Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-12-27 13:40:45
The ReDot gallery is proud to welcome the 1st ever show in Asia for the exciting works of APY Lands’ Tjungu Palya. Tjungu Palyaku Walka Nyuwana (New Works from Tjungu Palya), will showcase the very best from this relatively...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-12-11 09:07:11
This exhibition is an opportunity to showcase the work of past and present students from the Canberra Institute of Technology Yurauna Centre. Dr Colin Adrian Chief Executive of CIT said “the quality of the works on display show the dedication students...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-12-11 09:01:05
Former Cowra woman Lorraine Webb is one of the artists whose work features in an exhibition opened in Canberra this week. Chief Minister and Minister for the Arts, Jon Stanhope MLA, officially launched the CIT Yurauna artists – Past and Present...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-12-02 01:12:41
Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre at Melbourne Museum Presents Western Desert Mob Exhibition Yamatji Pirni: Many Friendships. Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre at Melbourne Museum and Western Desert Mob are celebrating the importance of Aboriginal connection to country and culture through art,...» Read More
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
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-10-27 06:49:14
New mid range works by Papulankutja artists from the remote life blog: I have decided to put works with Martin at Aboriginal Art online. The Revealed Showcase in Perth together with the move to the new art centre at Blackstone seems to...» Read More
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2008-09-23 18:24:38
Prints by Aboriginal artists have not always been a total success. Unlike their Torres Strait cousins, the mainlanders don't always manage the clarity and simplification that makes for a great etching, woodblock or silkscreen print. But if any collaborator is...» Read More
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2008-09-15 11:47:38
The German curators at the Martin Gropius Bau in Berlin are claiming an exhibition of comparable significance to the famous French Third World exhibition, Les Magiciens de la Terre in the 1980s for 'Tropics, Views from the Middle of the...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-04 14:18:32
Leading Torres Strait Islander artists, Alick Tipoti and Dennis Nona will see their work in major exhibitions in Berlin and London this month. Nona’s monumental six metre linocut, ‘Yawarr’ has been included in the exhibition, ‘The Tropics, Views from the Middle...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-27 00:34:40
The Aboriginal Art Directory is delighted to introduce the first feature article by independent arts consultant Tim Acker. In this edition, Tim writes about the wider and more complex conversation between artists and consumers in affecting Aboriginal livelihoods in remote...» Read More
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
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-25 08:11:08
This is the first time in the history of Australian printmaking that a portfolio of limited edition prints has become available that focus on a unique aspect of Aboriginal culture. Fifteen senior Aboriginal artists have each created a thematic work on...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-04 09:16:03
Brian Martin's exhibition The Human Status, on display at Hume Global Learning Centre, commemorates the anniversary of the 1967 Referendum, when Aboriginal Australians were given the right to vote. The exhibition features 12 life-size portraits of people from Broken Hill...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-05-24 04:49:58
Martin Flanagan looks at Beverley Knight, owner of Alcaston Gallery and direct of the Essendon Football Club. Quoted from the article: Knight connected with Aboriginal art in the 1980s after she decided to decorate two Melbourne restaurants she and her husband Anthony...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-28 03:31:31
October 27, 2007 A family of Arnhem Land painters have brought their work, and their patriarch, to the city. By Martin Flanagan. Article by Martin Flanagan in The Age about artists from Oenpelli: The four sat together in a line while I sought...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-25 08:47:57
The impact of the Aboriginal art movement goes well beyond the works’ value as art. An important dimension of the movement is the education of this unique Indigenous way of life. These vibrant and contemporary visible representations of language and...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-12 12:53:43
From ABC online: Northern Territory Chief Minister Clare Martin is calling for the Community Development Employment Program (CDEP) to be reinstated by the Federal Government. Ms Martin says the loss of the scheme has damaged the Aboriginal art industry and remote communities...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-09-14 03:25:22
Lindsay Murdoch Darwin September 13, 2007 Article in the Sydney Morning Herald about the CDEP program changes and the impact on the Aboriginal ranger programs and Aboriginal art industry. Quoted from the article: The Northern Territory Chief Minister, Clare Martin, has warned that axing the...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-07-20 08:52:28
aboriginal art collection invites you to preview one of the most dynamic art movements in Australia. Genesis is the opening exhibition for aboriginal art collection and will feature contemporary paintings from established and emerging Australian aboriginal artists. Mr Bob Charles, Australian Consul...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-05-08 08:15:37
Betty Carrington, Nora Nagarra, Mabel Juli, Shirley Purdie, Gordon Barney, Larissa Clifton, Marietta Bray, Madigan Thomas, Clancy Patrick, Marika Patrick, Marissa Kingsley, Nancy Nodea, Tommy Carroll, Phyllis Thomas and others with recent work produced at the artists’ own Warmun Art...» Read More
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
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-09-01 00:00:00
Judy Martin continues to create strong paintings from the Women\'s Ceremonial stories of her Warlpiri homelands. She focuses on stories from the Women\'s site at Mina Mina in the Tanami Desert, where Warlpiri women come together to re-enact the Dreaming...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-08-12 05:52:39
The 23rd Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, open to all adult Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander artists, aims to showcase the very best Indigenous art from around the country. The Telstra Award of $40,000 is awarded to...» Read More
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
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2004-07-20 05:25:30
Two people are largely responsible for bringing an awareness of Aboriginal culture to this country: the late swashbuckling, bisexual writer Bruce Chatwin, in his magical book Songlines; and the Australian art dealer Rebecca Hossack, who, for many years, has brought...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2003-08-16 03:58:39
20th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award 16 August 2003, the winner was Richard...» Read More