Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-11 05:34:02
Gali Yalkarriwuy Gurruwiwi has been named the winner of the $25,000 Kate Challis RAKA Award for his work Banumbirr (Morning Star Pole). The award works on a five-year cycle, focusing each year on a different aspect of the arts. This...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-02 03:47:29
The Age previews the five shortlisted candidates for the Kate Challis RAKA Award: Along with five others - Samantha Hobson, Fiona Foley, Gali Yalkarriwuy Gurruwiwi, Lisa Michl Ko-manggen and Pauline Sunfly Nangala - Thompson has just been shortlisted for the annual...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-10-29 07:19:20
Fiona Foley, Gali Yalkarriwuy Gurruwiwi, Samantha Hobson, Lisa Michl Ko-manggen, Pauline Sunfly Nangala and Christian Bumbarra Thompson have been named as finalists in the 2008 Kate Challis RAKA Award. The winner will be announced in early...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-09 03:55:36
From ABC Radio's Street Stories comes a story about Kevin Wirri. Listin to it on ABC radio on September 14 2008. This is the story of a great artist who lives with his family in one of the town camps that...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-29 02:34:24
An interview with Kate Khan about the Australian Museum’s permanent collection of 94 Papunya paintings called the Papunya Permanent Collection. These paintings were offered to the Museum by the Papunya artists’ collective in 1983 and when they were acquired by...» Read More
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
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-06 01:55:08
East Gippsland Aboriginal Arts Corporation (EGAAC) have hit the ground running after a very successful 2007. Over the past year sales and visitors (local, national and international) have increased dramatically. We are being recognized as a place to visit not only...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-06 01:00:09
The Gippsland Art Gallery, SALE Nirmba Gidi Quarenook Blak Swans Gatherin’ FRIDAY 29 February at 2.oo pm Featuring Young Spirits Dance Group Welcome to Country by Elder Auntie Katey Bryant Image: Kurnai Dreaming, Charlotte (Penny) Hood Exhibition Dates: 23 February to 30 March...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-04 04:34:59
The Power of Place: Paintings and Artefacts from the Eastern Desert is currently showing at Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute. The exhibition is a celebration of the land – a vibrant spiritual landscape – seen through the art of the...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-11-10 03:31:01
Kate Uebergang November 10, 2007 12:00am Article about the sentencing of the Toorak couple that were found guilty of forging Aboriginal...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-11-10 03:26:58
Art-forging couple go straight to jail Kate Hagan November 10, 2007 Quoted from article: A TOORAK couple who funded their lavish lifestyle by forging Aboriginal art and selling it through auction houses for more than $300,000 spent last night behind bars after a judge...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-11-03 03:52:57
And this is the Libertos, who thought they'd get away with it Kate Hagan November 3, 2007 Article in The Age by Kate Hagan about the Libertos, who allegedly forged several Rover Thomas artworks and attempted to sell them to auction...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-26 12:33:59
Kate Hagan October 25, 2007 A WORLD expert on Australian Aboriginal art has told a court he accepted at face value what a couple, now accused of art forgery, told him about the history of a painting he later sold for $58,000. Judge...» Read More
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