Emily
A passionate engagement
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-12-17 05:20:25
Marie Geissler on collecting Aboriginal art Described by renowned Australian art critic, Robert Hughes, as belonging to ‘the world’s last great art movement’, collectors of art from this extraordinary ancient but vibrant living culture have, in recent years, fuelled a boom...» Read More
The titles that bind
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-12-16 05:24:07
From the Age: After a career as a publisher, anti-Vietnam War campaigner, art critic, columnist, investigative journalist (not to mention serial wife; four husbands were acquired and released along the way), McCulloch is on the cusp of a new phase, in...» Read More
New Beginnings: Classic Paintings from the Corrigan Collection of 21st Century Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-12-15 04:27:56
For more than 40 years leading businessman Pat Corrigan has been one of Australia’s largest and most significant arts benefactors. A strong supporter of the innovative and of living artists, post-2000 Pat turned his eye towards Aboriginal art. The vibrancy...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Selling Exhibition - Catalogue Online
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-12-06 02:15:00
ABORIGINAL ART SELLING EXHIBITION Select Works on Display 8 – 23 DECEMBER Shapiro Gallery 162 Queen Street Woollahra ON VIEW Monday through Saturday 11-5pm Department Enquiries Tel 612 9326 1588 CATALOGUE ONLINE www.shapiro.com.au ENQUIRIES aboriginal.art@shapiro.com.au Jane Raffan (+612) 9326 1588...» Read More
A modern hunter gatherer
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-12-02 08:24:35
New Beginnings: Classic Paintings from the Corrigan Collection of 21st Century Aboriginal Art, Emily McCulloch Childs and Ross Gibson with a preface by Margo Neale, McCulloch & McCulloch, 156pp, $79.95. From the Australian: When Therese Rein recently launched the book New Beginnings:...» Read More
GOOCH'S UTOPIA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2008-11-26 11:45:00
Of the key (white) facilitators of the Aboriginal art movement, only Geoffrey Bardon has ensured his own immortality via assiduous publication. And his reputation is based on just 12 months effort between the school wall painting at Papunya and his...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Selling Exhibition - Entries closing now
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-22 03:10:32
Shapiro Galleries 162 Queen Street Woollahra, Woollahra, Sydney ENQUIRIES (+612) 9326 1588 aboriginal.art@shapiro.com.au Artists of interest: Declan Apuatimi Jack Britten Tommy Carroll Butcher Cherel Janangoo Barney Ellaga Hector Jandany Ivy Nixon Janyka Emily Kame Kngwarreye Kudditji Tjungurrayi Kngwarreye Lena Kuriniya Lloyd Kwilla Queenie McKenzie Patrick Mung Mung Albert Namatjira Rosella Namok Ngoia Napaltjarri...» Read More
From rock to canvas
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-18 02:08:48
An art culture that is thousands of years old has not only evolved successfully but is now a commercial triumph internationally, too. BEYOND THE DOTS Nov 7-21, Pace Gallery, PJ MY fascination with contemporary Australian aboriginal art – in particular the dot paintings...» Read More
Beyond Sacred
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-17 05:21:54
Listen to the audio Last week on Artworks, Julie Copeland talked to the Sydney pathologist and art collector Colin Laverty about how you make a collection. This week Julie is taking the conversation further with him, to tease out ideas...» Read More
Poly Ngal
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-15 04:08:28
Currently amongst the most senior custodians of her country Arparra, in the heart of Utopia, 250 kms North East of Alice Springs, Poly Ngal shares with her sisters, Kathleen Ngal, and Angelina responsibility as keepers of its cultural...» Read More
Harrison Galleries invites you and your friends to our first ever sale
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-14 01:25:22
Harrison Galleries invites you and your friends to our first ever sale. We have on offer a wide selection of Aboriginal works with some works starting from $300. Doors open at 10am this Saturday. We look forward to seeing you then....» Read More
Gallery on the go looks for a new home
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-13 12:00:14
A great story about the unlikely Aboriginal art collection of Gordon Syron: A convicted murderer who learnt to paint in Long Bay jail 30 years ago, he paints and collects art to depict his experience of a racist and unjust Australia....» Read More
Leading Commentators to Discuss New Developments and Trends in Collecting Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-10 12:44:59
Free Public Forum & Book Launch at 2pm Saturday, November 15 Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, 100 Roberts Road, Subiaco November 8, 2008— Leading Australian art commentator and writer, Susan McCulloch, and coauthor/ publisher Emily McCulloch Childs will launch two important...» Read More
Contemporary Aboriginal Art Exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-08 01:20:29
Shorty Jangala Robertson, Peggy Nampijinpa Brown, Mary Nampijinpa Michaels, Margaret Napangardi Brown, Dorothy Napangardi Robinson, Judy Napangardi Watson, Josie Petrick Kemarre, Emily Pwerle, Minnie Pwerle, Barbara Weir 08 November - 20 December 2008 at Harrison...» Read More
Alpha males abandon art sales
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-10-21 20:19:54
Dissappointing auction results reported by The Australian: ART adviser Michael Reid calls them the "alpha male business people who need to own more than they want to own". Last night's disappointing Sotheby's art auction result suggests these European-suited, stock market-savvy collectors are...» Read More
Sotheby's Aboriginal and Oceanic art sale
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-10-20 11:55:59
Exhibition Previews Location: Kiddell Gallery, London Mon, 22 Sep 08, 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Tue, 23 Sep 08, 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Wed, 24 Sep 08, 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Thu, 25 Sep 08, 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Location: Melbourne Fri,...» Read More
Cultural Connections: Desert Stories exhibition
Posted by Artitja Fine Art | 2008-09-30 20:38:35
THE CANVAS IS THE ATLAS It is generally expected that a work of Indigenous art will carry a story with it. In some cases, the story is the main attraction for the collector of the art. For others, it...» Read More
Collector demonstrates fine art of giving
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-30 03:24:28
The Australian reports on Ann Lewis donating more than 100 works and $500,000 in cash: Arts figures were full of praise for Dr Lewis yesterday after the announcement that she was donating about 130 works by leading Australian contemporary artists to...» Read More
Eastern Desert Art presents Awely (Body Paint) by Joy Kngwarreye Jones
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-30 01:12:45
Striking new talent emerges from renowned artistic Family Joy Kngwarreye Jones is the youngest painter to emerge from a renowned family of artists including her sister Lily Sandover Kngwarreye, brother Freddy Kngwarreye Jones and auntie Emily Kame Kngwarreye. View Eastern Desert...» Read More
Beyond Sacred book explores Aboriginal art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-27 02:46:36
Suzanna Clarke reviews Beyond Sacred: This publication on their collection is a coffee-table book, replete with lush photographic plates and photos of locales where the art was sourced. Divided into geographical areas on the art of the Central, Western and Northern deserts;...» Read More
Aboriginal Art - SELLING EXHIBITION 30 SEPT – 11 OCT
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-25 21:56:12
ON VIEW 162 Queen St. Woollahra Mon–Sat 11am–5pm There are 43...» Read More
Ada Bird Petyarre
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-21 02:40:16
Ada Bird Petyarre emerged as a seminal participant in the ‘Summer Project’ organized by the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association CAAMA in 1988. This workshop was to play a vital role in introducing women into what was, at the time,...» Read More
NEW ABORIGINAL ART GUIDE AS VAST AS THE CONTINENT IT COVERS
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-17 16:56:05
McCulloch’s New Edition to be Launched in Red Centre 6pm next Saturday, September 27 at The Lane, 58 Todd Mall, Alice Springs MELBOURNE, SEPTEMBER 17, 2008— The eagerly awaited new edition of McCulloch’s Contemporary Aboriginal Art: the complete guide will be launched...» Read More
Perth forum and book signing of McCulloch's Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Australian Art Diary 2009 and New Beginnings: Classic Paintings from the Corrigan Collection of 21st Century Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-13 04:24:12
Speakers Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch Childs, Dr. Patrick Corrigan. In partnership with Randell Lane Fine Art. Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, 100 Roberts Road, Subiaco, WA. Location Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, 100 Roberts Road, Subiaco, WA Saturday 15 November, 2:00PM...» Read More
Melbourne launch of McCulloch's Contemporary Aboriginal Art and McCulloch's Australian Art Diary 2009
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-13 01:22:06
The eagerly awaited third edition of McCulloch's Contemporary Aboriginal Art: the complete guide, vastly expanded and completely updated by Susan McCulloch and Emily McCulloch Childs, will have its Melbourne launch in October, 2008. It will be launched by Dr.Janine Burke, art...» Read More
Alice Springs launch of the new edition of McCulloch's Contemporary Aboriginal Art & the Australian Art Diary
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-13 00:17:55
The eagerly awaited third edition of McCulloch's Contemporary Aboriginal Art: the complete guide, vastly expanded and completely updated by Susan McCulloch and Emily McCulloch Childs, will be launched in Alice Springs in September 2008, to coincide with the leading ...» Read More
Greenie Purvis Petyarre
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-11 10:47:48
Greenie Purvis Petyarre is the most successful male artist in an artistic dynasty that includes his aunt Emily Kngwarreye, cousin Gloria Petyarre and a number of blood sisters and half sisters. Now a highly respected tribal elder for...» Read More
Warakurna Artists Win Illustrious Australian Indigenous Award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-30 18:18:58
The significance and value of Aboriginal owned and governed Art Centres in the Australian art industry has been officially recognised and endorsed with Western Desert Mob’s Warakurna Artists winning Reconciliation Australia and BHP Billiton’s Indigenous Governance Awards announced...» Read More
AUSTRALIAN ART “BIBLE” TURNS 40
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-29 13:22:00
MELBOURNE, AUGUST 29, 2008— McCulloch’s Encyclopedia of Australian Art, widely referred to as the “bible” of Australian art, turns 40 this year and this significant milestone in Australian publishing is being celebrated with a series of events around the...» Read More
Entries Invited Australian Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-27 08:08:39
Final entries are invited for Australian and International Art. Sydney, Wednesday 24 September, 6pm. For a confidential appointment please call 02 9326 1588 or email info@shapiro.com.au Shapiro Auctioneers and Gallery - 162 Queen Street Woollahra www.shapiro.com.au Looking for works by: Declan Apuatimi Jack Britten Tommy...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Organisations Speak Out
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-22 17:13:05
A recent press release highlights the important role art centres play in the world of Aboriginal art: Forty three Aboriginal Art Centres, representing more than one thousand Indigenous artists have united to speak out on the devastating effects that art dealing...» Read More
An epic in the making
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-22 16:57:34
Rosemary Sorensen from The Australian interviews Margo Neale, curator of the retrospective of Kngwarreye's work in Canberra and Japan: A COUPLE of years before the death of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Margo Neale decided someone had to act. "Every Tom, Dick...» Read More
Australian Aboriginal Art Exhibition in Japan
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-19 12:37:51
A post from the Living Edge blog about the ABC Sunday arts program about Emily Kngwarreye. I flicked onto the ABC’s Sunday arts program yesterday to find the show was about an exhibition of the late aboriginal painter Emily Kame Kngwarreye...» Read More
Emily's art return home after dream run
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-14 13:45:47
James Massola from the Canberra Times lets readers in the ACT know that the Emily Kngwarreye exhibition is returning to Canberra: After a ground-breaking tour of Japan that took in Osaka and Tokyo, Utopia: The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye is...» Read More
Emily's art return home after dream run
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-13 12:37:35
James Massola reports on the Emily Kngwarreye Japan tour, and its last stop, Canberra: After a ground-breaking tour of Japan that took in Osaka and Tokyo, Utopia: The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye is coming to Canberra. The exhibition, which will open...» Read More
The Laverty Collection
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-08 15:51:23
The Laverty Collection goes on display in the new book Beyond Sacred as well as in exhibition form at the Newcastle Regional Art Gallery. The photo below is a spectacular shot of the Laverty's with their collection. ...» Read More
Beyond Sacred – The Laverty Collection of Indigenous Art in Print and on Exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-08 15:48:57
Jeremy Eccles looks at Beyond Sacred. Quoted from the article: It's a crucial time for Aboriginal art. We should be sitting up and admiring the maturing of the most dynamic art movement in the country from a condition of amateur...» Read More
Utopia Collection 2
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-08 00:00:00
The second part of Japingka Gallerys 2008 coverage of Utopia artists-includes work by Emily Pwerle, Galya Pwerle, Kathleen Petyarre, Gloria Petyarre, Abie Loy Kemarre and June Bird. The Utopia artists are recognised for their subtle colour and sophisticated constructs that...» Read More
Mount Leibig and Utopia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-07 02:03:12
Following on from a Sell-out Show in London, Senior Watiyawanu (Mount Liebig - 325 kms west of Alice Springs) Artist, Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri is headlining an Exhibition of new works from his Community at Japingka Gallery. At around 85...» Read More
Utopia Collection 2 - Gallery2
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-07 01:51:02
The second part of Japingka Gallery's 2008 coverage of Utopia artists-includes work by Emily Pwerle, Galya Pwerle, Kathleen Petyarre, Gloria Petyarre, Abie Loy Kemarre and June Bird. The Utopia artists are recognised for their subtle colour and sophisticated constructs that...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Searches in July
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-02 05:54:18
In July Minnie Pwerle was no longer the most searched artist on the Aboriginal Art Directory. Joyce James has taken over, followed by Daisy Leura Nakamarra and then Minnie Pwerle. For a complete breakdown of the most popular Aboriginal...» Read More
Alcaston at ARCO Madrid
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-30 07:25:12
The Australian Art Collector reports that Alcaston Gallery will be in Spain in February 2009 for ARCO Madrid. The work will be presented in conjunction with Mornington Island Arts and Craft, Mornington Island and the Queensland Government....» Read More
Australian fashion gets hip
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-28 23:34:33
An article in the Sunday Times that talks about Australian fashion and mentions the impact of Aboriginal art. Quoted from the article: THE ART Contemporary Aboriginal art is “the most important new art movement in the world today”, according to the critic...» Read More
Cravin' images
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-26 04:35:30
Article in the Sydney Morning Herald about two private collections of Aboriginal Art. Within a week, I visited two impressive exhibitions of private collections of Aboriginal art held in two different parts of the country. The first was My Country 2,...» Read More
Space and Light
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-26 00:28:42
An Indigenous Art exhibition inspired curatorially by James Turell, Claude Monet and Walter De Maria, The Chicho Museum, Naoshima, Japan. 'There is no object in this work. There never was. There is no image within it. It demonstrates the play...» Read More
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art presents Space and Light, Bondi Beach Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-26 00:25:43
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art recently had an eBlast about their current exhibition, Space and...» Read More
Aboriginal Art on display at the Gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-24 04:40:12
ABORIGINAL and Islander art is proudly on display in the Queensland Times gallery space of the Ipswich Art Gallery. Arts, Community and Cultural Services Committee Chairperson, Councillor Charlie Pisasale said the NAIDOC Week 2008 Exhibition marked the National Aborigines and Islanders...» Read More
Beyond Sacred : Recent Paintings from Australia's remote Aboriginal communities
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-03 08:53:50
Jeremy Eccles scans the most lavish book of Aboriginal art in years 'Beyond Sacred' : Recent Paintings from Australia's remote Aboriginal communities. Designed by Jane Kleinmeyer Published by Hardie Grant Books @ $120 Edited by Colin and Elizabeth Laverty Contributions from Judith Ryan, Nick...» Read More
Paintings from remote communities - from the Laverty Collection
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-03 08:46:03
The winter in Newcastle will be immeasurably brightened by 87 paintings from the remotest parts of Australia – just a tiny part of the art collection of a remarkable couple, Colin and Liz Laverty. It's been a 20 year labour...» Read More
Behind the dollar signs
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-28 07:57:21
An excerpt from Benjamin Genocchio's new book, Dollar Dreaming, published in the Australian. Quoted from the article: What is different, even unusual, about Aboriginal art is that prices rose at all; after all, Australian art generally doesn't have much of an international...» Read More
Utopia: the Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye - The National Art Center, Tokyo
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-28 07:51:26
Some beautiful works by Emily Kame Kngwarreye and a review of exhibition 'Utopia: the Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye' by Scott Rothstein from Art Found Out. Quoted from the post: The galleries in The National Art Center, Tokyo are cavernous. The spaces...» Read More
Half their luck as mining boom boosts fortunes
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-28 07:49:01
The Art Gallery of Western Australia talks about the recently announced Indigenous Art Prize as well as possible acquisitions. "We moved heaven and earth to find $500,000 to buy a Rover Thomas painting recently and we've got great Emily Kngwarreyes. Indigenous...» Read More
Lawson-Menzies June 2008 Auction Results
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-25 07:39:27
Highlights from the Lawson-Menzies June 2008 auctions include: Mina Mina Dreaming from Judy Watson Napangardi selling for $348,000 Bush Yam Dreaming from Emily Kame Kngwarreye selling for $120,000 Bullock Hide Story from Rover Thomas selling for $102,000 and Iyaarka from Tommy Watson selling for...» Read More
Emily Kame Kngwarreye
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-19 13:00:39
Edan Crokill from Frieze Magazine reviews the Emily Kame Kngwarreye exhibition in Japan: Emily’s paintings are large in size – up to 8 metres in height or width (the artist painted on the ground, so the works’ orientations are determined by...» Read More
Beyond Sacred
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-11 00:00:04
Beyond Sacred Recent Paintings from Australia's Remote Aboriginal Communities by Judith Ryan, Nick Waterlow and Howard Morphy Read more about Beyond Sacred: Recent Paintings from Australia's Remote Aboriginal...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Auction
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-02 09:12:44
Engineers Without Borders together with Dreamtime Elements are holding an exhibition of Aboriginal Art at 1st Floor Customs House, Circular Quay June 4th to June 8th 11.00am to 7.00pm Daily. On Sunday 8th June 2008 we will be holding an auction...» Read More
Japan takes Emily to heart
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-02 09:11:05
Russell Skelton from the Sydney Morning Herald talks about the impact Utopia: The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye is having, both in Japan and on Australian Aboriginal...» Read More
Auckland exhibition of leading Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-05-28 01:31:42
Media Release 27 May 2008 Dick Bett AM curates Auckland exhibition of leading Aboriginal Art Auckland’s art lovers are gearing up for an exhibition of some of the finest Aboriginal art the city has ever seen. Between 5 and 14 June, the exhibition...» Read More
Introducing Australia's Premier Aboriginal Art Gallery to the World Wide Web
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-05-24 03:55:39
Bundarra Gallery showcases contemporary and modern Aboriginal art from the finest indigenous artists of Australia. It houses a unique collection of paintings and artifacts displaying the best work of Australian Aboriginal Culture. Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia (PRWEB) May 22, 2008 --...» Read More
Kate Owen Gallery presents 30 Emu Dreamings by Kudditji Kngwarreye, Sydney Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-05-23 14:14:54
A rare solo exhibition of 30 paintings by Kudditji Kngwarreye. Paintings by the eighty year old legend Kudditji, are hot property right now both here and internationally, as his highly individual works soar in popularity. Like his late sister Emily...» Read More
Aboriginal art can still be bought, despite world demand
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-05-22 14:48:04
Adam Knight's a passionate man. The Melbourne gallery owner and art dealer just loves Aboriginal art. And he's not the only one. This article focuses on the Aboriginal Art market, suggesting: Aboriginal people may only make up two per cent of the...» Read More
Emily Kame Kngwarreye
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-05-16 02:59:47
An interview on the ABC between Shane Mcleod, Margo Neale, Akira Tatehata, Barbara Weir and Janet Holmes a Court about the current Emily Kame Kngwarreye exhibition in...» Read More
Is Emily Kngwarreye's work abstract expressionism
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-05-06 23:47:57
Help Trevor Cook find out Emily Kngwarreye's work is abstract...» Read More
Utopia discoveries
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-04-29 05:25:27
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
Kudditji Kngwarreye
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-04-04 00:00:00
Senior Anmatyerre artist Kudditji Kngwarreye bridges cultural boundaries with his contemporary interpretation of ancestral stories. Capturing the changing moods and seasons of his desert country with sometimes bright, sometimes subtle blocks of colour, his paintings sing in a way that...» Read More
Emily's Country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-30 01:17:26
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 lived...» Read More
What's the proper way to buy Aboriginal art?
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-27 19:36:42
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 | 2008-03-27 19:29:18
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...» Read More
Emily Kame Kngwarreye in Osaka
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-18 12:28:57
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
Nangara recent acquisitions
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-15 23:47:08
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 220cm Emily Kame Kngwarreye’s “last series”...» Read More
Evelyn Pultara Artist Slideshow
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-06 02:48:46
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 a...» Read More
Evelyn Pultara Feature
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-04 14:22:33
Central Art is excited to present its fifth online exhibition and second artist feature Evelyn Pultara feature from Central Art - Aboriginal Art Store. This feature has been created to showcase the enormous and growing talent of Evelyn Pultara. Evelyn Pultara...» Read More
Emily finally gets a stage as big as her paintings
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-01 02:48:01
Article in the Australian about the Emily Kame Kngwarreye exhibition in Japan. Quoted from the article: Utopia: The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye opened this week at the National Museum of Art in Osaka and in late May will move to the...» Read More
Kudditji Kngwarreye Artist Slideshow
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-29 00:56:48
The Kudditji Kngwarreye Artist Slideshow was the first Aboriginal Art Directory eAlert to be released to the Aboriginal Art Directory mailing list. Born in the 1920's, Kudditji Kngwarreye is the brother of the famous Emily Kame Kngwarreye (dec.1996)....» Read More
Indigenous Insight
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-26 03:04:08
Article from The Star in Malaysia about Alice Springs, and buying Aboriginal Art in Central Art. Quoted from the article: You can’t leave Alice Springs without learning about the Aboriginal way of life, and if you have the means, buying a piece...» Read More
National Center for Modern Art in Roppongi
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-25 02:58:34
A beautiful and interesting post from ibonito blog 2007 about the National Center for Modern Art in Roppongi. Quoted from the post: I saw that they have another exhibition coming up: the works of the acclaimed (but unpronounceable) Australian Aboriginal artist Emily...» Read More
AboriginalArtDirect #1
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-19 09:34:59
Welcome to the first issue of AboriginalArtDirect, the Aboriginal Art Directory Newsletter. Its been an exciting and challenging first four months for the Aboriginal Art Directory and we are thrilled to be able to bring you the first edition of...» Read More
Aboriginal Art goes Overseas: 3 Contintents, 3 Exhibitions
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2008-02-19 09:19:24
The intercontinental trio are the first big commercial showing of Aboriginal Art on barks in London, courtesy of Josh Lilley Fine Art September-October 2007; the imminent opening of Utopia - The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye in Osaka, Japan...» Read More
Emily Ngarnal Evans Opening
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-19 02:32:27
The opening of Mornington Island artist Emily Ngarnal Evans was held on Saturday 9th February. We are very grateful to Emily and her family for making the trip down to Melbourne from their home in the Gulf of Carpentaria for...» Read More
Painting meets medicine for healing dream in country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-17 10:40:14
Sydney Morning Herald preview of Utopia Revisited exhibition. Quoted from article: After establishing the Aboriginal Benefit Foundation in 2005 and funding small-scale indigenous health and welfare projects, the Aboriginal art specialist and gallery owner has set a goal of raising $1 million...» Read More
Emily Ngarnal Evans Balibal Country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-13 07:31:02
Alcaston Gallery is excited to be presenting the first solo exhibition of recent paintings by Emily Ngarnal Evans in association with Mornington Island Arts and Craft, Mornington Island,Queensland from 5 February - 1 March 2008. Born in 1975, Emily lives...» Read More
Utopia Revisited
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-09 11:35:25
NG Art Gallery is hosting 'a women's' only exhibition to coincide loosely with International Women's Day on Saturday 8 March. A number of established indigenous artists will show their work in 'Utopia Revisited' to be opened by Her Excellency Professor...» Read More
Utopia Revisited exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-09 11:22:46
NG Art Gallery in association with Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Dacou Gallery, Gallery Australis and Lauraine Diggins Fine Art present ’Utopia Revisited’ Exhibition to opened by Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Governor of New South Wales Tuesday 12 February...» Read More
Aboriginal Art in February
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-05 03:58:31
Aboriginal Art in February 5th February 2008 The term ‘aboriginal art’ is a tricky one. Separating indigenous Australian art from the religious practices and social customs with which it has been intertwined for at least 60 000 years is almost impossible—people, country,...» Read More
On May 23, 2007 Mbantua Gallery bid for and won Emily Kame Kngwarreye’s Earths Creation
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-01-30 16:01:39
A great blog post by Tim Jennings about bidding for and winning Earth's Creation by Emily Kame Kngwarreye including the pressures before and during the auction and most importantly his appreciation of her incredible...» Read More
A Fine Romance: White Money, Black Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-01-26 13:52:04
An Quoted from the paper: Despite allegations of corruption and fraud, the Aboriginal art market continues to flourish. Early paintings fetch increasingly higher prices, while indigenous art centres maintain a steady supply of new works. This frenzied activity is of course,...» Read More
Mixing of cultures is far from black and white
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-01-12 03:50:23
The Age Mixing of cultures is far from black and white Gabriella Coslovich January 12, 2008 Quoted from the article: PHILIP Batty, a one-time art teacher at the Aboriginal community of Papunya in the Western Desert, recently received an unexpected call from a former student. The...» Read More
Bedford's retrospective
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-01-11 03:54:47
The Courier-Mail Bedford's retrospective January 11, 2008 Quoted from article: It was sheer chance that the indigenous artist Paddy Bedford's work became known. In 1988 when Tony Oliver, the chief executive officer of the Jirrawun Aboriginal Art Corporation, went to visit his friend Chocolate Thomas...» Read More
Bold vision of artistic rebirth
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-01-05 06:41:52
Bold vision of artistic rebirth January 5, 2008 Quoted from article: In a dusty corner of the outback, among artworks covered in dirt, Judith Ryan set out on a journey that has transformed the NGV's indigenous collection, writes Robin Usher. Judith Ryan will never...» Read More
MD leaves auction house after a year
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-01-05 06:38:45
The Age MD leaves auction house after a year Gabriella Coslovich January 5, 2008 Quoted from article: Rod Menzies, the head of Australia's art auction leader, the Menzies Art Brand, has lost his right-hand man, Adrian Newstead, who helped achieve a record $9.5 million in...» Read More
2008: The year in preview
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-01-03 06:35:39
2008: The year in preview Cristoph Mark Daily Yomiuri Quoted from article: Shifting to another Commonwealth nation, The Yomiuri Shimbun will sponsor an exhibition of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, an Australian Aborigine artist whose impressive but short career (only about six years between her first...» Read More
The cost of culture
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-12-28 06:30:31
The Age The cost of culture December 28, 2007 An article about the art world in 2007. Quoted from the article: The buying frenzy began to rev up in May when Emily Kame Kngwarreye's Earth's Creation (1995) became the first work by an Aboriginal artist...» Read More
Sydney Morning Herald - Emily Kame Kngwarreye - Summer Awelye 2
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-12-20 02:29:31
Sydney Morning Herald Stroke of genius as unseen Emilys go on display Louise Schwartzkoff December 20, 2007 Quoted from the article: For 15 years, the Holt family kept a million-dollar painting by one of Australia's most successful Aboriginal artists rolled up in a storeroom on...» Read More
The canvas economy
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-12-15 07:11:52
The Adelaide Advertiser Tim Lloyd August 31, 2007 Article in the Adelaide Advertiser about rising art auction prices Quoted from article: The Aboriginal art market has been dominated by Clifford Possum, who sold a single work for $2.4 million, and Emily Kame Kngwarreye, at $1.1...» Read More
Sydney Morning Herald - Shields and swords set cracking pace at Sotheby's auction
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-12-15 03:31:38
Peter Fish December 15, 2007 Article in the Sydney Morning Herald about the Sotheby's November 25 auction. Quoted from the article: If Tim Klingender was gnashing his teeth about a few unsold lots in Sotheby's recent Aboriginal and Oceanic Art sale in Paddington, it...» Read More
Peter Coster looks back on 2007
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-12-14 22:39:03
Peter Coster from the Herald Sun looks at the Australian auction results in 2007. He talks about distributions to the artist and highlights works by Rover Thomas, Emily Kngwarreye and Clifford Possum. Quoted from the article: Climbing the steps to see a...» Read More
Utopia: the Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-12-12 12:47:29
National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan, 26 February, 2008 An Australian Aboriginal artist, Emily Kame Kngwarreye (1910-96) created Compellingly free-spirited and innovative art outside of any Western tradition. This event marks the first full-fledged examination of this world-renowned...» Read More
Art Guide Northwest: Aboriginal Art at Seattle Art Museum
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-11-26 13:05:41
A preview of the traveling Kaplan-Levi collection for the Seattle Art Museum. They are but one of many kinds of spirits known to the Aboriginal people, who have been hunters and gatherers in Australia for some 40,000 years, since the Stone...» Read More
Sydney Morning Herald Breakaway auction house packs 'em in
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-11-26 02:56:31
An article in the Sydney Morning Herald about art auctioneer Deutscher and Hackett and a preview of Lawson-Menzies's Aboriginal art sale in Kensington in August 2007, with the highlight being Emily Kngwarreye's Earth's Creation, a 6.3-metre wide riot of densely...» Read More
Bonhams & Goodmans Australian, International and Aboriginal Art 19 November 2007
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-11-26 01:41:02
Bonhams & Goodmans recently hosted an Australian, International and Aboriginal Art auction. The auction took place on19 November 2007 and featured works from Patrick Oloodoodi Tjungurrayi, Ewald Namatjira, Albert Namatjira, Kathleen Petyarre, Emily Kngwarreye, Samantha Hobson, Walangkura Napanangka, Millie Skeen...» Read More
Elder Fine Art Aboriginal Paintings Auction: December 2 2007
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-11-26 01:34:02
Elder Fine Art Aboriginal Paintings Auction will be held in Adelaide on December 2 2007 at 12pm. The auction includes works by Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, Clifford Possum, Dorothy Napangardi, Abie Loy, Billy Stockman, William Sandy, Kathleen Petyarre, Gabriella Possum, Emily Kngwarreye, Gloria Petyarre,...» Read More
Shapiro: Aboriginal Art Exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-11-14 07:24:53
Shapiro: Aboriginal Art Exhibition Mon – Sat 11am – 5pm 13 – 24 November...» Read More
Utopia dreaming
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-11-01 03:46:38
Almost 50 paintings are on display in the exhibit "New Works From Utopia" at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Downtown gallery SPACE, as part of the Trust's "Australia Festival," a six-week celebration of contemporary and indigenous performing and visual arts from...» Read More
Utopia dreaming
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-28 03:51:29
Utopia, located 270km northeast of Alice Springs on the eastern perimeter of the Western Desert "bloc" next to the traditional land of the Eastern Anmatyarre and Alyawarre people. It was named by the first white settlers in 1927 and occupies...» Read More
Sydney Morning Hearld - Spotted in Kensington: an important Rover
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-28 03:27:54
An article by Peter Fish in the Sydney Morning Herald discussing the highlights of the November 2007 auction season. Quoted from the article: For its part, Sotheby's has not let much out of the bag on its Aboriginal art sale, although for...» Read More
National Museum sends Kngwarreye exhibition to Japan
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-18 12:44:39
Quoted from the article: The collection of 120 artworks by the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye has been selected for exhibition at the National Museum of Art in Osaka and the National Art Centre in Tokyo early next year. The exhibition, valued at...» Read More
Sydney Morning Herald - A place in the sun for a late bloomer
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-11 13:01:39
The Sydney Morning Herald - A place in the sun for a late bloomer Steve Meacham October 10, 2007 Article in The Age about the Emily Kame Kngwarreye exhibitions in Tokyo and Osaka, 2008. Quoted from the article: An exhibition set for Japan is more...» Read More
The Art Newspaper: Aboriginal art dealers fight back
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-09 13:01:08
Red Sand Art Gallery sues journalists who accuse them of defrauding indigenous artists In mid July in the massive modernist Supreme Court in Darwin, a frail Aboriginal man with a shock of grizzled white hair and beard took the witness stand...» Read More
The canvas economy
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-08-31 07:11:52
The Adelaide Advertiser Tim Lloyd August 31, 2007 Article in the Adelaide Advertiser about rising art auction prices Quoted from article: The Aboriginal art market has been dominated by Clifford Possum, who sold a single work for $2.4 million, and Emily Kame Kngwarreye, at $1.1...» Read More
Shapiro: Aboriginal Art Exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-08-08 07:32:31
Shapiro: Aboriginal Art Exhibition Mon – Sat 11am – 5pm 7 – 25 August...» Read More
Sydney Morning Herald - A pretty good result all round, possums
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-08-06 03:00:29
Sydney Morning Herald article about the success of the Sotheby's Aboriginal Art July 24 auction, including record prices for: Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri Warlugulong for $2.4 million Tommy Lowry Tjapaltjarri Two Men Dreaming for $440,000 Gordon Bennett Possession Island for $384,000 Naata Nungarrayi The Soakage...» Read More
Aboriginal artwork sells at record price
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-08-03 09:56:11
An article about the Aboriginal Art industry in light of the Sotheby's auction in Melbourne last week. More than 400 well-heeled dealers and collectors flocked to Sotheby's in Melbourne last week for the much-hyped sale of Clifford Possum's epic 1977 work,...» Read More
Art sales: Will the Aboriginal magic return?
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-07-17 08:57:18
Article in the Telegraph about the upcoming Sotheby's auction and in particular Warlugulong by Clifford Possum with a price tag of over 2.5 million AUD. Quoted from the article: When Warlugulong was painted, the average price for a Possum painting was between...» Read More
Aboriginal art industry booming in outback
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-07-16 08:52:11
Article in canada.com about the Aboriginal art industry, the boom and the issues. Quoted from article: Aboriginal art in Australia is booming and improving the lives of poor black communities, but unscrupulous dealers are ripping off artists and fraud from China...» Read More
NYC: Gallery Reception - Utopia Aboriginal Exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-07-11 01:23:32
Details on "NYC: Gallery Reception - Utopia Aboriginal Exhibition" Advance, the American Australian Association and Robert Steele Gallery invite members to a special reception to view the Australian Aboriginal art exhibition New Work From Utopia. Named by German settlers immigrating to...» Read More
Shapiro: Aboriginal Art Exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-04-10 07:11:30
Shapiro: Aboriginal Art Exhibition Monday 9 April – Saturday 21 April 2007 11am –...» Read More
Joel Fine Art Important Australian & International Art 26 March 2007
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-03-26 03:25:32
Joel Fine Art, Important Australian & International Art auction, 26 March 2007, sold over 80% of its lots for a total of...» Read More
Aboriginal artists unite to stand strong on Australia Day
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-01-26 08:21:28
Aboriginal artists unite to stand strong on Australia Day As a defiant and bold step toward maintaining strong, sustainable, Aboriginal-owned enterprises, an alliance of Indigenous artists and art centres from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands in Western Australia today announced the formation of...» Read More
The New McCulloch Encyclopedia of Australian Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-11-23 04:06:01
The Age reviews The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art and examines the difference between The Encyclopedia of Australian Art and The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art: I have in front of me the third edition of The Encyclopedia of...» Read More
A bigger and better bible
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-10-27 03:17:47
Faults aside, the new McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art is a mammoth achievement and a must-have for art buffs, writes Sebastian Smee From the Australian: Alan McCulloch began compiling his Encyclopedia of Australian Art as a loose-leaf filing system in the 1940s,...» Read More
Dreaming their way: Aboriginal art on view at Hood Museum
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-10-20 02:59:28
The Aboriginal people of Australia are that country's most impoverished group. They have an average household income 40 percent lower than the rest of Australia's residents, according to the Australian government's social justice commission. They have an unemployment rate three...» Read More
Joel Fine Art Important Australian & International Art 16 October 2006
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-10-16 03:28:50
Joel Fine Art Important Australian & International Art auction 16 October...» Read More
Effusions of colour
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-09-23 06:24:03
But such was Kngwarreye's reputation that the eminence of Aboriginal art is still intimately connected to the eminence of her...» Read More
The Australian: provocative statements with a positive message
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-09-15 07:01:33
Richard Bell: Positivity Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, until October 14. THIS survey of Richard Bell's work in the past 15 years requires a rapid-fire engagement. It proves, had there been any doubt, that Bell - a political activist who came to...» Read More
Journeys of the Dreamtime: An Exhibition of Australian Aboriginal Art from the Central and Western Deserts and Cape York Peninsula
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-09-14 03:19:26
Jointly organised by Beijing Blue Gallery and Warlimpirri Art, this is the first major exhibition of Aboriginal art in Hong Kong. It brings together paintings by a group of both well-known and emerging Australian Aboriginal artists from the Central and...» Read More
Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-09-04 07:41:18
8 April – 21 May 2006 Admission free | Gallery 2 The Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award exhibition presents the work of the ten artists short-listed for the inaugural annual award established by the Queensland Art Gallery and Xstrata Coal. The winner...» Read More
Sydney Morning Herald Breakaway auction house packs 'em in
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-08-26 03:37:51
Kirsty Simpson from the Sydney Morning Herald looks at the recent increase in value of Aboriginal Art and whether it makes a good investment for a superannuation fund. Simpson uses Rover Thomas's premonition of Cyclone Tracy, Bugaltji - Lissadell Country, sold...» Read More
The Age: Pictures from home
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-07-27 13:17:35
An article by James Cockington in The Age previewing the upcoming Sotheby's Aboriginal Art exhibition. The article follows the trend of dramatically increasing prices and the large proportion of international buyers. From the article: Starter guide $6000+ For those who prefer a more authentic...» Read More
Dreaming Their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women Painters
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-06-30 09:13:41
Dreaming Their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women Painters is a groundbreaking exhibition of art by indigenous women of Australia. The first-ever of its kind in the U.S., the exhibition presents over seventy works of art, from intensely colorful canvases to intricate...» Read More
Kudditji Kngwarreye
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-05-05 00:00:00
Japingka Gallerys second solo exhibition by Kudditji Kngwarreye. The bold colour-filled paintings, on the theme of My Country, refer to the artists ancestral country on the Utopia homelands and to the Emu Dreaming sites, for which the artist is custodian....» Read More
Colours of Utopia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-02-17 00:00:00
The community of Utopia has a long history of artistic tradition and has produced some of the best-known Indigenous artists of our time. These include nationally and internationally acclaimed artists such as the late Emily Kngwarreye, together with Gloria Petyarre,...» Read More
The Age: Uncertain quest for the sublime
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2005-12-03 13:13:55
Sindicated article by Germaine Greer in the Guardian talking about the Aboriginal Art industry and asking whether the bubble has burst following a relatively weak showing by the Papunya Tula Artists at a recent exhibition raising money for a community...» Read More
The Guardian: Can you tell what it's worth yet?
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2005-11-10 07:27:40
An article by Germaine Greer in the Guardian talking about the Aboriginal Art industry and asking whether the bubble has burst following a relatively weak showing by the Papunya Tula Artists at a recent exhibition raising money for a community...» Read More
Powerful growth of Aboriginal art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2005-11-06 07:44:47
International Herald Tribune Powerful growth of Aboriginal art All about Earth and the people on it Susan Gough Henly Sunday, November 6, 2005 Quoted from the article: With the opening next year in Paris of the Musée du Quai Branly, focusing on the art and culture...» Read More
22nd Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award 12 August 2005
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2005-08-12 05:38:20
The opening night of the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award is a major dry season event in Darwin and attracts visitors and artists from all over the country. The evening provides free entertainment from Indigenous traditional...» Read More
Linda Syddick Napaljarri & Evelyn Pultara
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2005-07-15 00:00:00
Linda Syddick, a member of the Pintupi people from Lake Mackay, W.A. and Evelyn Pultara from the Utopia Community north of Alice Springs are around the same age as both were born around 1940 and both experienced a very traditional...» Read More
Major Aboriginal art exhibition supports Indigenous health
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2005-06-25 06:38:58
A major exhibition of Aboriginal art, featuring more than 60 works by some of Australia's most celebrated Indigenous artists, is being held at Shalom College at UNSW this week (24-28 July). The Shalom Gamarada Art Exhibition will help raise funds to...» Read More
A Gallery of Dreaming
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2005-04-08 07:18:14
An interesting article about Australian Aboriginal artists, focussed on women from the Central Desert region, that describes the difficulties facing artists and the industry and why critical success in the art world does not necessarily lead to...» Read More
Utopia Revealed
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2005-02-11 00:00:00
Japingka Gallery is launching its 2005 Indigenous Fine Art Exhibition programme with an important exhibition of major new works by the leading artists from this remarkable and remote Community (270 kms north east of Alice Springs). Japingka Gallery has commissioned...» Read More
New International Auction House Enters Aboriginal Art Market
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2004-10-20 07:39:57
October 19, 2004 -- New International Auction House Enters Aboriginal Art Market. The significance of the Aboriginal art movement and its impact on the global art market has been compared to the emergence of the French Impressionists. The exponential growth of...» Read More
Aboriginal art in Paris: In your dreaming
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2004-10-11 14:26:43
A select slice of Paris’s art collecting elite gathered at elegant rooms on Avenue Matignon earlier this month for auction house Christie’s first-ever exhibition of Australian Aboriginal art. Thirty or so works on preview had been selected especially to tempt...» Read More
Kudditji Kngwarreye - My Country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2004-08-27 00:00:00
Like his famous older sister, the late great Emily Kngwarreye, Kudditji Kngwarreye has a deserved reputation as an innovator and as a consummate artist. As an Ammatyerre Elder and custodian of many important Dreamings, Kudditji Kngwarreye has been actively painting...» Read More
The Age - Aboriginal works and artful dodgers
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2003-09-20 06:43:40
The Age - September 20, 2003 Gabriella Coslovich As the value of Aboriginal art increases so, too, do claims that artists are being exploited, reports Gabriella Coslovich. An incredibly interesting article about the impact of the boom of Aboriginal Art sales globabbly in...» Read More
Light Over Utopia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2003-03-21 00:00:00
The Community of Utopia has a very long history of artistic tradition and has produced some of the best-known artists of our time. Artists such as Emily Kngwarreye, Kathleen Petyarre, Gloria Petyarre and Ada Bird. All of who have featured...» Read More
Japingka Gallery exhibitions prior to 2003
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2002-12-13 08:47:35
A list of exhibitions held by Japingka Gallery prior to 2003: Lorna Napurrula Fencer Generations - Utopia artists - click for preview Painters of the Kimberley & Western Desert Minnie Pwerle & Mary Mclean Little Gems Lajamanu Artists of the Tanami Michael Nelson Jagamara Sand Spinifex & Salt-...» Read More
The fortunes of Aboriginal art outside Australia: ethnographica or art?
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2002-06-24 14:14:05
When Australians with even the most glancing interest in art meet overseas visitors, Aboriginal art is invariably a pressing topic. Tourists routinely buy Aboriginal work from all sorts of vendors, ranging from airport shops to Aboriginal-owned cooperatives. But many Australians...» Read More
That Silly Old Woman
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 1998-05-16 13:31:38
“The all-over picture relies on a surface knit of identical or closely similar elements which repeat themselves without marked variation from one edge to the other. It…dispenses apparently with beginning, middle and end…dissolving the pictorial into sheer texture, sheer sensation…seeming...» Read More
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