal photographer/videographer and artist Wayne Quilliam has been awarded what is considered one of the most prestigious Australian art accolades: 2009 NAIDOC Aboriginal Artist of the Year. Wayne is considered one of...» Read More
PR and Politics at the 2009 Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 25.08.09
PR and POLITICS at the 2009 TELSTRA ART AWARDS. THE POWER of PR The fanfare is over and the red carpet has been rolled away for another year. The winners of the 2009 Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art...» Read More
Shining lights of the north
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 25.08.09
WHAT are these colours amid the shadowed greenery? What are the sounds of chant and dance rhythm in the dark? Here, at the rainforest-surrounded Tanks Art Centre on the northern fringe of Cairns, in a set of converted World War...» Read More
'Kutju Wara' (The Last One): Yannima Tommy Watson at Agathon Galleries
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 24.08.09
Agathon Galleries will showase select works by distinguished artist Yannima Tommy Watson in an exhibition to be held from 5 September to 11 October at their Danks Street Galleries in Sydney. Sydney Morning Herald Art Critic John McDonald will open...» Read More
Aboriginal centre opens on Monday
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 24.08.09
If you think you have seen everything there is to see in Wollongong, think again. There is now a way to see the magnificent coastline and escarpment the way Dharwal people saw it more than 200 years ago. It is...» Read More
Nyree does it again
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 23.08.09
Local artist Nyree Reynolds is again a finalist in the Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Prize. Mrs Reynolds made the short list for her work “From the shadows of the past to the light of the future” which was inspired...» Read More
Outback art code draws line in the sand
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 22.08.09
Art dealers will be able to pay artists with alcohol or secondhand vehicles but will be forced to declare their agreed value under a wide-ranging code of conduct for the Aboriginal art business. The final copy of the code, obtained...» Read More
Australian Outback Artists @ Glenelg Fine Art Gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 19.08.09
Born on Kaurna land, I am passionate about my culture, my people, my Ancestors. I am a Kaurna/Narrunga woman. My people can be traced from Wallaroo, to the back of the Flinders Ranges and to the top of Eyre Peninsula...» Read More
Sales aside, Cairns puts fun into the fair
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 19.08.09
When Jonah Jones was asked to do a feasibility study for the establishment of an indigenous art fair in far north Queensland, he was mighty enthusiastic. Jones was one of the people behind what is now the Melbourne Art Fair,...» Read More
Caruana & Reid congratulates Danie Mellor on a fantastic win and an extraordinarily creative 12 months
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 19.08.09
Caruana & Reid congratulates Danie Mellor on a fantastic win and an extraordinarily creative 12 months. Danie will be holding a solo exhibition, A Balance of Power at Elizabeth Bay, from the 30th September till 31st October. Selected Awards Winner:...» Read More
Evolution of a landscape
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 18.08.09
Almost four decades since the dawn of the desert painting movement, and a quarter-century since the first award was held in Darwin, the current of indigenous expression in art has turned into a broad stream. It mirrors not just the...» Read More
‘Desert Aboriginal Acrylic Painting: tradition, boldness and colour explosion’
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 17.08.09
Danie Mellor wins Telstra Aboriginal Art Award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.08.09
A paper work exploring the fragile relationship between black and white Australia has won the country's most prestigious indigenous art award. The mixed media work by Danie Mellor - From Rite to Ritual - is an interesting choice for this...» Read More
Clash of cultures wins
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.08.09
THE winner of the 2009 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award has been announced and is set to be the most controversial in many years. At a ceremony in Darwin last night, the $40,000 Telstra Award was given...» Read More
DANIE MELLOR WINS 'THE BIG TELSTRA'
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 16.08.09
"It's important to have my work in an exhibition where conversations occur between different sorts of art and artists". The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (the NATSIAAs) at the Museum & Art Gallery of the NT in...» Read More
Keszler Gallery Brings Society And Art Together For 'Nomad Two Worlds'
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 14.08.09
Southampton - This past Saturday, Aug. 8 the Keszler Gallery in Southampton was the epicenter of a cultural and societal reconciliation with the exhibit “Nomad Two Worlds" a collaboration between Australian photographer Russell James and Aboriginal painter Clifton Beiundurry. “Innocence...» Read More
GULUMBU YUNUPINGU Heavens Above!
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 14.08.09
GULUMBU YUNUPINGU Heavens Above! ACGA Gallery @ Fed Square The Atrium, Federation Square Cnr Flinders & Swanston Streets Tuesday to Sunday 10am–5pm Gulumbu Yunupingu will make the long journey to Melbourne to proudly welcome you to her exhibition opening on...» Read More
Crossing Roper Bar Forum Event
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 14.08.09
Crossing Roper Bar Forum Event Friday 26 August 2009, 3 - 6pm Federation Hall, Victorian College of the Arts Cnr St Kilda Road and Grant Street, Southbank Paul Grabowsky's Australian Art Orchestra and The National Recording Project for Indigenous Performance...» Read More
Bush Berry Dreaming
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 14.08.09
Bush Berry Dreaming 14th - 18th September 2009 9am - 5pm Opening night drinks: 17th September 2009 6pm - 8pm RSVP essential Smith & Hall Gallery 53-59 Great Buckingham Street Redfern NSW 2016 Josie Petrick Kemarre was born at Santa...» Read More
Moriah students meet top Aboriginal artist
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.08.09
Sydney’s Moriah College students met acclaimed Aboriginal artist Barbara Weir who was Artist in Residence at the school last week prior to their drive to assist needy Aboriginal children living in remote areas. The artist shared her life story with...» Read More
Vernon Ah Kee
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.08.09
Vernon Ah Kee Who let the dogs out? (detail) 2008 Applied vinyl, variable dimensions Site-specific work for Contemporary Australia: Optimism at QAG Vernon Ah Kee is an Indigenous Australian artist who lives and works in Brisbane. Ah Kee often utilises...» Read More
Art Fair strengthens Darwin’s lead in national stakes
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.08.09
Australia’s original national Aboriginal Art Fair will be held in Darwin from 13 – 15 August. The 2009 event has attracted a record 32 Indigenous owned and operated art centres from as far as East Gippsland in Victoria and the...» Read More
Lismore cafe is no longer a wannabe
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 12.08.09
RECIEVING national recognition in the third edition of Tourism Australia's National Indigenous Tourism Product Manual is Lismore's very own GunnaWannaBe Cafe, Gallery and Learning Centre. GunnaWannaBe owners Thelma James and Mick Roberts said they were proud of their achievement. “GunnaWannaBe...» Read More
This Week In Arts
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 12.08.09
Keszler Gallery Presents Russell James 'Nomad Two Worlds' There will be an opening reception on Saturday, Aug. 8 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. for a new show entitled “Nomad Two Worlds" - an artistic collaboration of modern photography and...» Read More
Wesfarmers Arts Indigenous Fellowship consultation workshops
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 12.08.09
Consultation workshops are beginning for the Wesfarmers Arts Indigenous Fellowship, the new partnership between the National Gallery of Australia and Wesfarmers. Designed to foster the next generation of professional Indigenous leaders in the visual arts, the Fellowship will focus on...» Read More
GARMA FESTIVAL 2009
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 12.08.09
“My art is a story about the universe – about the stars”, says Gulumbu Yunupingu artlessly. The eldest member of the important Yunupingu clan, on whose land in the far North East corner of Arnhemland the annual Garma Festival has...» Read More
ART.TRADE to hold General Meeting in Darwin / AGM in Alice Springs
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.08.09
The Australian Indigenous Art Trade Association is holding a general meeting on Saturday the 15th of August 2009 at 10 am at the Palms City Resort on The Esplanade in Darwin. This coincides with the Annual Telstra Indigenous Art Awards...» Read More
Aboriginal leader lashes at assimilation
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.08.09
Australian National University professor Jon Altman also spoke at the forum and lambasted the territory government's homelands policy to turn 20 towns into regional hubs. Funding to more than 500 outstations, or homelands, would be frozen, forcing residents into larger...» Read More
Desert Mob 2009
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.08.09
Desert Mob is three days of events and celebrations in Alice Springs, Northern Territory in early September 2009. Desert Mob is presented by Desart in partnership with Araluen Arts Centre. Art Talks: Desert Mob Symposium – Friday 4 September 9-3pm...» Read More
Aboriginal art flourishes despite recession
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 10.08.09
The current global financial crisis may be putting the economic pinch on the Australian art market but Aboriginal art centres in the Northern Territory are more than weathering this fiscal storm. “The global financial crisis is an interesting phenomenon,” said...» Read More
Discover Dunkeld, Nerissa Major's Art Studio
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.08.09
Demonstration of Emu Egg Carving 11am & 2pm Some Local Koori Stories of the Area 12.30pm & 3.30pm Cost $3 per person Also Available a Large range of Unique Affordable Local Aboriginal Artworks (Traditional, Dot, Modern, Contemporary, Abstract, Landscape and...» Read More
Aboriginal art flourishes despite recession
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.08.09
The current global financial crisis may be putting the economic pinch on the Australian art market but Aboriginal art centres in the Northern Territory are more than weathering this fiscal storm. “The global financial crisis is an interesting phenomenon,” said...» Read More
Painting by William Barak – the last chief of the Yarra Yarra tribe
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.08.09
WHAT ONE MILLION DOLLARS BUY Painting by William Barak – the last chief of the Yarra Yarra tribe – sold for 504,000 AUD William Barak’s painting, the Corroboree, was sold for 504,000 AUD ($421,797) at Sotheby’s during the “Aboriginal Art”...» Read More
Hermannsburg Potters - Iltja Nunaka Orkapuma Ntaria
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.08.09
Hermannsburg Potters Iltja Nunaka Orkapuma Ntaria Hand-made from Hermannsburg New ceramics by Irene Entata, Judith Inkamala, Rahel Ungwanaka, Carol Rontji, Lindy Rontji, Rona Rubuntja and Dawn Wheeler. Meet the potters: Wednesday 26 August 6 pm – 8 pm Irene Entata...» Read More
ABORIGINAL ART FROM THE ARTHUR PAPADIMITRIOU COLLECTION
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 08.08.09
It has been widely written how the Papunya movement, or dot painting style, started at the Papunya Aboriginal Community, about 240 kilometres northwest of Alice Springs in 1971 when a young school teacher Geoff Bardon encouraged senior elders to paint...» Read More
Barney Ellaga - Bush Honey New Paintings
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.08.09
Barney Ellaga Bush Honey – New Paintings Opening Event: Wednesday 26 August 6pm – 8pm Exhibition dates: Tuesday 18 August – Sunday 12 September 2009 Alcaston Gallery is pleased to present Barney Ellaga’s fifth solo exhibition at Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne....» Read More
Artists of the Barkly
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.08.09
An extraordinary journey has begun for a group of artists from the Barkly region who have been invited to showcase their work at Tandanya. Tying in with Tandanya’s 20th Anniversary celebrations this year, a two-year exhibition in the making, Artists...» Read More
Our Metro Mob 09
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.08.09
Tandanya is proud to present the ‘Our Metro Mob’ exhibition for 2009 as part of the SALA Festival Program. The ‘Our Metro Mob’ exhibition features Adelaide based Aboriginal emerging and established artists showcasing contemporary, vibrant, modern pieces from artists with...» Read More
ARTKELCH zeigt Aboriginal Art in Berlin - Papunya Tula Artists im Rahmen von "pro community"
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.08.09
ARTKELCH zeigt Aboriginal Art in Berlin - Papunya Tula Artists im Rahmen von "pro community" Kunst & Kultur Ab 02. Oktober zeigt ARTKELCH eine handverlesene Auswahl der besten aktuellen Arbeiten der Aboriginal Art aus Australiens führendem indigenen Kunstzentrum „Papunya Tula...» Read More
The most eye-opening show of Aboriginal art ever
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.08.09
Here goes: This is finest show of Aboriginal art I have ever seen. It is neither the biggest (only 20 barks, and some objects), nor the most varied (it is narrow in range), but the works are unique in historical...» Read More
Aboriginal standouts should hold their value
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.08.09
Sotheby's Aboriginal art sale on Monday night is likely to see prices equal those of earlier sales of white-fella art this year. That means a discount of 20 to 30 per cent on the prices that were being paid before...» Read More
Koorie Art Projected
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 03.08.09
Media Release Exhibition Projects Koorie Art from Victoria’s East Tandeera, Koorie Heritage Trust, 295 King Street Melbourne, until 21 August 2009 Three Gunnai/Kurnai artists from Victoria’s East, Eileen Harrison, Frances Harrison and Jenny Mullett, have collaborated with renowned projection...» Read More
Sally Gabori at Alcaston Gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.08.09
Finalist in the 26th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori has fast become one of Australia’s leading Indigenous artists. Interest in Sally’s work has not waned during the current financial climate, and she...» Read More
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