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Suspected stolen Red Centre rock art on eBay
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-02-01 17:59:44
A case of suspected stolen Central Australian rock art is being investigated by authorities in South Australia. The Aboriginal art was recently advertised online, then withdrawn once the Department of Premier and Cabinet advised eBay it may be stolen. It has...» Read More
New threat to world’s largest rock art collection
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-02-01 17:55:22
ROCK ART ON WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S Burrup Peninsula is facing more industrial threats, despite new scientific findings that the ancient Pilbara site is "a masterpiece of human creative genius" worthy of World Heritage status. Around one million rock engravings, or petroglyphs, are...» Read More
Your Collection 1800 to today
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-02-01 17:42:41
In an exciting new presentation, Your Collection has been displayed chronologically and traces art made in the early nineteenth century, locally and around the world, to the art of today. Your Collection 1800 – today brings together an extraordinary...» Read More
FOLEY
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2012-01-30 14:44:11
The 40th anniversary last week of the accidental Aboriginal Embassy on the lawns of Old Parliament House in Canberra was as good an opportunity as any to learn how it came about even before the messy events that accompanied it....» Read More
Shortlist announced for 2012 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-01-29 04:51:27
Twenty artists are in the running for prizes totalling more than $50,000 as part of the Victorian Government's 2012 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards. The awards, now in their seventh year, profile the diversity of Indigenous arts practice in Victoria and showcase...» Read More
Artprice Predicts Stronger Australian Art Market
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-01-26 16:09:15
Aboriginal art occupies a special place in Australia and 3 of the 6 artists in the Top 10 auction results are Aborigines. One of the three Aboriginal artists in Australian contemporary art ranking, Dorothy NAPANGARDI , has enjoyed strong demand since...» Read More
2011 Indigenous Ceramic Awards
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-01-23 12:33:19
The winners of the country’s most recognised awards for Indigenous artists have been released. Janet Fieldhouse took out the $20000 first prize for her work Tattoo, a sculptural installation that uses a light box and transparent porcelain to explore ritual scarification. Vera...» Read More
Lavertys in The Netherlands
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2012-01-20 11:31:38
The Lavertys - Colin and Liz - are legends in their own lifetimes. For they've not only built the largest Aboriginal art collection in this country – others overseas, such as the late John Kluge's, now at the University of...» Read More
Indigenous youth arts project to explore identity
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-01-15 14:43:30
Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Sunshine Coast and Gympie regions are being urged to come together to embrace and showcase their culture via song writing and recording, hip-hop dancing and art workshops based on the theme of...» Read More
BLACK CAPITAL?
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2012-01-12 08:56:07
It's Lindy Hume's third and last Sydney Festival, and, finally she's got up a major indigenous contribution. There was a time after Rhoda Roberts' 1997 Dreaming Festival for the Olympics, backed up by the pair of Adelaide Festivals from Peter...» Read More
ACMI presents Indigenous arts festival
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-01-12 08:15:23
The National Indigenous Photomedia Forum, Shadow Life: Moving Image and Remembered By are three separate events presented by ACMI as part of the Melbourne Indigenous Arts Festival 2012. The National Indigenous Photomedia Forum will address the the obstacles faced by Indigenous...» Read More
'OUR LAND, OUR BODY' SWEEPS CHINA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-12-11 17:15:09
The 土地-身体 Tu Di - Shen Ti / Our Land, Our Body exhibition from remote Warburton in WA has been seen across Eastern China by a quarter of a million people since last March. Its origins are 65 major artworks...» Read More
RESALE ROYALTY UPDATE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-12-06 15:05:02
The amount of money collected by the Resale Royalty scheme that came into force in Australia in June last year is on the point of reaching half a million dollars. $300,000 of that will have gone to indigenous artists. To be...» Read More
ART & HEALTH IN THE DESERT
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-12-01 12:06:42
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN – WITH MONEY! I am writing to excite you with talk about the significance of the art works and colour of the truck. It is 11 years since Pintupi people painted pictures and raised one million...» Read More
TJUKURRTJANU – THE ORIGINS OF WESTERN DESERT ART
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-11-18 11:06:53
There's a tremendous tension around at the moment between those who want to show Aboriginal art as 'great contemporary art' and those who want to try to understand its mysteries and complexities. And this is sadly all-too-apparent in the yawning...» Read More
Brisbane to host Australian Performing Arts Market
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-11-09 09:30:53
The Australia Council for the Arts announces that Brisbane Powerhouse has been awarded the tender for the Australian Performing Arts Market 2014, 2016 and 2018. The Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) is a biennial performing arts market for artists and programmers...» Read More
AT LAST, THE TRIENNIAL!
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-11-03 16:31:55
The National Gallery of Australia has announced that it will present UnDisclosed: 2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial at the NGA in Canberra from May 11 next year until July, followed by a national tour. The artists selected by curator Carly...» Read More
'REVEALED': Emerging Aboriginal Artists from WA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-10-28 18:27:54
Discover the next generation of artists from 20 Aboriginal art centres across Western Australia at the same time as the visiting political leaders of Commonwealth countries. For, Perth has it all in indigenous art at the moment. As well as...» Read More
Art Gallery of WA & Water Corporation Win 2011 National Visy Arts & Environment Award at AbaF Award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-10-18 13:11:19
In July 2007, a partnership began between the Water Corporation and the Art Gallery of Western Australia. The partnership aimed to explore the use of artistic and creative expression as a platform to enhance awareness about water; tracing its past,...» Read More
Guided Visits – Aboriginal art at the Art Gallery of NSW – 28-29 Sep 2011
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-09-16 16:06:11
IDAIA – International Development for Australian Indigenous Art – is delighted to organise a series a guided visits of the new Aboriginal art exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. The opportunity to better appreciate the...» Read More
FORM presents Let the Country Come In Geraldton Regional Art Gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-09-10 17:06:08
Greenough Regional Prison is an unlikely home to a gifted group of Aboriginal artists hailing from communities with a strong heritage in painting throughout regional Western Australia. Let the country come in exhibits the results of an artist development...» Read More
National Competition now open
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-09-09 17:25:18
The WetlandCare Australia National Art and Photography Competition, to celebrate World Wetlands Day, is on again for its 5th year. The theme for the 2012 competition is Wetlands, Tourism and Recreation. The competition has categories in art and photography for young...» Read More
Mick Gooda joins the conversation
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-09-05 23:20:30
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda will share his views on Indigenous governance and representation, and the provision of services to the community following the closure of ATSIC. Presented in association with Off the Walls: Art...» Read More
Mick Gooda joins the conversation
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-09-05 23:18:42
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda will share his views on Indigenous governance and representation, and the provision of services to the community following the closure of ATSIC. Presented in association with Off the Walls: Art...» Read More
Pintupi Men
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-08-20 17:55:55
The ReDot Fine Art Gallery is proud to welcome back the beautiful works from Australia’s foremost Aboriginal owned art centre, Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd. This exhibition will represent the 8thshowing in Singapore of the stunning work by the desert...» Read More
YOUNG YOLNGU WINS IN WA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-08-13 00:39:05
YOUNG YOLNGU WINS IN WA The most valuable indigenous art prize – the Western Australia Indigenous Art Award of $50,000 has been won by Gunybi Ganambarr from Yirrkala in NW Arnhemland. After two years of triumphs by artists from the Buku...» Read More
APY TRIUMPH AT NATSIAAs AGAIN
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-08-11 18:58:18
South Australian artist Dickie Minyintiri has been awarded Australia’s oldest Indigenous art prize fora painting reflective of his rich personal history at the 28th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Minyintiri receives the $40,000 Telstra Award from...» Read More
Ways of Seeing- Aboriginal outsider art
Posted by Coo-ee Aboriginal Art | 2011-08-10 15:59:40
Join us for the opening of Ways of Seeing which will include a panel discussion: The art, the artists and outsider art within Aboriginal Australian art: Tuesday 23rd of August 6:00 pm Colin Rhodes – Dean of the Sydney College of Arts and...» Read More
After 45,000 years, Aboriginal art is still evolving.
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-08-05 19:18:03
After my recent excitement at discovering with David Walsh (on Mona) that Aboriginal art is too sophisticated for many a Western eye to comprehend, this piece from the New Statesman in the UK, written by columnist Will Self and published...» Read More
Indigenous Photographer named in Great Moments in BlackHistory
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-07-27 12:01:58
GREAT MOMENTS IN BLAKISTORY 27 July 2011 - Wayne Quilliam CELEBRATING BLAK HISTORY MONTH 27 July 2011 Wayne Quilliam Adjunct Professor Wayne Quilliam, a Palawa man from Tasmania, is one of Australia¹s leading photographers. He has more than 1000 publications in books and magazines worldwide and...» Read More
Dennis Nona: prints and sculptures
Posted by Arts d'Australie - Stéphane Jacob | 2011-07-26 23:33:52
In keeping with the strong maritime history of the city, contemporary art of the Pacific is an integral part of the municipal museums of Rochefort. This summer, l’Hôtel Hèbre de Saint-Clément showcases art from Torres Strait Islands in the exhibition...» Read More
My Country and Me (Ngagenyji Nawiyangeny-nungu Daam – Ngayin)
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-07-22 18:19:01
The ReDot Fine Art Gallery is proud to welcome back the natural ochre artworks of the famous Warmun Art Centre from East Kimberley, far Northeast of Western Australia. The show will focus on recent works by Lena Nyadbi and Patrick...» Read More
THREAT TO MARRA COUNTRY
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-07-08 12:39:23
An appeal from Dr Greg Dickson, Scholar of Linguistics in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University re the country we've grown familiar with thanks to the art of Ginger Riley, Angelina George and Willy...» Read More
NAATSIA's 25TH ANNIVERSARY BOOK
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-06-27 10:31:57
Is a silver anniversary any more important than a 20th or a 17th? I ask because the Museum & Art Gallery of the NT (MAGNT), the Darwin home of the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award has belatedly...» Read More
Balgo 2011
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-06-24 15:23:01
ReDot Fine Art Gallery is proud to present our annual show of the colourful works of the Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation. Warlayirti Artists is located in Balgo in the arid north east of Western Australia, between Alice Springs and Broome. Warlayirti...» Read More
Aboriginal Employment Strategy Chairman's Art Auction
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-06-23 16:13:44
The Aboriginal Employment Strategy Chairman's Art Auction proceeds goes towards providing career opportunities for Indigenous Australians. Come and see some amazing artworks from some of Australia’s best Indigenous artists. The Aboriginal Employment Strategy Chairman’s Art Auction will showcase an impressive...» Read More
GOING NOWHERE IN TOOMELAH
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-06-20 12:56:28
The phrases 'Aboriginal time' and “Gone walkabout' are generally uttered with pejorative intent – they're seen as part of the 'failure' of Aboriginal society. But as film director Ivan Sen would say – indeed he did at his film Toomelah's...» Read More
Introduction to Aboriginal Art, Talk in French - Tuesday 28 June @ Institut Catholique de Paris
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-06-16 16:30:35
IDAIA is delighted to present an introductory talk in French focused on understanding the uniqueness of Aboriginal art. It will explore its origins, issues at stake for its survival, various contemporary forms, and its development. Aboriginal art is known internationally...» Read More
Guided visit - Aboriginal art @ Musee du quai Branly, Paris
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-06-16 16:26:06
IDAIA is delighted to announce that Solenne Ducos-Lamotte, specialist in Aboriginal art, founder and director of IDAIA will be conducting a visit of the superb Aboriginal art collection of the Musee du quai Branly in Paris. A fantastic occasion for...» Read More
Platform conversations: Constitutional recognition - so what?
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-06-13 22:58:41
Join the inaugural Platform Conversations at the National Museum of Australia event with Mal Brough, Alison Page and Garth Nettheim to debate whether recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Constitution will make a meaningful difference to...» Read More
Gallery Tjukurrpa brings Aboriginal music, song and dance to Manly June Long weekend!
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-06-06 19:45:20
Come to Manly's Gallery Tjukurrpa this June long weekend for the ultimate cultural experience! Gallery Tjukirrpa, in conjunction with Koomurri, Australia’s premier aboriginal cultural performers, will showcase an energetic performance of song, dance and didgeridoo playing. Performances will take place daily, 11am...» Read More
Rosella Namok and Arone Raymond Meeks
Posted by Coo-ee Aboriginal Art | 2011-05-26 14:55:39
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery is proud to present two solo shows of work by Rosella Namok and Arone Raymond Meeks. This will be Rosella Namok’s first Sydney exhibition since it became her exclusive Sydney representative, with the closure of the...» Read More
LAVERTY 2
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-05-25 19:58:12
There are probably no other collectors in Australia who could get away with naming an exhibition 'Laverty 2' and expect instant recognition by viewers. But then Colin and Liz Laverty have the advantage of having had such a big impact...» Read More
MINMA
Posted by Artitja Fine Art | 2011-05-25 13:51:58
MINMA – Contemporary Women’s paintings from Mt Liebig Walking across the desert in the early1950’s with her nomadic family heading towards a promised land, a young Wentja Napaltjarri learnt many of her ancestral dreamings from her father Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi one...» Read More
BLACK FILM-MAKING
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-05-13 16:55:26
Two fabulously true-to-life pictures of indigenous life in Australia are currently on offer on the big screen. If it's men and the minimally urban world of the Kimberley you're after – think Wyndham and Halls Creek and salt-pans in between...» Read More
The Art Directory
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-05-12 14:06:28
Australia's Art Directory for visual artists. With a listing of over 1500 art competitions and 900 art galleries the database can be searched by name, artist type, art form (indigenous art), entry date and state etc. A directory for art...» Read More
Ngura Inkanyi - Singing Country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-05-10 16:38:55
ReDot Fine Art Gallery is honoured to host an exhibition hailing from the heart of Modern Contemporary Aboriginal Art. Tjungu Palya and Ninuku Arts are two artist-run art-centres in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in the far north...» Read More
IS ABORIGINAL ART BACK TO ITS AUCTION PEAK?
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-05-10 12:49:45
“I am thrilled with the art we have put together for this auction”, asserts Crispin Gutteridge, Head of Aboriginal Art at auction house Deutscher and Hackett. “It is the finest group of works yet to be auctioned by us in...» Read More
THE GOOD AND THE BAD IN THE KIMBERLEY
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-05-04 19:29:01
The East Kimberley was the first place in WA to join the Aboriginal art movement that spread from Papunya in the 1970s. As is well-known, Rover Thomas had a Dream following the awesome devastation of Cyclone Tracey; to share it...» Read More
Passing of Thancoupie
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-04-29 17:18:12
It is with great sadness that AAN learnt of the passing this week of Dr. Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher AO, best known simply as Thancoupie the Potter. She died aged 74 at Weipa Base Hospital on Cape York after a...» Read More
"pro community" Western APY Lands
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-04-27 02:00:14
Starting May 8th ARTKELCH will be showing a handpicked selection of recent works by artists from the Western APY Lands in a private art museum close to Stuttgart, Germany. This is the opening venue of the touring exhibition "Pro Community...» Read More
WAR DECLARED?
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-04-08 17:12:15
That's what it felt like in the Seaforth (on Sydney's northern peninsular) gallery of Trevor Victor Harvey (TVH) the other night. For the dissident clans had gathered from all over art-dealing Australia to show support for Chris Simons, the bogeyman of...» Read More
WA INDIGENOUS ART AWARDS FINALISTS CHOSEN
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-04-05 14:03:53
The Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards, the richest Indigenous arts prize in the country, have announced the 16 finalists who will each be invited to place a body of work into competition for a share in prizes totalling $65,000. The WAIAA are...» Read More
Exhibition of Warakurna Artists in France
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-03-21 16:33:56
IDAIA is delighted to announce the first exhibition outside of Australia of Warakurna Artists co-organised with our Lyon-based partner gallery Galerie Kungka. “Warakurna Artists is one of the most exciting Aboriginal art communities from the Australian Desert. Recent years have seen...» Read More
First exhibition of Warakurna Artists outside of Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-03-21 16:30:20
Exhibition of Warakurna Artists in France IDAIA is delighted to announce the first exhibition outside of Australia of Warakurna Artists co-organised with our Lyon-based partner gallery Galerie Kungka. “Warakurna Artists is one of the most exciting Aboriginal art communities from the Australian...» Read More
NATSIAAs versus THE NGA TRIENNIAL
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-03-11 14:34:46
The National Gallery in Canberra has just announced that its important National Indigenous Art Triennial - due to open in April - has been postponed as a result of budget pressures. These relate particularly to the notorious Federal Government efficiency...» Read More
June Peters, Roebourne artist to paint live in Manly NSW
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-03-10 21:04:34
Media Release 9 March 2011 Roebourne artist to paint live in Manly Bringing Aboriginal art to life, June Peters, from the Roebourne Art Group, will be painting live at Gallery Tjukurrpa in Manly from 11am – 5pm Friday 18 – Sunday 20...» Read More
Stop(the)Gap: International Indigenous art in motion
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-03-08 21:43:17
Stop(the)Gap is a major exhibition developed for the 2011 BigPond Adelaide Film Festival in partnership with the Samstag Museum of Art. UniSA's Brenda L Croft brings together recent moving image works by renowned Indigenous artists from Australia, Aotearoa/ New Zealand, Canada and the...» Read More
WHEN THE WORLD WAS SOFT
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-03-07 14:03:32
That's a phrase that's come into my life twice recently. Reviewing a mighty tome on the Burrup Peninsular's extraordinary petroglyphs, I was introduced to that phrase as the words of the Yaburara people who'd created that extraordinary ancient rock gallery...» Read More
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A guided visit of the Aboriginal Art exhibition at the AGNSW with Solenne Ducos-Lamotte, IDAIA's Director, Specialist in Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-02-25 12:27:22
An evening tour of the art+soul exhibition Wednesday 16 March A guided visit of the Aboriginal Art exhibition at the AGNSW with Solenne Ducos-Lamotte, specialist in Aboriginal Art and IDAIA's Director, an organisation dedicated to the international development of a quality and...» Read More
The Collectors Show - 2011
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-02-23 15:42:26
ReDot Fine Art Gallery is thrilled to exhibit prodigiously collectable works from across the Australian Aboriginal territories in our inaugural Collectors Show. "Collectors Show - 2011" will be the incipient year for an annual event which will showcase the...» Read More
Dibirdibi Country, My Country - Sally Gabori Solo Show
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-02-19 17:20:52
One of Australia’s most exciting and collectable contemporary artists, Sally Gabori, gets her first solo show in Singapore at the Australian High Commission, Singapore. In 2005 an elderly Kaiadilt woman, living in one of Australia’s most remote communities, took the art...» Read More
WILD DEADLY WOMAN AT AGATHON
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-02-17 16:27:37
It's a commonplace in Aboriginal art that creative people emerge from nowhere at a mature age and delight us with their accumulated experience – now set down on canvas. But, until now, it's usually an artist from a remote community...» Read More
SAD DEATH OF TENNIELLE NOCKETTA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-02-17 11:48:39
Tennielle Nocketta wasn't a bankable or even known name in the Aboriginal art business. But she was a vitally important project for the future of the artform – and collateral damage of the failure of the Jirrawun project in the...» Read More
DEATH OF IAN ABDULLA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-02-01 17:26:59
On the morning of Saturday 29 January, at the age of 63, Aboriginal artist Ian Abdulla passed away at the Berri Hospital, South Australia after a brief battle with cancer. His family was by his side. Born under a gum tree...» Read More
INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS GATHERING IN WINNIPEG
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-01-31 12:18:53
One of the largest collections of Indigenous art ever assembled is being shown at galleries throughout Winnipeg in Canada. There are around 60 pieces of art included in Close Encounters: The Next 500 Years, created by 34 diverse artists. "Since...» Read More
Salt Water to Salt Contemporary: Exploring the theme of water in Indigenous Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-01-17 15:35:10
Curators' Exhibition Preview & Talk Symbols, Mark Making and Colour: Saturday January 22, 5pm Followed by opening drinks, 6pm Curators' Talk: Sunday January 23, 2.30pm More than 35 works from around Australia have been selected to represent the significance of water – and...» Read More
Western desert artist leaves behind record of women's ceremony
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-01-13 15:13:15
THE art world has been shaken by the death in early January of a ''visionary'' leader of the western desert art movement. Makinti Napanangka, thought to be in her 80s, took up painting in her 70s yet went on to...» Read More
EMILY AT MOMA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-01-07 11:57:49
It is, of course, a joy to discover that a big international contemporary art show at an institution as prestigious as the Museum of Modern Art in New York has quite casually included Our Emily alongside Miro, Mondrian, Calder, Schwitters,...» Read More
Discovery of Living Pigments in Bradshaw rock art
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-01-04 15:35:40
The age of Bradshaw rock art (also called Gwion gwion) is uncertain but estimated by indirect methods at between 46 000 years ago, based on the time of extinction of depicted live megafauna, and 70 000 years ago, which is...» Read More
‘No si hijomiono’o jabesi soré jajivo’ (We are painting the designs of our ancestors)
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-12-18 19:44:41
ReDot Fine Art Gallery is proud to welcome a very special exhibition of barkcloth art from the Ömie artists of Mount Lamington in Oro province, Papua New Guinea. An artistically groundbreaking event for ReDot Fine Art Gallery, this exhibition has...» Read More
Gulumbu Yunupingu is People's Choice in WA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-12-16 13:37:57
The great Yolngu artist, Gulumbu Yunupingu - big sister of Manduwuy - from Yirrkala in North East Arnhem Land, has won the People’s Choice Award of $5,000 in the Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards 2010. This year, the voting couldn't be...» Read More
LOFTY - WAMUD NAMOK
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-12-13 13:51:05
The life and work of the great Bardayal 'Lofty' Nadjamerrek is being celebrated this summer at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. One immediate challenge to the mind is to wonder how the man known as “the last of...» Read More
Gems sparkle in Sotheby's earnings
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-12-08 02:11:09
Mr Goodman said Sotheby's jewellery and decorative arts divisions had boosted the company's results, in the face of a difficult market for both finding buyers and consigning items for auction across the company's divisions, which include Australian art, Aboriginal art...» Read More
Where Two Rivers Meet art exhibition is being held at the Studio Gallery East Gosford
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-12-08 02:05:59
FRANK Wright’s mission is to educate indigenous and non-indigenous children on Australia’s Aboriginal heritage through his artwork. Previously resident on the Central Coast and now living at Walgett a sister city to Gosford, Wright will be the major featured artist in...» Read More
Bonhams move into Aboriginal art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-12-08 02:04:39
CONFIRMING their intentions in the Australian market, Bonhams have launched an Aboriginal art department in Sydney. Specialists Francesca Cavazzini and Greer Adams will run the department under the aegis of Tim Klingender, who will act as a senior consultant. That all...» Read More
Family, tradition and lore in Arnhem Land
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-12-08 02:04:21
The Marika family of Arnhem Land could be called the Boyds of the indigenous art world. Like the Boyd dynasty, they've contributed an intergenerational opus of work to the Australian cultural landscape. But the Marika clan are not just artists - they've...» Read More
Awe-inspiring indigenous art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-12-07 02:18:17
A highlight of my trip to the Northern Territory in September was the Desert Mob 2010 exhibition at the Araluen Arts Centre in Alice Springs. It's an annual exhibition of art from Aboriginal communities across the Western Desert region spanning...» Read More
ARTITJA: THE GIFT COLLECTION – ART + OBJECTS: small and affordable 2010
Posted by Artitja Fine Art | 2010-12-02 09:58:45
Fine art, fibre and wooden sculptures, textiles and jewellery from over 20 of Australia’s top and emerging Indigenous artists will be the feature of Artitja Fine Art’s final show for the year ART + OBJECTS: small and affordable 2010. The...» Read More
ABORIGINAL ART IN COLOGNE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-12-01 14:09:43
The Museum Ludwig in Cologne has opened a significant exhibition of Australian art in a series which has included important Western artists such as Gerhard Richter in 2008 and Christopher Wool in 2009. Here is the curatorial take on this pioneering...» Read More
MOLLIE GOWING'S LASTING LEGACY
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-11-25 16:01:00
Edmund Capon, Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales today announced that Mollie Gowing, a great supporter of the Gallery and of Indigenous art in particular has left an important collection of 142 artworks plus a very generous...» Read More
THE DESERT COMES TO ADELAIDE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-11-24 11:53:07
The Art Gallery of SA has organised its second big exhibition of Aboriginal art from the Desert, showing until the end of January and accompanied by a big catalogue. It's a very generous and gentle introduction to the art that...» Read More
New Beginnings
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-11-23 06:52:03
Brit Susann Hanstein and Sabine Haider present in the name of the City of Übach-Palenberg and under the patronage of the Mayor of the City - Mr. Wolfgang Jungnitsch - „NEW BEGINNINGS“ 5.12.2010 - 31.01.2011 Aboriginal Art Exhibition with works from Central Australia The ancient...» Read More
"New Beginnings" Premium Aboriginal Art from Central and Western Desert
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-11-22 05:14:44
Brit Susann Hanstein and Sabine Haider present in the name of the City of Übach-Palenberg and under the patronage of the Mayor of the City - Mr. Wolfgang Jungnitsch - from 5.12.2010 to 31.01.2011 „NEW BEGINNINGS“ Aboriginal Art Exhibition with...» Read More
ReDot Fine Art Gallery Annual Stockroom Christmas Show 2010
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-11-13 16:03:05
Come and join us at ReDot Fine Art Gallery for some mulled wine and festive cheer as we celebrate the holiday season and the opening of our annual Stockroom exhibition of affordable artworks by artists from many different art centres...» Read More
ONCE UPON A TIME IN PAPUNYA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-11-11 14:22:20
How to tackle this intimately informed, radically revisionist but ultimately frustrating tale of the art movement that did more than anything to change Australia's views about its indigenous people and bring their culture closer to the cities of the south? For...» Read More
Three days in the southern Tanami – a photo-essay
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-11-11 06:17:51
Not an article about Aboriginal art, but this is the magic of our amazing country that you can see when visiting remote communities in Central...» Read More
New Beginnings
Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2010-11-11 00:00:00
We are pleased to jointly Sabine Haider - Director and owner of Gallery Central Art in Alice Springs - high-profile art of leading artists from Central Australia in the palace to present Zweibr�ggen �bach-Palenberg, Through the great support of the...» Read More
Nominations Now Open Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards 2011
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-11-04 21:22:17
The Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards is a national award founded in 2008 to celebrate the breadth, diversity and excellence of art from all corners of Indigenous Australia. The awards acknowledge the significant and ongoing contribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait...» Read More
A New Sentimental Art Market Era Pt. 3
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-11-04 21:20:18
If you want some further examples of the sentimental and nostalgic direction that the art market is beginning to take then I shall provide you with two more. The first example is the direction that the Australian Aboriginal art market...» Read More
Cobra and Aboriginal art brought together in Breaking with Tradition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-11-04 21:20:12
BREAKING WITH TRADITION: Cobra and Aboriginal art explores the influence of the ideas of the European avant-garde movement Cobra on the development of contemporary Aboriginal art. Work by Paji Honeychild Yankarr, Narputta Nangala Jugadai and Yata Gypsy Yadda will be...» Read More
ABC fails to strike out defamation case
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-11-03 22:01:13
A defamation claim by an Aboriginal art dealer against the Australian Broadcasting Corporation is to proceed in the Northern Territory Supreme Court. The Supreme Court in Alice Springs has denied an application from the ABC to strike out the defamation claim. The...» Read More
Out of the desert great artists come
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-11-03 21:58:45
Aboriginal art has travelled a long way since the early days at Papunya in the 1970s. Painting about his culture and country, and in an uncharacteristic pink, senior law man Ginger Wikilyiri spends weeks just sitting and thinking before he picks...» Read More
Stolen Gloria Petyarre Painting
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-11-02 00:24:46
By now, my painting by Gloria Petyarre (Bush Medicine Leaves 2008, International Artwork Code A15119, 200 x 150, 2062) an esteemed Australian Aboriginal artist, could be in Timbuktoo by now. Thanks to questionable management of the Sydney-based art investment...» Read More
Jilamara artists here to exhibit
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-30 23:34:23
The Grafton Regional Gallery will be holding a meet-and-greet with the artists of their latest exhibition, Prints From Jilamara, tomorrow. The artists have travelled from Milikapiti on Melville Island, 100km north-east of Darwin, to spend time in the area and promote...» Read More
A collection of masterpieces
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-29 23:32:23
In Sydney, where the countdown to January's Sydney Festival has begun (corporate.sydneyfestival.org.au), you can still see Namatjira at the Belvoir Theatre until November 7. Written by Scott Rankin and co-directed by Wayne Blair and Scott Rankin, this collaboration between Belvoir and...» Read More
Parsons Brinckerhoff launches plan to help Indigenous communities
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-29 21:49:35
Engineering company Parsons Brinckerhoff earlier this month launched its reconciliation action plan at the Art Gallery of NSW among some of Australia’s best indigenous art collection in the Yiribana Gallery. PB managing director Dr Jim Mantle said the RAP signalled a...» Read More
Cobra and Aboriginal art brought together in Breaking with Tradition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-27 22:44:44
BREAKING WITH TRADITION: Cobra and Aboriginal art explores the influence of the ideas of the European avant-garde movement Cobra on the development of contemporary Aboriginal art. Work by Paji Honeychild Yankarr, Narputta Nangala Jugadai and Yata Gypsy Yadda will be...» Read More
Winfrey to promote Aboriginal art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-27 20:50:54
One of the secret destinations on Oprah Winfrey's Australian tour is a stunning collection of Aboriginal rock art that has been seen by only a few non-indigenous people. Plans are under way to show Winfrey's worldwide audience an Aboriginal shelter in...» Read More
Gallery puts final touches to indigenous wing
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-26 23:21:31
After several years and millions of dollars $100 million to be precise the monumental building works in the National Gallery precinct are finally complete, with a grand new entrance to prove it. But with the official opening not until next week,...» Read More
Charles Perkins' granddaughter takes up the cause
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-26 20:50:47
Madeleine Madden spent the first years of her life around her grandad, Aboriginal activist Charlie Perkins, while he berated politicians. Her memories of him are hazy, but she has grown up determined to continue his fight to advance the interests of...» Read More
Proposal to house the Keeping Place in Barangaroo
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-23 20:39:02
Aboriginal artist Gordon Syron and his wife Elaine have put together a 30-page proposal to the Barangaroo Delivery Authority requesting a home for their Keeping Place aboriginal art collection. “It is our dream for the collection to form the basis of...» Read More
Council orders removal of 'fake' Aboriginal art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-23 04:44:29
A New South Wales artist has been ordered to remove an image of a sacred Kimberley Aboriginal figure from her gallery in the Blue Mountains. Aboriginal groups reacted angrily in March when Vesna Tenody erected an eight-tonne stone sculpture of the...» Read More
Northern Impressions in Print
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-10-22 14:13:38
A new exhibition, Northern Impressions: a celebration of contemporary printmaking, which features mostly contemporary indigenous fine art prints, has opened at the new Chan Contemporary Art Space in Darwin. It's only the second exhibition there, following the Togart Contemporary...» Read More
Other side art: Trevor Nickolls, a survey of paintings and drawings 1972-2007
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-21 12:25:39
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', Nickolls has developed his own iconic language that has influenced and informed subsequent...» Read More
Arts seminar, Why Collect? presented by Helen Cole and Brian Tucker
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-19 03:55:13
What: Arts seminar, Why Collect? presented by Helen Cole and Brian Tucker When: 10.30am on Tuesday 26 October Where: Caloundra Regional Gallery Cost: Free This month...» Read More
FIRST AUSTRALIAN ART FOR FIRST AUSTRALIAN SAINT
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-10-17 12:17:29
Aboriginal artworks sent from Catholic missions in the north and west of Australia earlier last century are on display at the Vatican’s Ethnological Museum in Rome to coincide with today's canonisation of Mary MacKillop. And their presence was celebrated with...» Read More
ART FOR A GREAT CAUSE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-10-17 11:20:38
On Tuesday (19th Oct), what's being called “a unique collection of contemporary Aboriginal Art” will be auctioned at Sotheby¹s in Sydney in aid of the Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES). The occasion will also be the official launch of the AES...» Read More
Vatican echoes to sound of didgeridoo
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-17 03:14:51
The Vatican echoed to the sounds of the didgeridoo on Friday at an Aboriginal show in memory of Mary MacKillop, who is about to be named Australia's first saint. A dozen bare-chested dancers wearing body paint performed songs and dances in...» Read More
Warakurna Artists attend the opening of the new NGA annex
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-16 02:59:09
Graham Nelson, one of Warakurna Artists Directors recently made the long journey to Canberra to attended the opening of the new wing of the National Gallery of Australia....» Read More
in black and white: more on the orientation of Aboriginal art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-15 02:55:43
Thanks to Helen Vivian’s detective work, I was fascinated to read how the London-based Frieze had reviewed Utopia: the genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, the Emily Kame Kngwarreye exhibition at the (then) new National Art Centre Tokyo, while on tour...» Read More
Story of aboriginal art at La Fontaine
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-15 02:54:20
TRADITIONAL aboriginal art will come to the fore in Bahrain tomorrow night at the opening of the Songlines art exhibition at the La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art, Manama. According to event organisers, aboriginal art is more of a ritual involving...» Read More
Art’s new face at Canberra gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-15 02:53:48
Ron Radford, the Director of Canberra’s National Gallery of Australia, can say almost exactly when Australians and overseas visitors became interested in Aboriginal art. ‘’You can pinpoint it to the 1988 Bicentennial,’’ Mr Radford said. ‘’That’s when people would come up...» Read More
Contemporary Aboriginal Art in Holland
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-13 02:55:48
When I look around this country and think about the efforts of our state art galleries to excite and educate people about Aboriginal art and culture, I’d have to conclude that there’s not much fire in the belly. True —...» Read More
AES PUTS INDIGENOUS EMPLOYMENT IN THE FRAME WITH ART AUCTION FUND LAUNCH
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-12 15:54:37
12th October 2010, Sydney Australia: A unique collection of contemporary Aboriginal Art will be auctioned at Sotheby’s in Sydney on 19th October by national not for profit organisation, the Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES). Marking the official launch of the...» Read More
MIRACLE ON THE CANNING
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-10-12 14:19:22
It was rumoured a couple of years ago that an anthropologist was about to make the astounding announcement that he'd traced the three Aboriginal grandparents who'd lived on the Canning Stock Route (CSR) earlier last century and sired most of...» Read More
'Sickening' Aboriginal art exhibition should close: Wollongong MP
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-12 02:52:40
The New South Wales Member for Wollongong Noreen Hay has condemned a decision by the city's gallery to continue an exhibition of paintings which some Aboriginal groups have labelled as "sickening and offensive." Ms Hay concedes she has yet to see...» Read More
2011 VICTORIAN INDIGENOUS ART AWARDS OPEN
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-12 02:27:12
From the Minister for the Arts Monday, 11 October 2010 Entries are now open for the 2011 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards (VIAA), the State’s premiere celebration of our Indigenous visual arts sector. Minister for the Arts Peter Batchelor said the awards aimed...» Read More
New Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art galleries
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-12 02:26:47
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have existed on the continent of Australia for tens of thousands of years. Their art and traditions are among the oldest and richest in human history. The designs, patterns and stories were taught to Indigenous...» Read More
Indigenous artists finding a steady income
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-12 02:25:31
An arts manager in South Australia's far north-west Aboriginal lands says a record number of artists are working on the lands. Skye O'Meara from Tjala Arts in the APY Lands says works from the Lands are now highly regarded and more...» Read More
Keeping Place collection seeks a permanent home
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-10 01:43:20
Keeping Place consists of 1500 artworks plus artefacts and photographs collected over 40 years by Aboriginal artist and activist Gordon Syron and his wife Elaine. The collection had been housed in an Eveleigh railway shed described as "dilapidated, daggy and downright...» Read More
Landmark space embodies soul of the nation
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-09 01:41:57
Indigenous art has found a welcome home at the reinvigorated National Gallery of Australia. AT last, indigenous art has the national showcase it needs: 11 luminous, purpose-built galleries at the entrance to the country's flagship visual arts institution in the centre...» Read More
2009 NAIDOC Artist of the Year Wayne Quilliam nominated for International Award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-08 06:52:30
One of Australia’s leading Indigenous photographers has been nominated as a Master of Photography by National Geographic. The 2009 NAIDOC Artist of the Year Wayne Quilliam said “To be considered for such an award is an honour and I...» Read More
art + soul - Home And Away
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-08 01:32:53
In this three-part documentary series, Hetti Perkins takes us on a personal journey into the world of Aboriginal art. art + soul, directed by Warwick Thornton (Samson and Delilah), is the powerful and emotionally engaging television series about contemporary Aboriginal and...» Read More
Art + Soul
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-08 00:44:13
7 October, 2010 1:06PM ACST Art + Soul By Emma Sleath ( Cross Media Reporter)The new three part series on Aboriginal Art debuts tonight on ABC1. Directed by Warwick Thornton and presented by Hetti Perkins, the journey begins where else but in...» Read More
HETTI'S MULTI-MEDIA PROJECT
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-07 12:16:46
Bigger than Ben Hur (which is soon to be at a football stadium near you)! Hetti Perkins, Senior Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art at the Art Gallery of NSW, turns out to be a gentle, girlish guide...» Read More
US gallery adds to indigenous collection
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-06 02:58:13
Next year I’m off to America, where I have been invited to do a show at the Kluge-Ruhe Museum at the University of Virginia. The Kluge-Ruhe institution is dedicated to Australian Aboriginal art and is the largest body of such work...» Read More
Aboriginals of Australia: Museum Shows Contemporary Natives’ Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-06 02:56:58
WSU's Museum of Art showed “Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art: From the Collection of Margaret Levi and Robert Kaplan,” Thursday [30 September 2010] . The new, free exhibit is open to the public from Oct. 1 through Dec. 11. “It’s a fabulous...» Read More
The Healing Power of Indigenous Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-06 02:55:21
What a long weekend of Indigenous art! While I haven't seen the new Indigenous galleries in Canberra, I did dive wholeheartedly into art + soul at the Art Gallery of New South Wales www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au One of the joys of living at...» Read More
Connection, Dislocation, Reclamation and Innovation: The 2010 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-05 12:15:42
In its 27th year, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAAs) inaugurated a sixth category. The ‘New Media Award’ required artists to submit works reflecting the theme ‘connections’ with the stated aim to provide ‘a national platform...» Read More
Size may count at revamped gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-05 04:16:19
The National Gallery of Australia flung open its new narrow doors for the first time on Thursday night to 1000 guests including Culture's spies who reported that while the new entrance is impressive, "you wonder how it will cope with...» Read More
Aboriginal art demands dignity
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-05 04:09:51
Amnesty International’s Demand Dignity and Eora College art exhibition opened at the Boomalli Aboriginal Arts Gallery on September 22 to a crowd of 50 people. The exhibition was based on the theme of the UN Declaration on the Rights of...» Read More
Lecture offers insight into native art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-05 02:50:12
WSU's Museum of Art showed “Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art: From the Collection of Margaret Levi and Robert Kaplan,” Thursday. The new, free exhibit is open to the public from Oct. 1 through Dec. 11. “It’s a fabulous collection ... It literally...» Read More
Colours of our Country returns to Perth
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-05 01:56:13
Accomplished and emerging artists, traditional stories and stunning Pilbara imagery was once again on show at this year’s ‘Colours of our Country’ Aboriginal art exhibition in Perth on the 22nd September. For the fifth consecutive year, Rio Tinto transformed the walls...» Read More
Half Light Retrospective
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-04 02:43:01
The exhibition of Art + Soul, Hetti Perkins’ dramatic new survey of Indigenous art and artists opened this weekend at the Art Gallery of New South Wales; the tripartite ABC documentary premiers Thursday night. Intriguing reviews have already appeared...» Read More
Joining the dots
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-04 00:30:19
Hetti Perkins helps viewers understand the complexity and diversity of Aboriginal art 'I THINK I initially imagined the series being able to satisfy my simple curiosity about what the dots mean," Hibiscus Films producer Bridget Ikin (An Angel at My Table,...» Read More
Aboriginal dance tells Tracy story
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-04 00:29:11
Painted Aboriginal dancers decorated with leaves and earth colours move rhythmically to the beat of sticks and the song of elders. Although the cadences feel ancient, the Gurrir Gurrir ceremony depicts a more recent event in Australia history, when the town...» Read More
Gallery offers an indigenous opening
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-04 00:25:46
ABORIGINAL art takes centre stage at the revamped NGA in Canberra. THE entrance to the National Gallery of Australia, in Canberra, used to be hidden mysteriously in a side street, reached by a utilitarian flight of concrete stairs or a long...» Read More
Indigenous art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-04 00:20:40
KERRY O’BRIEN, PRESENTER: From the inner city to the remotest part of the nation, Australia's contemporary Aboriginal art movement is on the move. A new exhibition in Sydney is showcasing its richness and diversity. Curated by Hetti Perkins, the daughter of the...» Read More
NEW PARADIGM IN CANBERRA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-10-03 19:28:19
Prototype, precedent, templet, archetype, scantling, paradigm...so reads my Roget's Thesaurus – which I think gives you the drift of my thinking regarding the importance of recent events in Canberra. No – not on the Hill, where Tony Abbott seems determined not...» Read More
Fluid face of art and soul
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-03 00:30:36
HettiI Perkins doesn't like to play favourites, but in the second episode of the new television series Art + Soul, she stands by Fruit Bats, a sculpture by Yorta Yorta artist Lin Onus, to explain its unique appeal. The work...» Read More
Gallery opens new chapter
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-03 00:28:17
After three years in the making, the National Gallery of Australia has finally revealed its stunning new $100 million entrance and indigenous art wing. Governor-General Quentin Bryce officially opened the additions last night before a buzzing VIP crowd of about 1000...» Read More
Aboriginal art's new face at Canberra gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-03 00:23:44
Ron Radford, the director of Canberra's National Gallery of Australia, can say almost exactly when Australians and overseas visitors became interested in Aboriginal art. ''You can pinpoint it to the 1988 Bicentennial,'' Mr Radford said yesterday. ''That's when people would come...» Read More
Art from top to bottom
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-03 00:22:50
Elsewhere in the gallery, you can enjoy masterpieces of Italian printmaking dating from the mid-fifteenth century in A beautiful line: Italian prints from Mantegna to Piranesi until October 31, and opening on October 29 comes Desert Country, drawn entirely from...» Read More
The best reason to visit Canberra ... and there's more to come
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-03 00:13:10
Downstairs is impressive. But the 11 rooms of indigenous art upstairs in the new wing of the National Gallery are astounding. They have no equal in Australia. The loot is breathtaking. They are the best reason in a long time...» Read More
Rare Dance Showcases Indigenous Art Festival in Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-02 02:36:11
A rare performance by renowned Aboriginal dancers marked the start of one of Australia's most important festivals of indigenous art. The unique dance of the Gurrir Gurrir people depicts events associated with a devastating tropical cyclone in 1974. The catastrophic...» Read More
New National Gallery Wing Devoted to Australian Indigenous Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-02 00:19:09
The National Gallery of Australia has opened its new wing devoted to one of the largest collections of Australian Aboriginal and Islander art. The new building in Parkes Place, Canberra, also created a new and more prominent entrance into the National...» Read More
National Gallery enters new era
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-02 00:13:19
The National Gallery of Australia in Canberra is spreading its wings, placing Indigenous art at the front and centre of its collection. It has undergone its biggest facelift since opening in 1982, with a new entrance and foyer, 11 new Aboriginal...» Read More
MoB provides ANKAAA members shared resources
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-30 23:33:28
Our theme for the Matrix on Board Late September Newsletter seems to be that organisations are stronger when we work together and stay connected. That idea is the core philosophy behind the missions of many of our clients. One MoB...» Read More
Curator unveils a triple treat
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-30 23:28:54
Hetti Perkins has put her heart and soul into an exhibition, television series and book about indigenous art, writes Steve Meacham. Like her famous father, the elegantly trouser-suited Hetti Perkins bites her nails and loves soccer. Unlike her famous father -...» Read More
Victorian art gallery boosts Indigenous art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-27 22:45:03
The National Gallery of Victoria has bolstered its collection of Indigenous artworks with three new paintings for its Aboriginal section. A Texas Downs Station picture by Rover Thomas and two Alec Mingelmanganu Wanjina paintings purchased by the gallery in 2008 are...» Read More
Whats on in DC?
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-26 22:48:56
>> If you've ever wanted to learn about art from Down Under (insert gratuitous "shrimp on the barbie" joke here), head on over to the Touchstone Gallery Thursday for a lecture on Australian Aboriginal art. Given by Solenne Ducos-Lamotte, the...» Read More
Cultural trail-blazer guided by heritage
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-25 23:02:51
Catherine Keenan meets the indigenous curator helping put the final touches to the NGA's new galleries. The woman overseeing the opening of the largest permanent collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art in the world is surprisingly calm. As senior curator...» Read More
Inteview: Ngurra Kutju Ngurrara - Belonging to One Country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-22 20:43:06
What is the inspiration behind the show? Papunya Tula remains the defining art centre of the modern Aboriginal art movement, it is steeped in history and one cannot proclaim to be a serious Aboriginal art space without a show or the...» Read More
Recent works from Blackstone Ranges (26 September - 15 October 2010)
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-22 20:20:24
Tunbridge Gallery in conjunction with Papulankutja Artists are pleased to invite you and your guests to an exhibition of recent works from Blackstone Ranges, 26 September - 15 October 2010. Including paintings by established artists Tjayanka Woods and Anmanari Brown...» Read More
Exhibition reveals Indigenous art impact
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-22 20:14:23
An exhibition showcasing the influence of Australia's most notable Indigenous artists has opened in Mackay in north Queensland. The collection, Namatjira to Now, includes the William Dargie portrait of Albert Namatjira, which won the Archibald Prize in 1956. The exhibition also features...» Read More
27th NATSIA AWARD
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-22 20:14:17
It is great to see an artist of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands (known as the APY Lands) receive such esteemed recognition for his efforts, and congratulations to the 460 artists who work in seven Aboriginal-owned and governed art centres...» Read More
Aboriginal Galleries of Australia Relocation Sale
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-22 15:38:54
Aboriginal Galleries of Australia's Melbourne gallery is relocating from their longstanding space at 35 Spring St, Melbourne. They will be operating from their Brunswick warehouse for the remainder of 2010 and will be moving to a brand new premises at...» Read More
Second Cairns Indigenous Art Fair a dazzling success
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-21 20:33:54
The 2010 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) was a major success, exceeding all sales and visitor expectations and cementing its place as a major event on Australia’s cultural calendar. More than 10,500 people from all parts of Australia and the world...» Read More
Australian Aboriginal art draws on spiritual traditions
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-21 20:00:35
PULLMAN - “Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art: From the Collection of Margaret Levi and Robert Kaplan,” will be exhibited at the Museum of Art/WSU Oct. 1-Dec. 11. Levi and Kaplan have a large collection of indigenous Australian art, part of which...» Read More
WetlandCare Australia National Art and Photography Competition now open
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-21 15:58:58
WetlandCare Australia has launched their 4th annual National Art and Photography Competition to celebrate World Wetlands Day. The competition, which receives entries from across Australia, is open to children and adults in both Art and Photography, giving as many people...» Read More
All fired up about drawing
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-19 20:11:35
Budding artist Donovan Wilson’s A4-size drawing could be transferred onto a 13m mural at Redfern fire station after it was selected as a finalist in a statewide art competition. The Patrician Brothers year 8 student’s drawing of indigenous Australian animals escaping...» Read More
Can Aboriginal Art Be Contemporary Art?
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-19 20:09:52
The Australian wades into a controversy over the current generation of aboriginal artists: A paper by Melbourne academic Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios says major artists such as Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri and Rover Thomas, are promoted as Aboriginal in a way...» Read More
Aboriginal art dying with desert masters
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-19 19:59:55
The pursuit of cultural authenticity in Aboriginal art will make it harder for young artists to enjoy the success of the old masters. New research into the sustainability of Aboriginal art claims the market for new works is already falling away,...» Read More
We want to showcase cream of Oz culture
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-18 20:02:49
So, what are you charting out to provide a better insight into Australian culture and bring the two countries closer in this sphere? We want to bring some of the cream of Australian culture. For instance, a modern dance company,...» Read More
JOHN KLUGE DIES
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-09-17 17:57:46
It's quite strange when the one thing you know a man by doesn't get a mention in his obituary! That's happened repeatedly with the late John Kluge – known in Australia virtually only because of his magnificent Aboriginal art collection...» Read More
NAMATJIRA CELEBRATION
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-09-16 19:35:03
The 50th anniversary of Albert Namatjira's death last year didn't get great play around Australia as his art is still coloured by confusion over its white origins and the patronising treatment that the artist received in his life. He was...» Read More
The indigenous "genius" of Sally Gabori
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-15 21:27:37
I intended to speak with the artist Sally Gabori for this article, but was informed in a terse e-mail that she is not available for interviews. “Interviews need to be done in her Kayardild language and in person,” a...» Read More
Code to stop exploitation of Aboriginal artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-15 21:27:27
Unethical galleries and dealers will be named and shamed under the Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct. The voluntary code has been introduced after a Senate report found some Indigenous artists were exploited, bullied and harassed. The code allows reports of...» Read More
ABORIGINAL ART: THE SONGLINES
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-13 19:33:52
ARTS D’AUSTRALIE • STÉPHANE JACOB has great pleasure in inviting you to its new exhibition ABORIGINAL ART: THE SONGLINES Opening Wednesday September 8, 3 pm to 9 pm Galerie SEINE 51 - 51 rue de Seine, Paris 6ème Showing from September 9 to September...» Read More
Art Gallery of Western Australia and Water Corporation Win Visy Arts & Environment Award at WA AbaF Awards
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-13 19:28:46
In July 2007 a unique partnership began between the Water Corporation and the Art Gallery of Western Australia. Last night this partnership won a WA AbaF Award for its contribution to environmental sustainability. The partnership explores the use of artistic and...» Read More
BIKES IN THE DESERT
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-09-09 13:56:26
All thirty school-age kids in the Western Desert community of Mt Liebig (Amunturrngu) will get new BMX bikes next Saturday (18th September). They've been donated by the Bikes for Bush Foundation – which is intending to fund further bikes for...» Read More
'Ngurra Kutju Ngurrara - Belonging to One Country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-07 21:27:50
REDOT FINE ART GALLERY, Singapore, in collaboration with Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd presents: ''Ngurra Kutju Ngurrara - Belonging to One Country" The ReDot Fine Art Gallery is proud to welcome back the beautiful works of Australia’s foremost Aboriginal art community,...» Read More
UWS helps make design dreams come true
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-02 22:29:45
The University of Western Sydney in partnership with Industry and Investment NSW (I&I NSW) will present a free panel discussion on Thursday 2 September to help equip Indigenous designers with the knowledge to transform an idea into a commercial product. For...» Read More
Media Article: Tasmania Fair all set
Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2010-09-02 00:00:00
As featured in the National Indigenous Times: The Tasmanian Craft Fair will premiere an Aboriginal art exhibition at historic Deloraine manor Peppers Calstock. Curated by the Northern Territory gallery Central Art, the collection will comprise work more than 20 Central and Western...» Read More
Aboriginal art at Parcours des Mondes
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-29 22:14:17
Paris-based dealer and Australian Indigenous Art specialist, Stéphane Jacob, will exhibit works by several of Australia´s most admired and innovative Contemporary Aboriginal Artists at this year’s “Parcours des Mondes” the world’s leading international tribal art fair which will take place...» Read More
From boomerangs to didgeridoos, Aboriginal art is a huge part of Aussie culture.
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-29 22:11:24
Aboriginal paintings and crafts often hang in souvenir shops and art galleries around the country. But over the past few years fake Aboriginal art and craft has been brought in from overseas. As Kirsty explains this wave of cheap imports has...» Read More
Australia Strives to Win New Recognition for Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-29 22:08:06
For Jimmy Donegan, who won first prize at the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Art Awards earlier this month, it was a summer of important firsts. Although he has painted for his whole life, the 70-year-old had never...» Read More
Tracking the stories of Indigenous art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-29 22:05:51
Storylines -- the first comprehensive assessment of Indigenous artists from urban Australia is being launched this week. The three-year Australian Research Council project brings together biographical information about the artists on a website, completing a full picture of Aboriginal art in...» Read More
National Gallery of Victoria bolsters indigenous collection
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-28 22:05:37
The National Gallery of Victoria has bolstered its collection of indigenous artworks with three new paintings for its Aboriginal section. A Texas Downs Station picture by Rover Thomas and two Alec Mingelmanganu Wanjina paintings purchased by the gallery in 2008 were...» Read More
Website delivers boost to Indigenous art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-27 22:04:23
A website that includes the first national register of Aboriginal artists from urban areas has been launched. Storylines has made its debut after three years of research into Aboriginal visual art in urban Australia. It features 600 artists with a summary of...» Read More
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection Reopens Aug. 31 With New Exhibit
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-27 21:59:59
August 23, 2010 — The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection reopens Aug. 31 with the exhibit "Sally Gabori: Danda dulk ngijinda dulk (This Land is My Land)." The exhibit is on view through Dec. 19. An opening reception will be held Sept....» Read More
Glen Iris features centre of art excellence
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-27 21:58:14
Ancient stories from Australia’s red centre told in contemporary tones will feature at a local gallery this week. In Desert Stories, distinctive Aboriginal art from the Northern Territory’s Ikuntji region, also known as Haasts Bluff, comes to Gallery Ranfurlie at Korowa...» Read More
Aurukun dogs have their day
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-26 21:58:49
Some are quiet and some are cheeky. Some have mange, some have ticks and sores that provoke a constant ecstasy of scratching. Some are elegant, and some are mongrels. But whatever else they may be, the camp dogs of Aurukun - an...» Read More
UQ unveils first major survey of Aurukun art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-25 21:51:48
The University of Queensland Art Museum will be swimming with crocodiles, sharks and the odd dugong for its next exhibition, and you're encouraged to dive in for the experience. On show from September 11, Before Time Today is the first...» Read More
National Indigenous art exhibition and auction comes to USQ
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-25 21:50:06
An outstanding range of national emerging and established artists are currently being showcased in this year’s biennial Indigenous art exhibition and auction at USQ. Presented by the University's Centre for Australian Indigenous Knowledges, the exhibition aims to promote Indigenous art and...» Read More
Contemporary works alive with the rhythms of the past
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-24 21:49:03
From Nicolas Rothwell in the Austrlian on the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair: Displayed in the cavernous interiors of two World War II-era concrete storage bunkers, the works on view at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair offer an intriguing overview of Queensland's...» Read More
The Importance of Private Collectors
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-24 21:48:14
Australia’s Michael Reid Explains the Essential Role Private Collectors Play and Why the Government Must Be Sure Not to Hamper Them. The Australian art world is in the midst of the perfect storm. Interest rate rises in March and April,...» Read More
Artists Named For Iconic Indigenous Tilt Trains
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-23 21:46:42
Queensland Premier and Minister for the Arts Anna Bligh today named Judy Watson and Alick Tipoti as the artists whose work will adorn the first of two unique Indigenous Tilt Trains travelling from Brisbane to Cairns. "This moving canvas will travel...» Read More
Tilt trains become Indigenous artworks
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-23 21:45:46
The work of two Queensland Indigenous artists will adorn a tilt train travelling from Brisbane to Cairns. The artworks will be recreated digitally to cover the train like a second skin. They will cover seven carriages and two locomotives stretching 185 metres,...» Read More
Reading Room’s Inaugural Fellowship Prize for Indigenous Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-23 21:40:54
Reading Room is proud to announce the launch of the Reading Room Fellowship Prize for Indigenous Art in Australia. The Inaugural Fellowship Prize will be announced at this year’s Cairns Indigenous Art Fair over the weekend of 21st/22nd August. Awarded...» Read More
Indigenous Art features at the Tasmanian Craft Fair 2010
Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2010-08-23 00:00:00
THE Tasmanian Craft Fair will premiere an Aboriginal art exhibition at historic Deloraine manor Peppers Calstock. Curated by Northern Territory gallery Central Art, the collection will comprise work more than 20 Central and Western Aboriginal artists, including Minnie Pwerle, Emily...» Read More
KIRBY IN INDIGENOUS ART ROLE
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-20 21:40:32
Former High Court justice Michael Kirby has announced he will become a patron of the Keeping Place Indigenous art collection. The collection, consisting of more than 1000 works by indigenous artists collected by the painter Gordon Syron and his wife, photographer...» Read More
Aboriginal art industry struggling
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-20 21:28:01
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 19/08/2010 Reporter: Peter McCutcheon Many artists, wholesalers and retailers within the aboriginal arts industry say they are struggling. Blaming in part the recent decline in international tourism but they also say a flood of pseudo-aboriginal craft imports from Bali,...» Read More
Labor's efforts a hard act to follow
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-19 19:42:14
UNDER Labor the arts has moved centre stage. And that is where it deserves to stay. After all, our artists provide great nourishment for the community, are key to our sense of identity and often reflect the best expressions of our...» Read More
SA Artist Mr Donegan Wins 2010 Telstra Art Award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-18 18:42:43
A striking painting depicting ancestral stories by SA artist Mr Donegan has been awarded Australia’s most prestigious Indigenous art prize at the 27th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA). He has been awarded the $40,000 Telstra...» Read More
Revelatory show of strength in tradition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-17 22:08:55
The great achievement of this year's 27th annual Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award exhibition lies in its quality of overview: it is a portrait of the art-making currents of remote central and northern Australia, broad-brush, yet...» Read More
Colourful Djon has an eye for art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-17 22:06:27
Aboriginal art curator Djon Mundine hasn’t had a haircut in 25 years, and his character is as colourful as his eye for art. The dreadlocked Mr Mundine said he wants to shatter the stereotype that Aboriginal art is a “sea of...» Read More
Mr Donegan Wins $40,000 Telstra Art Award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-17 21:59:32
Arts and Museums Minister Gerry McCarthy today congratulated Mr Donegan for winning this year’s $40,000 Telstra Award. Mr McCarthy said Mr Donegan was judged to have produced the best work among the 96 finalists as part of this year’s Telstra...» Read More
Mr Jimmy Donegan wins the 2010 Telstra Art Award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-17 21:55:23
As I noted here yesterday, you would have had to kill me if I’d released the name of the winner of the $40,000 Telstra Art Award, the big bucks prize in the annual National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art...» Read More
First Australians have had to fight for any advance
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-17 21:53:57
From The Age: John Howard always bemoaned the "black armband" view of history, the one historian Geoffrey Blainey said was the pendulum swinging too far in the Aboriginal direction. Howard didn't want to wake up each day facing stories of our...» Read More
Desert man wins indigenous art award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-17 21:51:15
Seventy-year-old Jimmy Donegan had never seen the ocean before travelling to Darwin to accept Australia's most prestigious indigenous art prize. For a man who has enjoyed painting almost every day of his life, it was a week of many extraordinary firsts. Mr...» Read More
First art prize
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-17 19:50:35
Ceduna artist Beaver Lennon has won his first major art prize - at just 22 years of age. Beaver has been awarded the Adelaide Festival Centre’s South Australian Indigenous Acquisitive Art Award. The win was announced last week at the official opening...» Read More
Leichardt Mayor joins Sunnyfield at Aboriginal Community Arts Program
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-17 19:47:59
Leichardt’s Mayor, Jamie Parker will show his support for NSW disability service provider Sunnyfield at an event celebrating the diversity of culture, and commitment from Leichardt Council. The Sunnyfield Day Options creative team in Lilyfield has been working with Aboriginal...» Read More
History, bold designs of Annan Fabrics on exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-16 22:04:27
Annan Fabrics were part of an emergence in the 1940s and 1950s of a distinctive Australian design style inspired by Australian flora and fauna, and Aboriginal art and culture. Customers included Qantas who used the designs to “brand” Australian tourism. Ms...» Read More
Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct and Resale Royalty Scheme
Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2010-08-16 00:00:00
The last few months has seen the introduction of the "Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct" ("the Code") and the "Resale Royalty Scheme" (“the Scheme”) both of which seek to regulate the sale of indigenous Australian artwork to provide...» Read More
Telstra Art Award Category Winners
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-15 21:59:46
Arts and Museums Minister Gerry McCarthy today congratulated Nawurapu Wunungmurra for becoming the inaugural winner of this year’s Telstra New Media Award. Mr McCarthy said the Telstra New Media Award was introduced this year as part of the 27th National...» Read More
RAK BULGUL TJARAKU BUTUNG - Bulgul. The healing Place.
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-11 13:03:46
The first exhibition in Australia of works by the women of...» Read More
Vying for Indigenous art award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-10 20:12:35
This week, the winner of one of Australia's most prestigious prizes for Indigenous art will be announced. The winner of the 27th Telstra National and Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Art Award will be announced on Friday, August 13. For me, this is...» Read More
Rare Aboriginal art found in school store cupboard
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-10 20:07:15
A treasure trove of rare and valuable Aboriginal art has been found languishing in the back of a school store cupboard in Canberra. The bark paintings, which are estimated to be about 25 years old, were unearthed during a spring clean...» Read More
Central Art to exhibit at 2010 Tasmania Craft Fair
Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2010-08-10 00:00:00
Central Art has just confirmed our participation in the 2010 Tasmania Craft Fair this October / November. Australia’s premier arts and crafts event, the Tasmanian Craft Fair, will be held on the weekend of October 29-November 1, 2010. Spread over 14...» Read More
“Tradition to Modernity” - a showcase of unique contemporary Indigenous work from Central desert regions
Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2010-08-10 00:00:00
In ancient Australian Indigenous culture, Aboriginal people from the Central Desert depicted beliefs, dreamings and ceremonial rituals in ephemeral sand drawings. In recent times, this practice was translated onto canvas using coloured pigments and original expressions for traditional storytelling and depictions...» Read More
Our Mob 2010
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-09 19:28:39
Adelaide Festival Centre is proud to present the fifth annual Our Mob exhibition, on display in the Artspace Gallery as well as theatre foyers from July 31 – September 5, 2010. Held during the 2010 SALA (South Australian Living Artists)...» Read More
SA Indigenous Acquisitive Art Award Recipient Announced
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-09 19:18:20
The Adelaide Festival Centre is proud to announce that the recipient of the inaugural Adelaide Festival Centre’s South Australian Indigenous Acquisitive Art Award is Ceduna artist Beaver Lennon. Announced last night at the official opening of Our Mob 2010, Lennon was...» Read More
Surprise wins in spectacular style
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-07 17:51:26
Wakartu Cory Surprise is the overall winner of the third Western Australian Indigenous Art Award, worth $50,000, for her group of paintings. Also winner of last year's $10,000 Western Australian artist award, Surprise continues to make intense and vibrant paintings that...» Read More
27th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-07 17:51:15
One of the nation's premier prizes for art unfolds in the Top End. Editorial Review When: 14 August - November 7 2010; Mon-Fri 9am-5pm; Sat, Sun & Public holidays 10am- 5pm Where: Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin Tickets: Entry to...» Read More
WA INDIGENOUS ART AWARDS Active And Alive
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-07 17:51:03
The Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards exhibition will be on display at the Art Gallery of Western Australia from Saturday, July 31, ’til Monday, January 3, 2011; from 10am-5pm daily, Wednesday to Monday. With categories including sculpture, video, painting and photography...» Read More
Artists' relief as super changes nixed
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-05 20:21:47
Investing in art for your retirement has got the all-clear, but hanging that framed nest egg on your wall could be a no-no if Labor is re-elected next month. In news that will have Australian artists breathing a little more easily,...» Read More
Artwork stamped superior
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-04 21:09:12
Aboriginal artwork by the Worimi people is “superior” to any other land council on the east coast, a university Aboriginal department head said. Liz Cameron, portfolio leader at the Wollotuka Institute, a department within the University of Newcastle supporting Aboriginal students,...» Read More
Wakartu Cory Surprise Wins the 2010
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-04 20:58:54
Wakartu Cory Surprise of Fitzroy Crossing, WA is the winner of the Western Australian Indigenous Art Award of $50,000, the nation’s richest Indigenous arts prize for exceptional achievements by an Australian Indigenous finalist. Wakartu was selected from 185 nominations from...» Read More
Photo Essay: Documenting my Culture in its Truest Form
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-04 07:39:10
Being one of the very few professional Indigenous photographers in Australia, I find it my responsibility to record and document my culture in its truest form. My social documentary work focuses on health and education, as I believe that if...» Read More
Australia’s richest indigenous arts prize set for 2011 CHOGM
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-04 06:47:32
Culture and the Arts Minister John Day has announced the 2010 Western Australian Indigenous Arts Awards winners and confirmed the awards would also be held in 2011 for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). Mr Day said he was pleased...» Read More
Interview with Glenn Pilkington - Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-03 21:34:33
1. Where did the idea of the Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards come from? The Awards came about from a need to acknowledge and recognise the significant contribution Indigenous artists make to Australia socially, culturally and economically. The Awards model, which...» Read More
CHARLIE MCMAHON ‘LIVE PERFORMANCE’ - Saturday 7th August, 2 – 5pm
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-03 06:54:29
Australia's finest didgeridoo player Charlie McMahon to perform @ Kate Owen Gallery with well known cellist Anatoli Torjinski, a member of triple ARIA Award winning group Monsieur...» Read More
Hands-on demonstration and debate: The future of museum multimedia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-02 16:56:55
Meet the creators of the impressive 8-metre multimedia display in the Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route exhibition . See behind the scenes, discuss the interpretation strengths and debate whether multimedia is the way of the future for museums. Supported...» Read More
Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-02 16:50:58
This groundbreaking exhibition reveals the richness of desert life today. It tells the story of the Canning Stock Route’s impact on Aboriginal people, and the importance of the Country that surrounds it, through the works of senior and emerging artists...» Read More
Art Market Notes
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-02 06:56:59
Will Owen commenting on Nicholas Rothwell's article on the state of the Indigenous Art market: I understand that if you collect antique cars as an investment, you shouldn’t be driving them, or if you buy vintage wines, you can’t very well...» Read More
Indigenous art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-02 06:53:03
The Bachelor of Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art (CAIA) program at the Queensland College of Art began in 1995. The CAIA is the only University program in Australia that combines both theory and practice to Indigenous students. It is the...» Read More
Ancient tradition goes digital
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-02 03:47:03
Viewers will need more than just their eyes to fully experience indigenous artist Aroha Groves' multimedia work. They will need a joystick and an avatar. In what is believed to be a first in indigenous art, Ms Groves has brought gaming and...» Read More
Aboriginal art gallery in Munich
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-01 06:28:25
Down Under Gallery - Australian Aboriginal Art Gallery has opened in Munich at Isartorplatz 4. Featuring works by 27 talented Aboriginal Artists. Many of the artists feature in the 50 most collectable Australian Artist list: Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi Michelle Possum Nungurrayi Walangkura Napanangka Judy Napanangka...» Read More
Art market gets ugly as indigenous bubble bursts
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-01 06:23:52
It began with a bang just over a decade ago in the lush years of fast-paced economic growth, faltered in the global financial crisis, and was quietly, sadly laid in its grave over the past two weeks, its funeral marked...» Read More
Aboriginal art - Elcho Island, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, W1
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-29 03:45:30
ABORIGINAL artist Gali Yalkarriwuy Gurruwiwi is in England to demonstrate the culture of his people. His art is currently on display at the Rebecca Hossack Gallery in Fitzrovia in a world-first show. Gali (pictured above), talks poignantly about the changes that...» Read More
Storylines website goes live
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-29 03:42:24
Storylines explores Indigenous art making outside of ‘remote’ Aboriginal Australia. Storylines was a three-year (2007-2009) ARC funded survey of ‘non-remote’ Indigenous artists. You can read our findings by clicking on the images below for individual topics or download the complete report. The...» Read More
Business and art sectors air opposition on some Super proposed changes
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-28 03:39:53
Changes suggested by the Cooper Review on Australia's superannuation system seemed to have affected a wide array of industries as some businesses and the indigenous art market both aired their concerns on Tuesday that the revisions to be implemented by...» Read More
New Works: Old Stories - Indigenous Art Exhibition and Auction
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-27 13:36:51
Curated by Beverley Bloxham The University's Centre for Australian Indigenous Knowledges, supported by the John Clancy Bequest presents abiannual exhibition and auction of works by Indigenous artists. The exhibition aims to promote Indigenous art and develop an appreciation and awareness of the...» Read More
Save Boomalli art co-operative
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-27 01:59:50
Boomalli, one of Australia’s longest running Aboriginal artists’ co-operatives, is threatened with closure. Based in Sydney’s inner-city suburb of Leichhardt, Boomalli was set up in 1987 by Aboriginal artists to get their art recognised. Boomalli means “to strike, to make a...» Read More
Bindi Cole: Artist Spotlight Interview with the 2009 Deadly Art Award winner
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-26 10:00:00
Bindi Cole is a Wathaurung woman and a budding photography, video and installation artist from Melbourne. In November 2009, she won the $25,000 Deadly Art Award for her evocative photograph Ajay, one in a series of photographs bringing transgender women...» Read More
Indigenous artworks auction likely to fetch $6m
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-26 00:00:08
WHEN the late Australian art dealer Gabrielle Pizzi was at school in the 1950s, students were taught that Aboriginal culture was of no interest. The young schoolgirl couldn't have paid much heed to those ill-informed and unenlightened views. She went on...» Read More
Jumbana Group has become a leading indigenous design and strategy company
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-25 23:38:11
Now, 27 years into its corporate life, Sydney-based Jumbana Group is a leading indigenous design and strategy company. Established by the Moriartys, Jumbana comprises the contemporary design studio, Balarinji, and an indigenous communications and facilitation practice, John Moriarty and Associates. Working...» Read More
Torres Strait on show at World Expo
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-25 00:01:57
Managing the cultural program at the Australian pavilion for the Shanghai World Expo has been a major career highlight for local Torres Strait Islander Leilani Bin-Juda. With nearly 3.5 million visitors since opening in May, the pavilion continues to be a...» Read More
Art market - best of intentions, worst of realities
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-23 22:52:10
In July 2010 was announced that the Cooper Recommendations will be absorbed into Australia’s new laws for Self Managed Super Funds. Clearly, art has been diagnosed in these quarters as a non-“yield asset”. Regardless of its proven capacity to hold...» Read More
Papunya and Balgo exhibitions at the National Art Museum of China - promotion of Australia’s rich cultural heritage
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-22 23:11:12
Extraordinary collections of Indigenous art from Australia’s remote deserts are now on display in Beijing. The highly regarded Papunya Painting: Out of the Australian Desert and BALGO: Contemporary Australian Art from the Balgo Hills collections collectively form the National Art Museum...» Read More
Winning means freedom from day jobs
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-20 21:37:15
Ian Potter Museum of Art director Chris McAuliffe, one of the judges of the sport-themed $100,000 Basil Sellers Art Prize, being announced in early August, guesses that Australia has more art prizes per capita then anywhere else in the world....» Read More
Kirby joins fight to save indigenous art collection
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-20 00:09:54
The campaign to salvage The Keeping Place, one of the largest collections of indigenous art in Australia, has found a staunch ally in the former High Court judge Michael Kirby. Kirby opened an exhibition of selected works from the collection at...» Read More
Less is more: Sotheby's hope for indigenous art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-18 23:58:27
Sotheby's Australia is poised to stage one of its biggest indigenous auctions after scrapping its $5000 lower threshold. The move has given Sotheby's competitors reason to smile after they predicted the brand would go downmarket when it was bought by Sydney...» Read More
The Labor Party is no friend to the arts
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-18 00:01:20
Despite a ludicrous survey conducted by the Australia Council that tells us 93 per cent of Australians are actively involved in the arts, the politicians are not fooled. They know that art is a minority pursuit, with no votes to...» Read More
Art code: Arts Minister Peter Garrett quick on the draw
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-17 23:58:15
Federal Arts Minister Peter Garrett yesterday announced the introduction of an Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct. The code is to protect Aboriginal artists against sharp practices within the industry -- without first telling the board of the company established...» Read More
London calling
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-17 23:53:42
A VIBRANT but little-recognised style of Aboriginal art produced in Wynnum and Manly will be showcased to the world next year. London’s Coningsby Gallery has accepted the works of award-winning Wynnum artist Troy Little and Hemmant’s Nancy Torrens, who approached the...» Read More
Indigenous art on display
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-16 23:56:36
The West Australian Indigenous Art Awards will be displayed at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. The exhibition which features scultpure, video, painting and photography opens July 31. Sixteen artists including five from WA are part of the richest Indigenous art awards...» Read More
Is the penny about to drop in government? An extract from Peter Garrett's speech
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-16 23:56:27
The Indigenous visual arts sector is estimated to have an annual turnover of up to $500 million. Participation by Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander people in the visual arts plays a vital role in supporting the maintenance and transmission of culture,...» Read More
PRO COMMUNITY Warlukurlangu Artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-16 19:07:08
This is thelast venue of ARTKELCH´s second sequence of PRO COMMUNITY, showcasing fine art from one community based art centre per year in different locations in Germany. After the overwhelming success of last year´s exhibition with Papunya Tula Artists it is...» Read More
PRO COMMUNITY Warlukurlangu Artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-16 18:47:55
This is the third venue of ARTKELCH´s second sequence of PRO COMMUNITY, showcasing fine art from one community based art centre per year in different locations in Germany. After the overwhelming success of last year´s exhibition with Papunya Tula Artists it...» Read More
PRO COMMUNITY Warlukurlangu Artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-16 18:41:14
This is the second venue of ARTKELCH´s second sequence of PRO COMMUNITY, showcasing fine art from one community based art centre per year in different locations in Germany. After the overwhelming success of last year´s exhibition with Papunya Tula Artists it...» Read More
PRO COMMUNITY Warlukurlangu Artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-16 18:30:39
This is the beginning of ARTKELCH´s second sequence of PRO COMMUNITY, showcasing fine art from one community based art centre per year in different locations in Germany. After the overwhelming success of last year´s exhibition with Papunya Tula Artists it is...» Read More
Joining the Dots: The Sustainability of the Aboriginal Art Market
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-14 23:17:45
On top of the symposium I’m co-convening at the University of Melbourne next week, with speeches by the Minister for the Arts, Peter Garrett, 2010 Archibald and Wynne winner Sam Leach, and other venerable members of the visual art community,...» Read More
Colours of an arid landscape
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-13 23:11:06
A vivid world has sprung to life from the brushes of the painters of the APY lands. A colour-field of pulsing gold and scarlet; a ground of turquoise and psychedelic blue; a snake's form, pink and purple, writhing around the canvas....» Read More
Regional NSW tops Indigenous tourism report
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-12 23:03:14
Regional New South Wales is the most frequented destination for Indigenous tourism visitors, according to a new report. The Federal Government's Indigenous Tourism in Australia report shows over 500,000 tourists visited regional New South Wales in 2009 for Indigenous tourism. This equals...» Read More
ART GALLERY BRINGS KOORIE CULTURE TO MAINSTREAM MELBOURNE
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-12 11:35:11
A group of 21 hand-picked local and interstate Indigenous artists will showcase their art at Victoria’s next PaRing Gallery exhibition, hosted by the Toyota Community Spirit Gallery. Opened on Wednesday 7 July 2010, the exhibition features 45 works of art, some...» Read More
Lin Onus @ Counihan Gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-11 22:57:14
Lin Onus: Meaning of Life at the Counihan Gallery is an exhibition of prints by Lin Onus. The exhibition also traces Lin Onus’s development, his “apprenticeship” in the Northern Territories, to when he had truly found his voice as an...» Read More
More Aboriginal Art at the Kimberley Coastal Camp
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-11 22:55:34
Last year I visited the Kimberley Coastal camp and blogged about the amazing Aboriginal art around the camp. Last week Maureen and I were back there again. And once again I was simply blown away by the variety and quantity...» Read More
Funds to manage indigenous art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-10 22:55:09
An Indigenous Arts Fellowship has been launched to create a stronger base of arts management in the indigenous arts world. Commissioned to research the status quo between artists and arts leadership in the indigenous arts industry, former Democrats senator Aden Ridgeway,...» Read More
Indigenous history carved in stone
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-10 22:42:52
Djon Mundine thinks there should have been more of an Aboriginal presence in the Sydney Biennale. He mentions the theme of the event - "The beauty of distance: songs of survival in a precarious age" - and asks why more...» Read More
Celebration for NAIDOC week
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-10 22:37:47
THE official opening of NAIDOC Week celebrations in the Whitsundays were held at the Proserpine Entertainment Centre on Tuesday. NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) week takes place annually between July 4 and 11. The week celebrates Aboriginal and Torres...» Read More
Indigenous art fellowships
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-09 22:36:31
The art world knows it has a problem. While indigenous artists are showered with fame and money, there is little participation by indigenous people in the managerial side of the arts. The director of the National Gallery of Australia, Ron Radford,...» Read More
Utopian Art on display in Tamworth
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-09 22:36:12
Today on Breakfast, we discovered more about the art of the Utopian community which is located in the Northern Territory. A local exhibition opened over the weekend, and you too have the chance to experience the incredible storytelling that happens...» Read More
Aboriginal Art the Theme of "Hot Rock Dreaming", the New Thriller from Writer Martin Roth
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-07 16:38:46
Alice Springs and the world of Aboriginal art form the background to “Hot Rock Dreaming”, the second novel from Martin Roth starring private detective Johnny Ravine. Australia’s most famous Aboriginal painter is dead - supposedly killed when a heavy object tumbled...» Read More
DESERT COLOURS - the best from the desert
Posted by Artitja Fine Art | 2010-07-06 15:48:48
Colour is the inspiration behind Artitja Fine Art’s mid year Indigenous art exhibition entitled DESERT COLOURS - featuring the best from the central desert communities of Utopia and Yuendumu, a new Adelaide based art centre nurturing desert artists...» Read More
"CIRCLES IN THE SAND" AT THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY, WASHINGTON DC
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-05 22:35:25
Last weekend I was in Washington DC for the annual conference of the American Library Association. The city was crowded, the weather sub-tropical, but I managed to escape for a while to the deserts of Centralia by visiting the Australian...» Read More
Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts brought a piece of Australia to Miami with "The Inspired Dream"
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-05 22:33:36
Whatsupmiami announces the closing of the exhibit "The Inspired Dream," a collection of contemporary Australian Aboriginal art showcased at the Wynwood gallery for over two months. The collection was very impressive, clean and enjoyable from every perspective. The present-day Australian...» Read More
Aboriginal and Oceanic Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-05 22:25:55
Catalogue Now Online 1 July 2010 Sotheby's Australia is delighted to announce our forthcoming Aboriginal and Oceanic Art auction on July 26 and 27 in Melbourne. Under the directorship of Tim Klingender, the July auction has been firmly established for more than...» Read More
Wesfarmers gives indigenous art a $1.2m boost
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-05 22:22:40
Wesfarmers is boosting indigenous art with a $1.2 million fellowship scheme to train the next generation of administrators and curators. The WA-based company, already a big sponsor of the arts, will provide the money over five years through the National Gallery...» Read More
Australian Contemporary Indigenous Art - Now
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-05 20:32:17
Chiaroscuro presents, in association with Vivien Anderson Gallery in Melbourne Australia, a collection of work from five important contemporary Indigenous artists. With established careers in Australia, Chiaroscuro is proud to present their unique offerings exclusively in the United States. Set...» Read More
Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art – Now
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-05 20:30:22
Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art – Now July 9 – August 31, 2010 Sante Fe, NM- Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art in association with Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, will present the inaugural biennale exhibition, Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art – Now. This exhibition presents new...» Read More
A broader cultural conversation
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-05 20:20:27
Andrew Sayers, the national museum's new head wants it to be political, not politicised One of the first tasks for Andrew Sayers when he took up his post last month as director of the National Museum of Australia was to accompany...» Read More
Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art - Now
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-05 20:20:19
Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art (Main Space) 702 ½ Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501 09 July 2010 - 31 August 2010 Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art in association with Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, will present the inaugural biennale exhibition, Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art – Now....» Read More
Groundbreaking Program to Boost Indigenous Australian Numbers in Arts Leadership Roles
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-03 22:20:58
The National Gallery of Australia today launched a 5-year initiative to boost the number of Indigenous Australians in professional roles in the visual arts. Ron Radford AM, Director of the National Gallery of Australia, said the Wesfarmers Arts Indigenous Fellowship...» Read More
Indigenous art celebrated
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-03 22:20:03
Monash's indigenous culture will be celebrated during NAIDOC Week at the Highway Gallery with an exhibition and workshops for young and old. The annual event, which celebrates the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures Australia-wide, will run from July 4-11, with...» Read More
London: 'Morning Star Poles' Aboriginal Art Exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-03 22:17:57
Advance invites you to view the first UK exhibition of 'MORNING STAR POLES' by the artists of Elcho Island. The Exhibition will be opened by His Excellency, Mr John Dauth, The High Commissioner For Australia. Thursday 15 July 2010 Starting at...» Read More
DARWIN ABORIGINAL ART FAIR 2010
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-03 22:02:56
Start: 12/08/2010 End: 14/08/2010 Venue: DARWIN CONVENTION CENTRE Address: Stokes Hill Road, Darwin, NT, Australia, 0800 A major Arts industry event Showcasing the work of established and emerging artists from over 40 community owned incorporated Aboriginal art centres from across Australia. Providing opportunities to meet the...» Read More
The 2010 NPSW Aboriginal Art Award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-03 22:00:54
5 June -10 July 2010 Bruce McLean, Associate Curator of Indigenous Australian Art, at the Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, was at Lismore Regional Gallery to judge the winning works of the 2010 NPSW Aboriginal Art Award on Saturday 5...» Read More
Judges struggle to cut art entries
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-03 22:00:23
It was tough, but the judges of Australia's biggest indigenous art award have culled more than 300 entries down to 96 pieces which will soon go on display at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. Indigenous artists from...» Read More
Ngiyana Yana Aboriginal art exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-03 21:55:33
Event Name: Ngiyana Yana Aboriginal art exhibition Event Organization: Shalom Gamarada Event Date: Sunday, 27 June 2010 - Sunday, 4 July 2010 Event Time: 11:00am - 7:00pm Event Venue: Caspary Conference Centre, Shalom College, Barker St Kensington Cost: Free Description: Shalom Gamarada supports scholarships for indigenous...» Read More
The Balgo is in Beijing for exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-03 21:55:16
The Contemporary Australian art from the Balgo Hills Western Australia is on display at Beijing's National Art Museum of China, as part of the first event for the Year of Australian Culture in China. The Balgo exhibition is a...» Read More
Toledo Museum of Art Names New Director Brian P. Kennedy to Lead Museum
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-02 21:46:58
The Toledo Museum of Art announced today that Brian P. Kennedy, director of the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, has accepted the position as the Museum’s ninth director with a start date of September 1. Board Chair Betsy...» Read More
NAIDOC celebrations Sydney
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-02 21:46:50
NAIDOC Week celebrations (July 4-11) are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated not only in indigenous communities, but by Australians from all walks of life. The...» Read More
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art exhibition talk
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-02 16:56:43
Wally Caruana, former Senior Curator of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art at the National Gallery of Australia, will be undertaking an exhibition floor talk at 3pm Saturday 3 July at Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay. The primary intention of...» Read More
Unsung Heroes
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-02 16:56:40
Celebrating Indigenous Australia Presented by the Australian High Commission and ReDot Gallery 1 to 31 July 2010 Australian High Commission Atrium Gallery 26 Napier Road Singapore 258507 For the first time in Singapore, dramatic carved and painted ceremonial poles from...» Read More
14 Bagu Firemakers Arrive for 27th Telstra Art Award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-02 12:22:57
A three-dimensional entry featuring 14 spirit figurines made from clay, timber and string are one of the 96 artworks that have arrived at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) for this year’s 27th Telstra National Aboriginal...» Read More
Art makes a difference
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-01 22:31:00
The work of some of Australia’s most renowned Indigenous artists is on show at Shalom College this week to raise funds for UNSW Indigenous medical students. In what has become the largest contemporary Aboriginal exhibition of its kind, Shalom Gamarada features...» Read More
GROUNDBREAKING PROGRAM TO BOOST INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN NUMBERS IN ARTS LEADERSHIP ROLES
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-01 22:29:31
GROUNDBREAKING PROGRAM TO BOOST INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN NUMBERS IN ARTS LEADERSHIP ROLES National Press Club Address 30 June 2010: National Gallery of Australia and Wesfarmers Arts launch new Indigenous Arts Fellowship program The National Gallery of Australia today launched a 5-year initiative to boost the number...» Read More
National Gallery launches Indigenous jobs push
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-01 21:52:16
Indigenous artists are a strong presence on the Australian and international art scenes, but their voices are almost silent when it comes to leadership roles in many of the country's public and private galleries. In a bold bid to inject change...» Read More
National Gallery launches Indigenous jobs push
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-01 17:12:31
Indigenous artists are a strong presence on the Australian and international art scenes, but their voices are almost silent when it comes to leadership roles in many of the country's public and private galleries. In a bold bid to inject change...» Read More
Contemporary Indigenous art at Toowoomba Regional Gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-01 17:07:23
Indigenous art assembled by one of Australia’s leading collectors will be on display at Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery until July 18. Contemporary Aboriginal Art from the Ann Lewis Collection includes paintings, prints and photographs Dr Ann Lewis, OBE, is one of Australia’s...» Read More
Suburban love and labour at heart of Julie Dowling’s new exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-28 21:04:16
Suburban love and labour at heart of Julie Dowling’s new exhibition Kuljak Djilba: Black Swan in September 31 July to 21 August 2010 The heart of Julie Dowling’s latest solo exhibition entitled “Kuljak Djilba: Black Swan in September” is the way Aboriginal people...» Read More
Art For Education - Indigenous Art Sale For Indigenous Study Scholarships
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-28 20:58:43
Shalom Gamarada, Australia's biggest selling exhibition of contemporary indigenous art, gets underway at University of NSW this Sunday. More than $1 million worth of world class indigenous artwork will be exhibited and sold with all profits going towards residential scholarships for...» Read More
7. WARWICK THORNTON
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-28 20:39:13
It’s been four years since Encore published its Top 20 Directors and Producers list, and we felt it was time to compile a new, more comprehensive list that included professionals working across all areas – film, television and TVC production...» Read More
ANANGU ART BROUGHT TO BOOK
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-06-27 19:42:10
“Now, almost forty years after its genesis, the epicentre and dynamic thrust of the Western Desert art movement has dramatically shifted from Papunya, Kintore and Kiwirrkura to Ngaanyatjarra and APY art centres. The untrammelled painting of senior men and women...» Read More
Hands-on demonstration and debate: The future of museum multimedia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-27 18:37:46
Meet the creators of the impressive 8-metre multimedia display in the Yiwarra Kuju exhibition. See behind the scenes, discuss the interpretation strengths and debate whether mulitmedia is the way of the future for museums. Supported by Museums Australia (ACT Branch)....» Read More
Workshop: Developing the Eye: Choices in curating Aboriginal art programs and exhibitions
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-27 18:31:22
Learn from the experts how art curators choose Indigenous Australian works for public programs and exhibitions. Be inspired by the Yiwarra Kuju exhibition, with insights provided by FORM. Presented with the ANU Insititute for Professional Practice in Heritage and the...» Read More
One Road Festival: Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-27 18:24:19
An inspiring festival of art, culture, film and connections to celebrate the opening of this groundbreaking exhibition. Artists featured in the exhibition will sing their art to life, carve, paint, weave, dance and share their storiees. FREE The Hall National Museum of...» Read More
Family Festival: NAIDOC on the Peninsula
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-27 18:17:08
Enjoy art and craft actitivities, artist demonstrations, performances, exhibitions, market stalls and a didjeridu competition as we celebrate NAIDOC Week. Presented in conjunction with AIATSIS. FREE The Hall, National Museum of Australia/AIATSIS Amphitheatre For more information about the events visit www.nma.gov.au. National Museum...» Read More
Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-27 18:08:01
This groundbreaking exhibition reveals the triumph of human will and cultural continuity. It tells the story of the Canning Stock Route’s impact on Aboriginal people, and the importance of the Country that surrounds it, through the works of senior and...» Read More
Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-27 18:07:26
This groundbreaking exhibition reveals the triumph of human will and cultural continuity. It tells the story of the Canning Stock Route’s impact on Aboriginal people, and the importance of the Country that surrounds it, through the works of senior and...» Read More
Tayenebe: Tasmanian Aboriginal Women’s Fibre Work
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-27 17:45:20
Tayenebe, a Tasmanian Aboriginal word meaning 'exchange', celebrates the revitalisation of tasmanian Aboriginal weaving that has been taking place over the past three years. The tayenebe exhibition includes beautiful baskets and kelp water carriers in contemporary and traditional styles, along with...» Read More
Practices, Processes & Politics of Indigenous Place-Making: A Symposium
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-26 20:49:58
PROGRAM on Indigenous Place-making Download the symposium flyer. MELBOURNE CONVERSATION BMW Edge, Federation Square Thurs 24 June 6.00pm Conversation: Emmanuel Kasarherou, director Tjibaou Cultural Centre Carroll Go-Sam, Aboriginal Environs Research Centre, UQ Greg Burgess, Architect Uluru-Kata Tjuta & Brambuk Margaret Gardiner, Wurundjeri Elder SYMPOSIUM Prince...» Read More
Wizards of Oz
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-25 21:00:59
"We are thrilled to have this opportunity to present to the Chinese public these inspiring works of Australian indigenous art. The artworks featured in the exhibition reflect the different histories, traditions and stories of these two aboriginal communities," he says. When...» Read More
On Track: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Western Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-25 20:45:37
An ART ON THE MOVE touring exhibition. On Track showcases the dynamic development of Western Australian Aboriginal artists' expression over the last decade. 32 works have been selected from the prestigious University of Western Australia, Berndt Museum of Anthropology collection. The exhibition presents...» Read More
Kudditji Kngwarreye - capturing the light and colours of Utopia
Posted by Kate Owen Gallery & Studio | 2010-06-25 12:08:56
We warmly invite you to see the latest and most exquisite body of works by one of Utopia’s master painters… KUDDITJI KNGWARREYE Kudditji’s Dreamings have profoundly evolved into extraordinary juxtaposed colour fields – startling in both composition and hue. Harsh or...» Read More
The Owen and Wagner Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-24 20:53:49
For Immediate Release June 2010 Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Announces the Owen and Wagner Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art The Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College is pleased to announce an important private gift of contemporary Aboriginal art. Will Owen...» Read More
Two named as art judges
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-24 20:47:49
The judges for the 2010 Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Prize have been announced. Poet, film writer and professor of philosophy Romaine Moreton and ABC radio presenter Daniel Browning will decide who gets the $20,000 first prize awarded annually to...» Read More
New book marks 25 years for the Koorie Heritage Trust
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-23 20:52:58
Date: 18 June 2010 A new book tracing the history of Indigenous art in Victoria has been launched by Arts Minister Peter Batchelor today. Visiting the Koorie Heritage Trust in Melbourne, Mr Batchelor said the Government had been pleased to provide $100,000...» Read More
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair 2010 & Symposium
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-22 20:39:28
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair is a boutique art market showcasing traditional and contemporary artwork by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from Queensland. The CIAF Symposium (Saturday 21 August) will be facilitated by leading Aboriginal artist, curator and academic Dr Brenda...» Read More
Breathing new life into public spaces
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-21 20:48:33
Event: art + place workshop When: 2.00 – 5.00pm Wednesday 21 July 2010 Where: The Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, Cardwell Cost: FREE Want to breath new life into your public spaces, buildings, parks and facilities? Find out how in a free workshop on public...» Read More
Ella Savage and George Nona to exhibit at Awards
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-21 20:48:28
Two Torres Strait Islander artists have been pre-selected to exhibit their artwork in this year’s 27th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards. From 321 entries, Ella Savage (Darnley Island) and George Nona (Badu Island) were among 96 artists...» Read More
Hood Announces Major Gift of Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-21 20:44:31
The Hood Museum of Art has announced a private gift of more than 300 works of contemporary Aboriginal art. The collection donated by Will Owen and Harvey Wagner makes the Hood one of the foremost repositories of contemporary Aboriginal Australian...» Read More
Australian Aboriginal art exhibition is on debut in China
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-21 20:43:13
In celebration of Year of Australian Culture, sponsored by the National Art Museum of China and various departments of the Australian government, an Aboriginal art exhibition from Australia is currently on display at Hall 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17...» Read More
Circles in the Sand opens at Embassy of Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-21 20:42:06
The Kluge-Ruhe Collection opened an exhibit of western desert art at the Embassy of Australia in Washington DC on June 14. Circles in the Sand: Aboriginal Art from Central Australia in the Kluge-Ruhe Collection features work from the art centers...» Read More
The resale royalty debacle for the aboriginal fine art industry
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-21 20:40:56
Lack of proper Consultation with private sector of the Aboriginal/Indigenous Fine Art Industry Galleries/Dealers required to send full details and even images to CAL (Copyright Agency Limited) of all original artworks/artefact sold even if they sell for just $100 Resale Royalty takes...» Read More
Government appoints CAL to manage artists’ resale royalty scheme
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-21 18:30:28
In April this year the Australian government appointed Copyright Agency Ltd (CAL) to manage an artists’ resale royalty scheme that comes into operation on 9 June. CAL’s appointment is for five years, and follows an open tender process. CAL is a...» Read More
Art Can Change Lives - Shalom Gamarada Ngiyana Yana 2010
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-19 00:06:21
This years Shalom Gamarada Ngiyana Yana Aboriginal Art Exhibition promises to be even more exciting with some new discoveries in Aboriginal Art to be displayed. For those of you who are not familiar with the exhibition profit from all art...» Read More
QUEEN HONOURS ABORIGINAL ARTISTS
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-06-18 13:34:53
The Queen's Birthday this year added two top Aboriginal artists to the roll of honour. John Mawurndjul from Maningrida in Western Arnhemland and Peggy Patrick from the East Kimberley both became Members of the Order of Australia – AMs. Mawurndjul's citation...» Read More
Clifford Possum Japaltjarri
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-14 20:59:40
For Art Sunday today, a great Australian artist, Clifford Possum Japaltjarri. Clifford Possum was born in 1932 on Napperby Station. He worked extensively as a stockman on the cattle stations in and around his tribal country. At this time he...» Read More
17th Biennale of Sydney
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-14 20:33:34
Held every two years, the Biennale of Sydney stages a three-month exhibition, plus a programme of special events, public tours, artist talks, film screenings and international guest lectures across Sydney – and admission to the exhibition and these events is...» Read More
Kuwarita Tjuta Ara Irititja. People today, old stories
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-14 20:30:24
Outstation and the Western Desert Mob are proud to present this exhibition which features paintings and sculpture by emerging artists from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands, Western Australia. Western Desert Mob is a group of six Aboriginal art centres whose artists are producing...» Read More
Painted into a corner by payments scheme
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-14 20:29:14
Concern over the royalty payments scheme continues: The art community, already nervous, fears destabilisation by a new royalties program due to its timing and over-complexity They would laugh if it weren't serious. Last month, Papunya Tula Artists, one of the nation's best-regarded...» Read More
Judy Holding "The Unshaped Landscape"
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-14 20:13:33
"For the past thirty-five years Judy Holding has been a regular visitor to the Northern Territory escarpment near Cannon Hill. In this visually spare landscape, so rich and crowded with sensations and accumulated knowledge, Holding imagines a world of reciprocity...» Read More
25 years of artistic vision
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-14 20:12:42
One of Darwin's best-known art galleries is celebrating its 25th anniversary and is pulling out all the stops to celebrate, with three shows on this weekend. Leading the way is Melbourne painter Judy Holding, who first came to the Territory as...» Read More
Made in Australia: Aboriginal art excites China
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-14 20:05:20
Art enthusiasts in China have the chance to get their first look at quintessential Aboriginal art. A new exhibition, Papunya Painting: Out Of The Australian Desert, opened at the National Art Museum of China on Wednesday night. Almost 50 works and 18...» Read More
$42 million supports Australia's Indigenous arts, culture and heritage
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-14 20:05:10
$42 million from five Australian Government programs is supporting over 380 Indigenous arts, culture and heritage projects across Australia, the Minister for Arts and Heritage, Peter Garrett, announced today. "The Australian Government is committed to supporting Indigenous communities through funding for...» Read More
CAIRNS INDIGENOUS ART FAIR UNVEILS VIBRANT 2010 PROGRAM
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-14 19:59:35
Premier and Arts Minister Anna Bligh last night revealed a vibrant and expanded program for Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) in 2010, which this year adds theatre and film to this acclaimed visual and performing arts event. "In 2009 more than $500,000 worth...» Read More
Judy Watson to Exhibit at Shalom Gamarada Ngiyana Yana 2010
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-14 19:59:25
In a huge coup for Shalom Gamarada's sixth annual Ngiyana Yana Aboriginal art exhibition, it has been announced that internationally renowned contemporary Indigenous artist Judy Watson will, for the first time, exhibit at the show -‐ which runs from 27th...» Read More
Regrets over resale royalties
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-14 19:56:42
Chris Hodges is always happy when potential buyers come knocking. But he wants no part of the Rudd government's resale royalty scheme, a new form of payment that is supposed to benefit artists such as him. "I'm going to opt...» Read More
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-14 19:56:15
20 – 22 August, 2010 Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) is unique among international art fairs, bringing galleries together with Indigenous art centres at a major marketplace which is complemented with a program of dance, music, film, children’s...» Read More
Shalom Gamarada Aboriginal Art Exhibition and Auction
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-14 19:34:09
Shalom Gamarada supports scholarships for indigenous medical students with its annual exhibition and auction of Australia's biggest range of indigenous artwork. Judy Watson will exhibit with other acclaimed artists including Regina Wilson, Weaver Jack, Jan Billican and Shorty Jangala Robertson. Feature installations...» Read More
Aboriginal art show heads to China
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-09 19:54:11
Art enthusiasts in China are about to get what for many will be their first look at quintessential Aboriginal art. A new exhibition, Papunya Painting: Out of the Australian Desert, opens at the National Art Museum of China tonight. Almost 50 works,...» Read More
Aboriginal art show heads to China
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-09 19:53:56
Art enthusiasts in China are about to get what for many will be their first look at quintessential Aboriginal art. A new exhibition, Papunya Painting: Out of the Australian Desert, opens at the National Art Museum of China on Wednesday night. Almost...» Read More
Wanted: Good home for $1.5m Aboriginal art collection
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-09 18:55:28
If you are caught in Sydney’s housing squeeze, spare a thought for Gordon and Elaine Pelot-Syron who need a home for around 1,500 seminal Aboriginal artworks, most recently collectively valued at $1.5 million. Entering their temporary warehouse in the old Eveleigh...» Read More
Uluru climb - Garret comments
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-09 18:53:56
SUBJECTS: Commencement of the resale royalty scheme; CPRS; Uluru climb GARRETT: It is fantastic to be here in Alice Springs today to announce the delivery of significant support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture across a range of...» Read More
Miami's Wynwood art walk offers everything from cheerleaders to Aborigines
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-09 18:52:24
Downwind at Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts (2043 N. Miami Ave., Miami), "The Inspired Dream: Contemporary Aboriginal Art" corrals a dozen artist from Down Under in an exhibit showcasing art inspired by Australia's indigenous belief systems and the region's unique creation...» Read More
Australia’s art market threatened by proposed Superannuation changes
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-09 18:51:34
One of Australia’s leading experts on Australian indigenous art and artists, Susan McCulloch, co-author of the industry authority “McCulloch’s Encyclopedia of Australian Art”, says the Cooper Review recommendations create a disturbing disparity in allowing APRA-regulated funds to invest in art,...» Read More
Braybrook artist paints on, loud and happy
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-09 18:50:06
Emerging Indigenous artists are putting their best work on display as part of the Western Region Indigenous Art Show. Now in its eighth year, the exhibition is part of Reconciliation Week and marks the 40 years since the laws allowing discrimination...» Read More
Tjala Arts and Tjanpi Desert Weavers
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-09 18:46:58
Watiku tjukurpa pulka mulapa, munu minymaku tjanpi; exhibition tjungu kupu The men’s stories are very strong with the women’s tjanpi; a strong exhibition Exhibition Dates: Tuesday 22nd June - Saturday 10th July 2010 It is with great pleasure that Alcaston Gallery presents an...» Read More
Success comes in twos
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-09 18:46:44
Karen and Sharyn Lovett are proving a formidable partnership when it comes to producing award-winning art. The indigenous twin sisters have grabbed top prizes at the Western Region Indigenous Art Show with Karen winning the Premier's Award last year and Sharyn...» Read More
Marcia Langton's Challenging Portrait
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-06-09 13:50:48
The National Portrait Gallery today unveiled a new commissioned portrait of Professor Marcia Langton AM by leading Blak artist Brook Andrew. Andrew was invited to produce a contemporary portrait of Professor Langton. And the result is designed to embody Langton’s...» Read More
Aboriginal galleries unhappy with royalty scheme
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-08 21:22:06
From ABC Online: An artist-owned Aboriginal art gallery says the Federal Government must make major modifications to its resale royalty scheme for visual artists. Minister for the Arts Peter Garrett is in Alice Springs today to launch the scheme, which kicks off...» Read More
Indigenous work lauded
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-08 02:13:06
Every year, Manningham City Council acknowledges National Reconciliation Week with a celebration of indigenous culture and art. This is the fourth year that curator, Megan Cadd, a descendant of the Yorta Yorta people, has participated in Reconciliation Week. In putting Winyarr-Ngu-Bala: Aboriginal...» Read More
RESALE ROYALTY IMPLEMENTATION DEBACLE FOR THE INDIGENOUS FINE ART INDUSTRY
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-08 02:00:21
Lack of proper Consultation with private sector of the Indigenous Fine Art Industry Galleries/Dealers required to send full details and even images to CAL (Copyright Agency Limited) of all original artworks/artefact sold even if they sell for just $100 Resale Royalty...» Read More
Art dealers up in arms over levy
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-08 01:50:48
From the Age: Australian art gallery owners and dealers are in revolt over the federal government's artist resale royalty scheme, which comes into effect on Wednesday. Though many concede the intention was honourable, the effect, they fear, will be dreadful. Prices will...» Read More
2010 Aboriginal Art Award Opening
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-08 01:45:45
A colourful and diverse range of entries for the ninth annual National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Aboriginal Art Award 2010 will be officially opened at the Lismore Regional Gallery this Saturday 5th June. The exhibition, to be held at 131...» Read More
OPR Supports Mid-West Aboriginal Artists with ‘Good Heart’
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-05 02:03:11
OPR Supports Mid-West Aboriginal Artists with ‘Good Heart’ OPR promoted the development of the inaugural Good Heart Exhibition in 2008, helping to bring the vision of local Aboriginal artists to reality. Through its involvement with the exhibition OPR aims to support mid-west...» Read More
Join the conversation at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-05 01:55:36
Leading Aboriginal artist, curator and academic Dr Brenda Croft and renowned Torres Strait Islander artist Alick Tipoti will lead debate at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Symposium in August (Saturday 21 August). Presented by Arts Queensland James Cook University, the symposium...» Read More
Artists gain legal clout with ruling on destruction of fakes
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-05 01:45:52
From Karen Abidi, an intellectual property lawyer, at the Age: Although this is a rare case to have come to the courts, in Australia fake art is said to represent 10 per cent of the market. Many other famous Australian artists,...» Read More
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-04 02:10:10
The third Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair is taking place from the 12 to 14th of August 2010 in Darwin. The Fair coincides with the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, (NATSIAA’S) and the Darwin Festival, a time...» Read More
Aboriginal Art to be placed on display at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-04 01:40:41
Dot paintings from the indigenous Papunya community from National Museum of Austalia's successful 2007-08 exhibition are being sent to an exhibition at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. The exhibition, Papunya painting: Out of the Austalian Desert, will...» Read More
IN OUR FATHER’S EYES: WORKS BY SISTERS TARISSE & SARRITA KING
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-03 10:51:41
Aboriginal Dreamtime Fine Art Gallery is pleased to present In Our Father’s Eyes: Works by Sisters Tarisse & Sarrita King. In Our Father’s Eyes will portray Tarisse & Sarrita King’s connection, love, and respect for their father, William King (1966-2007),...» Read More
Awards inspire art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-02 18:32:50
Two local women are part of a push to promote the diversity of Australia’s Indigenous arts. An established writer from Malabar and an up-and-coming photographer from Chifley were the guests of honour at last week’s Australia Council’s National Indigenous Arts Awards. Dr...» Read More
Australia’s first ever resale royalty scheme
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-01 18:14:02
Arts Minister Peter Garrett today said preparations for the introduction of Australia’s first ever resale royalty scheme for visual artists on June 9 are well on track. The Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Act 2009 establishes the right for visual...» Read More
Aboriginal art award finalists named
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-01 18:00:25
Artists from Arnhem Land and the central desert region have again dominated the finalists' field at the 27th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. The 96 finalists, selected from 321 entries, were announced by the Museum and Art...» Read More
Samuel Miller Solo Exhibition – Ngayuku Ngura – My Home
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-01 01:57:55
Outstation and Ninuku Arts are excited to present the first solo exhibition for Samuel Miller opening on Friday 14th May 2010 at 6pm. This will be the inaugural Outstation exhibition to be held in the new gallery and will mark 2...» Read More
World comes to new Aboriginal art gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-30 18:35:30
The view may be spectacular, but it's the eclectic range of indigenous art works inside that is drawing visitors from all over the world into the Burrunju Aboriginal Art Gallery at Yarramundi Reach. The gallery is the first of its kind...» Read More
A new Aboriginal Art Gallery in Canberra
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-30 18:33:48
An eclectic range of indigenous art works inside the gallery is drawing visitors from all over the world into the Burrunju Aboriginal Art Gallery at Yarramundi Reach. The gallery is the first of its kind in the region, an indigenous social...» Read More
World comes to new Aboriginal art gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-28 21:02:12
The view may be spectacular, but it's the eclectic range of indigenous art works inside that is drawing visitors from all over the world into the Burrunju Aboriginal Art Gallery at Yarramundi Reach. The gallery is the first of its kind...» Read More
$15,000 Indigenous Art Fellowship on offer
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-28 03:30:50
Arts Minister Virginia Judge is urging NSW based indigenous artists to apply for the 2010 Indigenous Arts Fellowship. Ms Judge said the $15,000 award aims to assist an indigenous artist to further develop their career. “As part of the application process, artists...» Read More
CIAF 2010 - Arone Meeks
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-28 03:27:48
The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) attracted more than 10,000 visitors and 150 artists last year. CIAF 2010 is promising to be bigger and better. In the lead up to CIAF 2010 from August 20-22, Carbon will feature profiles of some...» Read More
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Symposium 21 August 2010
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-28 00:54:33
Join the conversation at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Leading Aboriginal artist, curator and academic Dr Brenda Croft and renowned Torres Strait Islander artist Alick Tipoti will lead debate at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair Symposium in August (Saturday 21 August). Presented...» Read More
Nominations open for 2010 Indigenous Music Awards
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-27 03:33:51
Nominations open for 2010 Indigenous Music Awards [IMAs] For Immediate Release – Wed 26th May Fast becoming known as the ARIAs of the aboriginal music scene, the Indigenous Music Awards will take place on Saturday 28th August in Darwin. Music NT...» Read More
Sublime Works by Sally Gabori to Open at The Gallery in Cork Street
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-24 23:56:32
LONDON.- With her expressive brushstrokes, tactile layering of paint and expert use of colour, the work of Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori can be described as truly sublime. Jennifer Guerrini Maraldi Art (JGMart) and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, in conjunction with Mornington...» Read More
Nothing succeeds like success
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-24 23:40:02
A great article by Will Owen about Papunya Tula But the company's commercial and artistic success, while it may be the envy of art centres and dealers across Australia, is just a partial measure of its achievement. The rest of the...» Read More
Talk about a hullabaloo
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-24 23:36:35
Rumours have been swirling during the past fortnight that a private dealer, Chris Simon, has been attracting support from local artists for him to take over Papunya Tula Artists, based in Alice Springs. The institution, with its airconditioned headquarters in...» Read More
What is the fate of Papunya Tula?
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-24 23:26:40
The threat of hostile takeover leaves many waiting in anticipation for the fate of Papunya Tula Arts. From the ABC: The Australian Aboriginal Arts industry has been waiting in great anticipation for the fate of Papunya Tula. For the past two weeks...» Read More
Not necessarily for art’s sake
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-24 23:21:23
An ABC report that one of the Centre’s most successful private art dealers has “launched a takoever bid” for the Papunya Tula Co-operative points to an interesting new chapter in the turbulent history of Central Australian Aboriginal art. ........ Is it really...» Read More
Announcing the winner of the 2010 Alice Prize
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-22 23:47:10
Announcing the winner of the 2010 Alice Prize Alison Alder ‘Carcass’ (tryptich) 2009 Screen printed gouache on paper 120 x 252cm Honourable Mention Yinarupa Nangala 'Untitled' Acrylic on linen Tobias Richardson 'Demountable Churches' acrylic, enamel and collage on board Mary Ross 'Camus and Adam' photograph ------------- On exhibition at Araluen Arts Centre: 1 May- 6 June...» Read More
Shinju Matsuri
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-22 00:03:33
Website: http://www.shinjumatsuri.com.au Contact details: Office: (08) 9192 6461 Email: pr@shinjumatsuri.com.au The dates are Friday 27 August to Sunday 5 August This is the 40th year of Shinju Matsuri and we hope to make it a memorable experience for all involved. If there...» Read More
Makinti Napanangka - Western Australian Indigenous Art Award 2010
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-21 23:47:01
Papunya Tula Artists would like to congratulate Makinti Napanangka, who has been selected as a finalists in the 2010 Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards. This award is the nation's richest indigenous arts prize and showcases the diversity of art practice...» Read More
36th Alice Prize - A National Contemporary Art Award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-21 23:46:47
Johnny Yungut Tjupurrula, Makinti Napanangka and Yinarupa Nangala were invited to exhibit in the 36th Alice Prize. The Alice Prize is $20,000 acquisitive art prize which this year was judged by art advisor and previous director of the Art Gallery...» Read More
San Francisco: Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery at SF Fine Art Fair
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-21 04:47:27
At the San Francisco Fine Art Fair, Rebecca Hossack will be exhibiting work by the leading contemporary Australian artists David Bromley, Paul Davies, Allyson Reynolds, Richard Allen and Andrew Taylor. Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery was the first gallery in Europe...» Read More
Call for entries, Important Aboriginal Art from Private Collections- June exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-21 04:47:18
The gallery has had consigned a select group of Aboriginal artefacts, sculptures and paintings from three major private collections. For our June exhibition we are looking to augment these works with a small number of important paintings. In recent months...» Read More
Desert art to show in Beijing
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-19 22:11:48
From the Age: Dot paintings from the indigenous community of Papunya are heading to the heart of Beijing. In an exercise in cultural diplomacy, packers at the National Museum of Australia spent yesterday sliding paintings from its successful 2007 exhibition into crates...» Read More
Aboriginal art makes the long trek to China
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-19 22:11:42
From the Australian: The works are large and bold. Most were created in the central Australian community of Papunya in the 1970s when the Aboriginal art movement was starting to gather pace. In Canberra yesterday, some of those early pieces were being...» Read More
25 May, Artist Talk by David Garneau
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-19 22:11:36
Australian Aboriginal Art: A Reading Group Artist Talk by David Garneau Visiting Canadian Indigenous Métis artist & curator Apropos Appropriate Appropriations (Art after the Apology) Koorie Heritage Trust, Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 3- 5pm Followed by discussion & coffee. RSVP: reception@koorieheritagetrust.com 295 King Street, Corner...» Read More
Indigenous Communal Intellectual Property Rights Not Supported in Australian Law
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-19 17:47:16
Indigenous Communal Intellectual Property Rights are not Supported in Australian Law. The Mowanjum people of the Northern Kimberley have custodial rights and responsibilities for the portrayal of the Wandjina, which is a key figure in the belief system of the Worrorra,...» Read More
Mount Liebig Photography Project 2004; Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Museum; Through August 15
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-18 22:57:50
The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection is one of my favorite places in Charlottesville. I like its serene setting on Pantops, the simplicity of the museum’s purpose, and the way the staff is either unobtrusive or delighted to see me and...» Read More
'Mount Liebig Photography Project 2004' opens at Kluge-Ruhe
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-18 22:57:42
"Mount Liebig Photography Project 2004" will be on display at Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection from May 11 through Aug. 15. An opening reception will be 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday. No reservations are required. In 2004, photographer Simon Davidson visited Amunturrngu,...» Read More
On Track: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Western Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-14 22:54:51
City of Wanneroo Event Monday 7 June - Sunday 27 June 2010 On Track showcases the dynamic development of Western Australian Aboriginal artists' expression over the last decade. The exhibition presents a unique opportunity to view the diversity of regional and artistic...» Read More
Mundamurra ngijinda dulk: My Island Home in London
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-14 09:20:14
SALLY GABORI Mundamurra ngijinda dulk: My Island Home The Gallery in Cork Street 28 Cork Street, Mayfair, London, W1S 3NG Private View: Tuesday 25th May, 6-8pm Mr John Dauth LVO, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom will be in attendance at the private view...» Read More
The Imprint Utopia Collection
Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2010-05-12 00:00:00
Central Art is excited to promote The Imprint Utopia Collection featuring intricate details from artworks of the late Minnie Pwerle, Gloria Petyarre, Emily Kngwarreye and Barbara Weir. Central Art felt it was important for someone to model the...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Reading Group: May meeting
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-11 18:47:22
May meeting: Marcia Langton, “The Art of Being Aboriginal” and Ian McLean “Historicity and Aboriginal Art: How Long Will It Take for Aboriginal Art to Become Modern” May 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment The next Aboriginal Art Reading Group meeting will...» Read More
Desert Mob 2010
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-11 18:43:10
Desert Mob is the premier Indigenous art event showcasing work from Central Australian artists, with an increasing number of national and international collectors and researchers returning each year for the show, to view the exhibition and to purchase. The Araluen Arts...» Read More
Two new art shows feature the work of nonartists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-11 17:31:10
First, I'm hoping to make my way out to Pantops for a show that's opening at Kluge-Ruhe tomorrow. On display will be selections from the Mount Liebig Photography Project 2004, a show by the young people of Amunturrngu in Australia's...» Read More
‘Jukurrpa – Our Story’ – Warlukurlangu Artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-11 17:11:00
Tandanya is excited to present ‘Jukurrpa – Our Story’, an exhibition from the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation. Warlukurlangu Artists was established in 1985, and is recognised as one of the most significant Aboriginal art centres in Australia. Specialising in the...» Read More
Our Metro Mob 2010: Call for Submissions
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-11 11:10:50
Saturday 24th July to Sunday 29th August 2010 Tandanya Our Metro Mob 2010 Tandanya is proud to announce the opening of Our Metro Mob 2010 Exhibition as part of the Sala Festival Program. The ‘Our Metro Mob’ exhibition features Adelaide based Aboriginal...» Read More
Collecting the Dots
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-09 17:40:20
From ArtNews May 2010 In a few decades, the seemingly abstract compositions of Australia's aboriginal artists have moved from body painting and sand mosaics to board to acrylics on canvas—and to the walls of major museums by Carly Berwick Bush raisins grow in...» Read More
Remembering Country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-09 07:13:53
Beverly and Anthony Knight in conjunction with Bindi Inc. Mwerre Anthurre Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory proudly invite you to view: Remembering Country featuring Adrian Robertson Kukula McDonald Seth Namatjira Billy Kenda Lance James and Billy Benn Perrurle Opening Event: Wednesday 19th May 2010, 6 - 8pm Exhibition Dates: Tuesday 18th...» Read More
“Urban Aboriginal Art – A Survey Show 2010”
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-08 18:15:30
Australian Indigenous art is not all that we had imagined it to be. When one thinks of Aboriginal art, a genre driven by a nomadic way of life, one thinks of watering holes and an ancient form of communicating. The...» Read More
“Urban Aboriginal Art – A Survey Show 2010”
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-08 18:02:21
Australian Indigenous art is not all that we had imagined it to be. When one thinks of Aboriginal art, a genre driven by a nomadic way of life, one thinks of watering holes and an ancient form of communicating. The...» Read More
The Inspired Dream | Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-07 21:39:12
Miami, Florida/March 2010 - Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts is pleased to announce the opening of The Inspired Dream | Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art on Saturday, May 8th during the Wynwood Art District Second Saturday Gallery Walk. A reception...» Read More
JOHNNY WARANGKULA'S LATE WORKS IN SYDNEY
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-05-07 14:37:14
Johnnny Warangkula Tjupurulla (1918 - 2001) was one of the outstanding artists in the Aboriginal art movement. Warangkula was born around 1925 at Mintjilpirri, south of Lake Mackay. Close by is his major dreaming site Tjilkari. His mother was of...» Read More
Art News: The Rise of Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-06 17:35:03
This May, we examine the thriving, complex market for art made by artists from Arab and North African countries. We talk to Rona Pondick, who mixes animal body parts with her own to create hybrids that are at once sublime...» Read More
McCulloch’s contemporary Aboriginal Art – the complete guide
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-06 06:05:50
Rebecca Cannon reviews McCulloch’s contemporary Aboriginal Art – the complete guide: If you’re planning a trip across outback Australia and want to visit contemporary Aboriginal artists and co-ops, or if you simply have an interest in contemporary Australian Aboriginal art, there’s...» Read More
Death of John Bulun Bulun
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-05-05 15:29:20
Johnny Bulun Bulun was born in 1946 just after the Second World War near the Arafura Swamp of Central Arnhem Land. When he was older, his family moved to the nearby mission in Milingimbi so that he could attend school....» Read More
Aboriginal art lecture series
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-04 23:16:02
An introduction to Aboriginal art and culture Wednesdays, 23 June – 11 August 2010 6–7pm Centenary Auditorium, Lower Level 1 This six-part course, presented by Jonathan Jones, curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the Art Gallery of NSW, introduces the...» Read More
Lockhart River Elders Featuring recent works by Doris Platt, Elizabeth "Queenie" Giblet, Sue Pascoe and introducing Lawrence Omeenyo. 14 May - 6 June 2010
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-04 17:03:52
You and your friends are invited to the opening on Friday, 14th of May at 6pm To be opened by: Dr Maryanne Coutts, National Art School. In the past decade the artists of Lockhart River have taken the art world by storm. The...» Read More
How One Art Teacher Changed the Destiny of the Aboriginal People
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-04 05:57:07
Mata H talks about the history of the Aboriginal Art and the role of Geoffrey Barden in bringing it to the world: In the 1970s, Geoffrey Barden was a young art teacher in Australia. He taught art at a few country...» Read More
Multicultural Events Calendar Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-04 05:54:26
Etched in the Sun Organized by: Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection Date and Time: exhibit runs January 12-May 2; Tuesday – Saturday (10 AM - 4 PM), Sunday (1 - 5 pm) Free Guided Tour: Sat. 10:30AM Location: Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art...» Read More
Suzun Bennet
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-04 05:51:51
The story of Suzun Bennet, an Australian who wanted to set up an Aboriginal Art business in New York City but instead ended up in real estate Hailing from Australia, Bennet arrived in the Big Apple six weeks before the 9/11...» Read More
Opening this evening: Johnny Warangkula Tjupurulla 1925 - 2001
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-03 22:57:46
I am delighted to invite you to a rare exhibition of paintings by one of the founding masters of the Aboriginal art movement, Johnny Warangkula Tjupurulla (or Johnnny W, as he is affectionately known). The show opens...» Read More
Australian Trilogy
Posted by Arts d'Australie - Stéphane Jacob | 2010-05-03 22:54:29
Spring 2010 is upon us and we will begin on a journey to the heart of 6, Mandel. This special journey will take us to the antipodes of Paris where we will discover three Australian artists of international fame - Dennis Nona,...» Read More
Saturday | Aboriginal inspirations
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-03 21:37:15
ART EXHIBIT ABORIGINAL INSPIRATIONS See Ngaminya by Ningura Napurrula and works by several other artists at the opening of The Inspired Dream: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art , running through July 6. Details: Opening reception 7:30-10 p.m. at Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, 2043 N....» Read More
Australian Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-02 23:17:49
Australian Aboriginal art has always been a huge inspiration in my abstract artwork. I love indigenous art from cultures all over the world, but Aboriginal art always held a certain attraction for me – the colors, the patterns, and the...» Read More
Australian Aboriginal Art: Ancient Culture Reborn
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-02 05:57:23
As part of the Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival, enjoy a rare opportunity to view some treasures of the Rodney Gooch collection, as well as works from private Australian and International collectors. Rymill Coonawarra, Riddoch Highway, Coonawarra, SA. During the month of May,...» Read More
Fringe artists find power in collective spirit
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-02 03:50:15
And then there's the lesser known, yet just as significant, 61-year-old Jane Young - a star of Alice Spring's town camp painting scene. Young is from Tangentyere Artists - an indigenous art centre established five years ago in Alice Springs to...» Read More
Art Fair Celebrates Australia's Aboriginal Culture
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-01 23:06:58
Those who want to experience something distinct and unique in Australia will appreciate the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, which returns for a second year from August 19-22. The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair is an annual boutique art market for showcasing the...» Read More
"Parisian perspectives on Australian Art", an article by Rosemary Willink
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-01 23:04:54
An important question facing European galleries today is: how to exhibit contemporary indigenous works, whose inspiration is not founded on the western tradition, and present these works to a European audience. Australian art is visible in France both in museums...» Read More
Pre-Selection Underway to Select Telstra Art Award Finalists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-30 10:34:52
Pre-selection for the 27th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award is underway at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) this week. Telstra Art Award curator Kate Podger said MAGNT and Telstra were...» Read More
Australian Trilogy: Dennis Nona, Abie Loy Kemarre, GW Bot
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-29 08:30:49
INVITATION : "Drinks Party" Wednesday may 5th 5pm to 9pm "Australian Trilogy: Dennis Nona, Abie Loy Kemarre, GW Bot" Exhibition runs until May 15th 2010 Tuesday through Saturday, 2.30pm - 7pm open on the 1st and the 8th of...» Read More
Margaret Kemarre Turner Interview Part 2
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-24 23:24:56
Visit the link below to watch the video ”We grew up in that feeling of land. Our trees and hills and creeks are really important to us, you know. Never in our lives would people move anything. If they went hunting...» Read More
Museum explores Australia's Balgo region
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-24 09:57:28
An exhibition entitled Balgo: Contemporary Australian Art from the Balgo Hills has opened at the Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology in Ha Noi. The largest collection of indigenous works ever displayed in Viet Nam, features 26 paintings by 18 established and...» Read More
Tiwi art takes centre stage for opening of new gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-24 09:55:33
The new art gallery at Charles Darwin University will open this week with an exhibition of Tiwi Island art. NT Administrator Tom Pauling will open the new Art Gallery at Charles Darwin University. The gallery's first's exhibition, Jilamara: Looking back, looking forward...» Read More
5 By 5 at Menier Gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-24 09:47:58
Contemporary Modern Australian Art (COMODAA) will premiere new and recent works by Australian artists in London this spring with an exhibition entitled 5 By 5. The exhibition, running from 27th May until 5th June 2010 at The Menier Gallery in...» Read More
Innate Calling
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-24 09:42:35
The Dreamers celebrates the lives and outstanding work of eight distinguished Aboriginal artists who have contributed significantly to Australia’s cultural landscape through their creative endeavors. The exhibition is drawn exclusively from the Art Gallery of New South Wales’s collection, and...» Read More
WA Art Award Nominees Named
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-04-23 16:08:00
The 16 finalists in the nation’s richest indigenous arts prize, the Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards, were today announced by State Culture and the Arts Minister, John Day. Mr Day congratulated the artists who have been invited to participate in the...» Read More
Moral Lip Service: Government's Hard Hit at the Art Market is a Soft Form of Redress
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-23 09:46:58
Since the 1970s, a significant rise in Indigenous rights debates and protocols on the world stage has occurred in tandem with dramatic growth in the appreciation of Aboriginal art. Over the same period the federal government has introduced legislation and...» Read More
Tangentyere Artists - The Story Belonging to Us
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-22 03:45:53
Tangentyere Artists is an Australian Aboriginal Art Centre, owned and directed by Tangentyere Council. The enterprise represents artists from the 18 Alice Springs town camp communities who produce acrylic paintings and local seed jewellery. A defining feature of this product...» Read More
NPWS Aboriginal Art Award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-21 09:35:51
One of the Northern Rivers Region’s most prestigious art prizes is once again set to build community bridges and celebrate local art. Now entering its ninth year the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Northern Rivers Region Aboriginal Art Award this...» Read More
Dutch Icons of Aboriginal art on Show
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-04-20 21:01:29
Aboriginal art today! provides a fascinating overview of the evolution of contemporary Aboriginal art from its beginnings in1971 right up to its most recent developments. What is particularly significant is that all the works featured in this exhibition come from...» Read More
Australasian Arts Projects Presents The Utopia Story The art and artists of Utopia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-19 12:20:33
Australasian Arts Projects is a regionally focused arts production company, newly established to entertain, inform and educate the general public about art, artists and artistic practice. Initially based in Singapore, Australasian Arts Projects is delighted to present its first event...» Read More
Indigenous award nabs new curator
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-16 22:41:38
Kate Podger was yesterday named as the curator for the 27th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Ms Podger has more than 10 years experience in the indigenous arts industry, most recently at the Araluen Arts Centre in...» Read More
Balgo Indigenous Painting Exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-14 22:23:51
Opening: Sat 17 Apr, 10 am – 12 pm Exhibition: 17 Apr – 12 May Vietnam Museum of Ethnology As part of its “Once in a 1000 years: An Australian Gift to Hanoi” program, the Australian Embassy is pleased to present the exhibition...» Read More
$1000 up for grabs in Aboriginal art competition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-14 19:33:31
Members of the Wangan and Jagalingou Native Title Claim Group have the chance to win $1000 in prize money by designing a new logo featuring a local endangered hairy-nosed marsupial. The logo will be used to represent Rio Tinto's Clermont Aboriginal...» Read More
Curator Announced for Telstra Art Award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-14 17:40:11
The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) and Principal Sponsor Telstra are pleased to announce Kate Podger as the curator for the 27th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Kate has worked in the Indigenous...» Read More
RESALE ROYALTIES START IN JUNE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-04-14 16:08:38
Arts Minister Peter Garrett announced on April 7th that Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) was the successful tenderer to act as the collecting society to implement and administer the resale royalty scheme for visual artists. “CAL has 20 years experience collecting and...» Read More
Grand Showroom Opening and Fire & Lightning: Press Release
Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2010-04-12 00:00:00
Central Art is proud to present the first major exhibition in central Australia of the work of two rising stars in contemporary art: Sarrita (22 years) and Tarisse King (24). Fresh from a sellout tour of Paris, Amsterdam and Germany, the...» Read More
Once in a 1000 years: An Australian Gift to Hanoi
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-11 22:24:04
In keeping with the 2010 party spirit, the Australian Embassy is proud to present "Once in a 1000 years: An Australian Gift to Hanoi”, a celebration of Australia-Vietnam relations through exhibitions, performances and exchanges featuring Australia's proud Indigenous heritage. Wednesday 14...» Read More
Nomad Art Gallery - Manuka, A.C.T - Now Open!
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-08 17:48:17
Nomad Art Gallery Shop 11, M Centre Palmerston Lane Manuka, A.C.T. Tel: 61 2 6162 1512 canberra@nomadart.com.au www.nomadart.com.au Nomad Art Gallery - Manuka, A.C.T - Now Open! Where: Shop 11, M Centre, Palmerston Lane, Manuka, A.C.T Open: Tuesday to Thursday 10 – 5,...» Read More
Anmanari Brown & Tjayangka Woods
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-08 15:52:07
This exhibition marks Anmanari Brown and Tjayanka Woods’s first co solo exhibition in their intense painting careers, with a new body of work focussing on the Kungkarrakalpa, or Seven Sisters Tjukurpa. Anmanari Brown and Tjayanka Woods are two of the four...» Read More
Boost for Telstra Art Awards
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-04 22:41:46
Minister for Arts and Museums Gerry McCarthy today welcomed the announcement by Telstra CEO David Thodey of a new 3-year sponsorship of the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA). "It is a pleasure to have Mr...» Read More
Telstra Art Award now on Twitter
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-01 22:51:45
The art world is twittering with anticipation as the countdown to Australia's most prestigious Indigenous art award begins, and now the latest news and updates can be shared and discovered by people all across the world through social networking site...» Read More
Exploring Aboriginal Art Prints with Dean Dass
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-01 15:12:07
Dean Dass, Professor of Studio Art at the University of Virginia, will explore Aboriginal art prints in the exhibition Etched in the Sun: Prints by Australian Indigenous Artists on Thursday, April 1, at 7:00 pm at the Kluge-Ruhe Collection. Dass...» Read More
As of April 21: new exhibition Aboriginal art today!
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-01 08:24:15
Aboriginal art today! provides those who are keen to know more about this young and dynamic art movement a fascinating overview of the evolution of contemporary Aboriginal art from around 1970 right up to the most recent developments. The various...» Read More
Australian Trilogy: Dennis Nona, Abie Loy Kemarre, GW Bot
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-31 20:29:53
Spring 2010 is upon us and we will begin on a journey to the heart of 6, Mandel. This special journey will take us to the antipodes of Paris where we will discover three Australian artists of international fame - Dennis Nona,...» Read More
Glady Kemarre from Utopia announced finalist in 2010 City of Albany Art Prize
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-31 14:00:34
Yesterday the 30 finalists for the 2010 City of Albany Art Prize were announced and Glady is one of just three from the Northern Territory to make the cut. The City of Albany Art Prize is a national prize for painting...» Read More
Aboriginal art sale draws artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-31 13:46:33
Fairymead House is about to get a whole new collection with some of the biggest names in Australian art – but this time, they will be for sale. Paintings and artworks by Albert Namatjira, Walter Ebaterinja, Pro Hart and David Badcock...» Read More
‘Ngamu nu la ngurra ra kujupa – Bringing Cultures Together’
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-30 20:09:18
ReDot Fine Art Gallery is proud to announce the 2nd Singaporean show of innovative works of the Martumili Artists. Following on from last year’s first ever, sell out, international show we will be exhibiting the latest and most exciting works from...» Read More
Aboriginal artist goes to Oxford University
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-29 13:51:14
The 32 year old Bidjara artist from SW Queensland, Christian Bumbarra Thompson has been announced as one of the first two Aborigines to go to study at Oxford University. Working mainly in Melbourne in recent years, and operating mostly in photography...» Read More
First Friday Lecture: Australian Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-27 14:05:44
First Friday Lecture: Australian Aboriginal Art Friday, Apr 2 11:00a to 12:00p at Seattle Art Museum Downtown, Seattle, WA Phone: (206) 654-3137 SAM's Curator of Art of Africa and Oceania discusses how a contemporary art movement has emerged from one of the world's...» Read More
Outsider, aboriginal art in Springs show
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-25 15:01:15
Despite the hundreds of assorted exhibitions that take place each year in scores of museums and galleries along the Front Range, certain types of art, for unexplained reasons, remain scarce. Two of the most notable such examples are outsider and Australian...» Read More
"Ngamu nu la ngurra ra kujupa" – Bringing Cultures Together
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-24 17:46:20
ReDot Fine Art Gallery is proud to announce the 2nd Singaporean show of innovative works of the Martumili Artists. Following on from last year’s first ever, sell out, international show we will be exhibiting the latest and most exciting works from...» Read More
"Ngamu nu la ngurra ra kujupa" – Bringing Cultures Together
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-24 15:59:00
ReDot Fine Art Gallery is proud to announce the 2nd Singaporean show of innovative works of the Martumili Artists. Following on from last year’s first ever, sell out, international show we will be exhibiting the latest and most exciting works from...» Read More
China, Australia sign MOU on reciprocal years of culture
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-24 15:00:29
The Year of Australian Culture in China, the opening ceremony of which is scheduled for June 8 in the National Center for the Performing Arts, lasts from June 2010 to June 2011. It will be a showcase of cooperation between China...» Read More
27th Telstra Art Award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-23 13:49:21
27th Telstra Art Award - News Update Entries for the 27th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award opened to Indigenous artists nationally on Friday, 19 February and close Friday, 2 April 2010. The Telstra Art Award is...» Read More
“Ingalimpa Tjuntu” - Singing songs, ‘We sing the country and that’s how we find the way’
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-22 22:23:48
MEDIA RELEASE The ancient and the modern- a perfect partnership Redot Gallery- Singapore, Warlayirti Artists- Balgo, Audi Japan Group- April 2010 Question: What would bring the new hi-tech Audi navigational system side by side with the ancient Aboriginal Australia Tjukurpa country mapping...» Read More
First Friday Lecture: Australian Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-22 15:02:16
Friday, Apr 2 11:00a to 12:00p at Seattle Art Museum Downtown, Seattle, WA Phone: (206) 654-3137 SAM's Curator of Art of Africa and Oceania discusses how a contemporary art movement has emerged from one of the world's oldest living cultures. Pam McClusky's...» Read More
Museum Victoria: 2010 Lecture Series, Indigenous Cultures Department
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-21 15:16:03
When: 1pm – 2pm, last Tuesday of every month, February to November, 2010 Where: The Discovery Centre, Lower Ground Floor, Melbourne Museum The Indigenous Cultures Department of Museum Victoria is launching a monthly lecture series in February 2010 entitled Culture and History....» Read More
Heaven and Earth
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-21 15:04:05
Before and After Science: 2010 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. Until May 2. It is significant that the Adelaide Biennial coincides with the Art Gallery of South Australia's purchase of an enormous work by Patricia...» Read More
Art battle turns ugly as Aborigines condemn sculpture's sacred image
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-21 15:03:10
"This is the most beautiful thing that has been done for Aboriginal people," a Blue Mountains gallery owner, Vesna Tenodi, says. "They should be thanking me, but instead I get yelled at wherever I go." Tenodi is the owner, together with...» Read More
Tayenebe: Tasmanian Aboriginal Women’s Fibre Work
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-20 20:36:34
Tayenebe, a Tasmanian Aboriginal word meaning ‘exchange’, celebrates the revitalisation of Tasmanian Aboriginal weaving that has been taking place over the past three years. Tayenebe includes beautiful baskets and kelp water carriers in contemporary and traditional styles, along with a historic...» Read More
Australian Aboriginal Art and the contemporary gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-20 14:00:25
Colin Laverty speaks on Beyond Sacred - Australian Aboriginal art and why it belongs in contemporary galleries + institutions and not ethnographic + anthropological museums. Colin and Elizabeth Laverty began collecting Aboriginal art twenty years ago, and their collection has been...» Read More
ABORIGINAL ARTIST GOES TO OXFORD
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-03-18 12:53:49
The 32 year old Bidjara artist from SW Queensland, Christian Bumbarra Thompson has been announced as one of the first two Aborigines to go to study at Oxford University. Working mainly in Melbourne in recent years, and operating mostly in...» Read More
A TRIBAL WORLD ON VIEW
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-03-13 16:46:31
I was drawn to this gorgeous and important book, 'We Are One' by the prospect of Damien Hirst – the English artist infamous for his crazy concepts like a floating shark or a diamond encrusted skull – sharing his...» Read More
Registration opens for Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-12 18:10:09
Registration is now open for art dealers, including agents, galleries and arts centres to register their interest in becoming signatories to the Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct. Arts Minister, Peter Garrett, congratulated the Code Administration Committee on...» Read More
CODE OF CONDUCT NOW IN FORCE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-03-11 14:47:49
Registration is now open for art dealers, agents, galleries and arts centres to register their interest in becoming signatories to the Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct. Arts Minister, Peter Garrett, congratulated the Code Administration Committee on their efforts to...» Read More
60% OF AUSSIES HAVE AN INTEREST IN INDIGENOUS ART
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-03-11 12:14:43
A recent Australia Council survey of 3000 Australians – over the age of 15 and selected on the basis of geographical, age and gender quotas – shows a growing enthusiasm for the indigenous arts. 17% of the total sample have...» Read More
Central Art Grand Showroom Opening featuring Fire & Lightning: Sarrita and Tarisse King
Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2010-03-10 00:00:00
Central Art is proud to present the first major exhibition in central Australia of the work of two rising stars in contemporary art: Sarrita and Tarisse King. Fresh from a sellout tour of Paris, Amsterdam and Germany, the King sisters have...» Read More
Grand Showroom Opening and Fire & Lightning: Sarrita and Tarisse King Exhibition & Catalogue on 16 April 2010
Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2010-03-10 00:00:00
Central Art is proud to present the first major exhibition in central Australia of the work of two rising stars in contemporary art: Sarrita and Tarisse King. This exhibition also marks the grand opening of the Central Art showroom. Central...» Read More
INDIGENOUS IMAGE WINS NATIONAL PORTRAIT PRIZE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-03-05 10:10:50
Mr Andrew Sayers, Director, National Portrait Gallery yesterday announced the winner of the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2010 as Scott Bycroft for the work titled Zareth. VISA has generously sponsored the exhibition and will provide the winning prize money of $25...» Read More
EAST KIMBERLEY IN SYDNEY
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-03-04 09:53:22
Upon seeing the painting 1957 #20 by Mark Rothko at the National Gallery of Australia, Rover Thomas, the star of the original group of East Kimberley painters, asked: ‘Who’s that bugger who paints like me?’. Rothko himself was not averse...» Read More
The rainforest travels to Hahndorf
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-02 06:16:50
THE ARTISTRY OF JAWUN: Neriba Gallasch, Abe Muriata, Erima Gallasch and Sarenah Gallasch at the opening of Bi-cornual Artistry at the Tineriba Gallery in Hahndorf, South Australia. Photo Girringun Aboriginal Corporation. VIEWING THE JAWUN: Artist Abe Muriata, Gallery Director...» Read More
BLACK & WHITE ARTISTS IN NT VIE FOR TOGART AWARD
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-02-25 16:45:45
The Northern Territory's Togart Contemporary Art Award is one of Australia’s richest contemporary art awards and entries are now open until 15th March. The annual Award is open to all artists who base their practice within the Northern Territory or whose...» Read More
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER: Lulu and Selina Teece
Posted by Artitja Fine Art | 2010-02-23 09:09:08
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER: Lulu and Selina Teece Coinciding with International Women’s Day Lulu Teece Apetyarre and Selina Teece Pwerl two members of the same family from the remote community of Ampilatwatja (pronounced Um-blud-a-witch) north of Utopia in the eastern central...» Read More
Opening Reception - ‘Kinti kinti, Purrka purrka – The Balgo Way’
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-02-13 15:07:56
ReDot Fine Art Gallery is proud to present the 2nd Singaporean show of the colourful works of the Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation. Warlayirti Artists is located in Balgo, in the arid north east of Western Australia, between the Great Sandy and...» Read More
‘Kinti kinti, Purrka purrka – The Balgo Way’
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-02-13 14:54:11
ReDot Fine Art Gallery is proud to present the second Singaporean show of the colourful works of the Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation. Warlayirti Artists is located in Balgo, in the arid north east of Western Australia, between the Great Sandy and...» Read More
Tjukurpa Pulkatjara - The Power of the Law
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-02-12 23:15:49
The South Australian Museum in association with Ananguku Arts and Culture Aboriginal Corporation proudly invites you to the opening of Tjukurpa Pulkatjara – the Power of the Law. Wednesday March 3 @ 6 pm South Australian Museum The 50th Adelaide Festival includes...» Read More
Qantas Indigenous Young and Emerging Visual Arts Award - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-02-12 18:34:11
Nominations close: 1 March 2010 Amount: $10,000 The Qantas Indigenous Young and Emerging Visual Arts Award acknowledges a young and emerging Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander visual artist who is making an outstanding contribution to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander visual arts. The...» Read More
IT'S ALL FOLK ART AT BOS 2010
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-02-10 15:30:02
David Elliott, director of the 17th Biennale of Sydney later this year, scratched an old sore today in launching his forthcoming feast of visual arts by asserting that “all art is folk art”. As a major feature of his BOS...» Read More
Indigenous Prints
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-02-10 00:16:16
Recent works from remote communities across Australia 18 February - 14 March, 2010 Over the past 20 years printmaking has become a major art form in many Indigenous communities with celebrated artists such as Rover Thomas creating works that have achieved...» Read More
Sorry: More than a Word
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-02-09 00:19:31
National Australia Bank together with the Aboriginal Artist of the Year Wayne Quilliam is pleased to host the photographic exhibition "Sorry: More than a Word" to commemorate the second anniversary of the Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples. The popular exhibition opened...» Read More
Soul of the outback
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-02-04 19:32:16
Samuel Namunjdja walks into the gallery barefoot, bearing two paintings on bark; abstract works in ochre of lines and dots representing stories from Aboriginal mythology. He is one of the gallery’s rising stars. Namunjdja’s paintings hang in galleries and private collections...» Read More
Soul of the outback
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-02-04 19:32:16
Samuel Namunjdja walks into the gallery barefoot, bearing two paintings on bark; abstract works in ochre of lines and dots representing stories from Aboriginal mythology. He is one of the gallery’s rising stars. Namunjdja’s paintings hang in galleries and private collections...» Read More
NAIDOC 2010
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-02-04 19:15:06
The 2010 National NAIDOC theme is 'Unsung Heroes - Closing the Gap by Leading Their Way'. Many unsung Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have made huge contributions to Australian society. 'Unsung heroes' recognises the part played by the quiet...» Read More
Djambawa Marawili Receives an AM
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-02-04 09:07:19
The Yolgnu community of Eastern Arnhemland and art lovers widely are celebrating the recognition of the Madarrpa clan leader, Buku-Larrngay Arts Chairman and ANKAAA Chairman, Djambawa Marawili, who received a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of...» Read More
Our Betty Mbitjana Competition Winner
Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2010-01-25 00:00:00
Central Art is thrilled to announce our first overseas winner for the Betty Mbitjana competition. Jo- Anne McCullough from Canada is the lucky winner. Jo-Anne thought we were kidding when we send her an email letting her know she...» Read More
The Lost Brothers
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-01-21 14:29:21
In 1984, Walala and eight other relatives of the Pintupi Tribe became famous around the globe when they walked out of the Western Desert and made contact with Australian society for the first time. Now, we are delighted to bring together...» Read More
The Directory - Art Competitions & Exhibitions of Australia & NZ 2010
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-01-16 16:32:34
New publication featuring more than 1100 Australian and New Zealand art competitions & exhibitions in one practical book. Lists all relevant details such as contact details, name, prize monies, web address, art type etc. for visual artists such as fine...» Read More
New developments for ABORIGINAL ART
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-01-13 13:04:13
www.idaia.com.au Specialising in International Development for Australian Indigenous Art IDAIA is dedicated to the development of a quality and ethical Australian Indigenous art among international audiences. ACQUISITION Advising and sourcing works for acquisition projects EXHIBITION Organising exhibition projects for overseas galleries and institutions EDUCATION Developing educational programs...» Read More
McCulloch's Aboriginal Art @ Salt Contemporary 2010: The Summer Show
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-01-07 14:26:28
Celebrating the colours of summer, this new exhibition showcases art from Australia’s newest and most dynamic desert art producing regions. Including work from the APY Lands, Western Desert, Spinifex Country, The Martu and Utopia....» Read More
The shifting centre
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-01-02 23:28:49
A fascinating article by Nicolas Rothwell on the shifting of the Aboriginal art industry out of Alice Springs, looking primarily at Papunya Tula and Desart: But the contours of the central Australian art world map are changing fast in the wake...» Read More
BULGUL THE HEALING PLACE
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-12-23 15:25:23
Club 21 and tjala Aboriginal Art are proud to bring, for the first time, to Singapore, an exhibition of evocative and outstanding aboriginal art work from the artists of Bulgul, a remote area 200km Southwest of Darwin, in Australia’s stark...» Read More
THE MET ADMITS ABORIGINAL ART
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-12-20 18:40:07
New York's mighty Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of those institutions that take to new trends at what might (before global warming) have been called glacial speed! So the appearance of a 14-canvas showing of Aboriginal art is both...» Read More
THE MUNIFICENCE OF ANN LEWIS
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-12-15 21:09:24
“For better or worse, it is the strangest and most beautiful show of abstract paintings I have seen in a long time”. The Sydney Morning Herald's art critic, Terence Maloon was bemusedly describing his response to the first ever commercial...» Read More
Earth Tones
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-12-03 15:36:32
Smith & Hall invites you to view “Earth Tones”, a new collection of work by Indigenous artists Yinarupa Nangala (Telstra Art Award category winner), Tatali Napurrula and Mavis Napaltjarri. These female artists all hail from the Australian Western Desert and their...» Read More
TANDANYA AND SA ABORIGINAL ART HIT 20
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-12-02 09:18:33
It doesn't often hit the headlines, but the Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute (to give its proper name) in Adelaide has been plugging away at the job of showing the world through Aboriginal eyes for 20 years now. I assume...» Read More
ART + OBJECTS: small + affordable
Posted by Artitja Fine Art | 2009-11-30 17:33:22
ARTITJA - THE GIFT COLLECTION: ART + OBJECTS Over 20 Indigenous artists work will feature in an exhibition to be held in South Fremantle throughout December as part of Artitja Fine Art’s final show for 2009. From famed artists Minnie Pwerle...» Read More
Stunning patterns emerge from circles, dots, lines
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-11-26 15:34:20
It was not until the second half of the 20th century that Aboriginal art gained true international recognition. This is staggering, especially when considering the long history and rich culture of Indigenous Australians; but the explanation is simple. Not until...» Read More
Dhapirrk Djama, a remarkable group exhibition of new limited edition prints, Mokuy Spirit carvings and sculptures, including Morning Star Poles, from Elcho Island Arts
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-11-26 15:28:15
Elcho Island Artists prints and sculptures by Margaret Gudumurrkuwuy Tommy Minburra Sandy Pascoe Joe Manyguluma Charmaine Ashley Jeremiah Bonson David Djarrka Paul Buwang Buwang Gali Yalkarriwuy Gurruwiwi Alcaston Gallery is proud to present Dhapirrk Djama, a remarkable group exhibition of new limited edition prints, Mokuy Spirit carvings and sculptures, including Morning Star...» Read More
The ideal art gifts
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-11-26 15:19:42
Lavishly illustrated with a page of art for each spread, our beautiful art diaries are hugely popular gift items. Published first in 2009, our McCulloch’s Australian Art Diary was greeted as a popular addition to Australian art publishing. For the 2010...» Read More
McCulloch's Contemporary Aboriginal Art Updated 2009 Edition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-11-26 15:18:49
It’s arrived! McCulloch's Contemporary Aboriginal Art Updated 2009 Edition After selling out its first print run in bookshops and galleries in under a year, the eagerly awaited new edition of Australia’s top selling art guide book McCulloch’s Contemporary Aboriginal Art: the complete...» Read More
Dollar downer for Aboriginal art sale
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-11-26 15:17:37
The rise of the Australian dollar had a negative effect on a ''disappointing'' Sotheby's auction of Aboriginal and Oceanic Art at its Armadale showroom yesterday. The indigenous art market is mostly international and is generally measured in US dollars. When Sotheby's...» Read More
New McCulloch's Contemporary Aboriginal Art has arrived!
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-11-25 11:04:17
McCulloch's Contemporary Aboriginal Art Updated 2009 Edition After selling out its first print run in bookshops and galleries in under a year, the eagerly awaited new edition of Australia’s top selling art guide book McCulloch’s Contemporary Aboriginal Art: the complete guide...» Read More
BEAUTIFUL BEASTS IN DARWIN
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-11-23 15:29:48
There aren't many art shows that could place side by side paintings, carvings, sculpture and weaving by a disparate of artists such as John Mawurndjul and John Olsen, the late Lofty Bardayal Nadjmirrik and James Gleeson, the Tjampi weavers and...» Read More
It's hammer time for Sotheby's
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-11-20 15:40:13
It IS the end of an era for Sotheby's art auction house as it heads into its final sales for the year - a tough year marked by falling profits, the global financial crisis, and an audacious takeover by an...» Read More
East Kimberley Painting Revisited
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-11-19 10:08:53
East Kimberley Painting Revisited ROVER THOMAS PADDY JAMINJI FREDDIE TIMMS RUSTY PETERS Caruana & Reid Fine Art is pleased to announce its collaboration with Jirrawun Arts to represent Freddie Timms and Rusty Peters. The inaugural exhibition to feature the recent paintings by these...» Read More
Find a Dream at the Chrissie Cotter Gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-11-17 16:16:55
Women’s imaginative thoughts and desires are celebrated in Dreams, on show at the Chrissie Cotter Gallery from 5 - 29 November 2009. The annual Aboriginal women’s exhibition features the work of Shirley Amos, Euphemia Bostock, Tracey Bostock, Charmaine Davis, Joy Duncan,...» Read More
ART Sense launches in Cairns
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-11-14 20:33:13
A new Aboriginal art sales service and community development organisation has been founded in Cairns, with a second office set to open in Alice Springs. General Manager Tim Cram said four years of development had gone into the ARTSense business model,...» Read More
How can I visit a remote Aboriginal Art Centre?
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-11-14 15:27:30
Many people write in asking about visiting an Aboriginal Art Centre in remote desert Australia. There is information on the Desart website that can help you with all of the questions related to this type of enquiry. Desart suggests you contact the...» Read More
Important aboriginal art collection for private sale
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-11-14 15:27:30
Welcome to this fine aboriginal art collection to be offered by individual lots or offers to be considered for the purchase of the entire collection. Accumulated over 14 years, each painting has detailed provenance documents available for actual perusal by...» Read More
THEY JUST LOVE SHANE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-11-11 08:55:46
He may not win the judges' favour, but West Australian Nyoongar artist Shane Pickett just keeps on picking up the Peoples' Choice prizes. He's won the WA Indigenous Art public's choice for the second year in a row. And he's...» Read More
Jung's Secret Book, Aboriginal Paintings, and Mandalas
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-11-09 15:27:26
Very interesting article, here is an excerpt: But Is It Art? Here I want to make the case that we should not look at Australian Aboriginal paintings, Jung's visionary drawings (1902-1913), or Tibetan mandalas as art, for to do so is reductive. ...» Read More
Desert Knowledge makes $34m funding bid
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-11-07 15:43:54
The Desert Knowledge Co-operative Research Centre is hoping three projects aimed at understanding and responding to the needs of remote Aboriginal people will help it secure long-term funding. The projects are part of a new bid the centre is making in...» Read More
Thomas Ray Ahwang
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-11-07 09:48:55
THOMAS RAY AHWANG At Pandanus Gallery, Palm Cove Saturday, 14 November, 2009 from 2 – 5pm Thomas is a Torres Straits Islander born in December, 1974. A precocious child, primary school did not satisfy his yearning and craving to learn, establishing a...» Read More
2009 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards shortlist announced
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-11-06 15:04:43
Arts Minister Lynne Kosky has announced a shortlist of eighteen Indigenous artists from across Victoria for the 2009 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards. Ms Kosky highlighted the diversity of style and medium amongst the artists selected, and pointed to strong representation from...» Read More
Fine Tribal, Aboriginal Art & International Antiquities
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-10-31 17:50:42
This is to announce our forthcoming auction. The sale will include over 200 lots: Early Indian, Chinese, Southeast Asian, Natural History, Roman, Islamic, Indus Valley, Gandharan, Khmer, art and antiquities. Art and Artefacts from, Australian and Oceania. Highlights include 17th Century...» Read More
LOSS OF GREAT ARTIST FROM THE STONE COUNTRY
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-10-30 18:36:35
Wamud Namok was universally known in life as Lofty. This tall, gentle man first engaged with the white invader when he was about 16 in 1942 – walking 200 kms from his West Arnhemland Stone Country home to work in...» Read More
AMBITIOUS BARKS FROM ARNHEM
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-10-28 16:27:25
I first spotted Gunybi Ganambarr's powers of innovation at the Melbourne Art Fair a couple of years ago. Out of nowhere, seemingly, a bold black and white bark lit up the Annandale Galleries stall. A year later, he was recognised...» Read More
Sale on Australian Aboriginal art - 25% off
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-10-28 01:41:12
This sale, which includes all of Aboriginals: Art of the First Person's tribal art inventory, also includes several pieces of Australian Aboriginal art, all acquired prior to 2001, with some works acquired in 1979. These are works in our personal...» Read More
Claude Carter - Galaroo Manyi (Waterhole Bushtucker)
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-10-25 08:10:10
All good things are three …… Third solo exhibition by young Gooniyandi artist Claude Carter Claude Carter started painting in 2005. His first exhibition in 2006 and the second in 2008 were sell outs and it is anticipated he will have the...» Read More
From a Primitive Present
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-10-24 05:37:31
By Melik Kaylan from the Wall Street Journal: Imagine that you could travel back in time to meet a Stone Age hunter-gatherer, that you could hand him a paintbrush and ask him to paint something on a board or canvas—not warpaint...» Read More
Adelaide Festival unveils its line-up
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-10-23 18:51:33
ADELAIDE Festival director Paul Grabowsky aimed straight for "The Heart" with the poster and program for next year's 50th anniversary Adelaide Festival. US jazz great Wayne Shorter, an international opera production of Le Grand Macabre, the London Sinfonietta and Australia's indigenous...» Read More
Politicians pay tribute to renowned Arnhem artist
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-10-23 09:53:57
Both sides of politics have set aside their bickering to pay tribute to a renowned Northern Territory artist who died recently. The artist, who for cultural reasons is currently known as Wamud Namok, was born at least 80-years ago in Arnhem...» Read More
Visionary realised his dream - Lofty Bardayal Nadjamerrek, has died at the remote western Arnhem Land outstation of Kabulwarnamyo
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-10-23 08:24:45
Obituary from the Age: Wamud Namok, one of the Northern Territory's most distinguished indigenous figures who was widely known as Lofty Bardayal Nadjamerrek, has died at the remote western Arnhem Land outstation of Kabulwarnamyo. He was 83. Namok was a rock artist...» Read More
20 Years Survey Show
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-10-23 08:19:05
To celebrate 20 years of Alcaston Gallery, this survey show at the Depot Gallery @ Danks Street, Waterloo, Sydney, will feature work from some of our most collectable artists. Alcaston Gallery opened at 2 Collins Street, Melbourne in...» Read More
Aboriginal Dreamtime Fine Art Gallery opens in West Hollywood
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-10-22 07:31:12
Aboriginal Dreamtime Fine Art Gallery is pleased to announce it's second location in West Hollywood, CA. Their opening night which was held on September 24th, 2009 proved to be a great success and the gallery will be featuring an exhibition...» Read More
Jeannie Petyarre: Medicine Leaves
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-10-22 03:46:51
Jeannie Petyarre (Pitjara) was born in c.1951 on the Boundary Bore Outstation of Utopia, Aboriginal Art Regions of Central Australia. She is the sister to well known artists Greeny Purvis Petyarre, Evelyn Pultara, Rosemary Petyarre and Anna Price Petyarre. Her...» Read More
right way: the future of Indigenous craft and design - Craft Australia 2009 online forum
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-10-21 09:23:10
right way is Craft Australia's 2009 national online forum, an online discussion and community about future directions for Indigenous craft and design. You are welcome to have a look at what is being talked about, and view the PHOTOS, VIDEOS and...» Read More
Richard Bell: I Am Not Sorry
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-10-19 15:18:03
Australia’s foremost – and most controversial – Aboriginal artist exhibits his work for the first time in New York A Location One International Fellowship exhibition curated by Maura Reilly OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, 8 October 2009, 6–8 PM DATES: 9 October 2009 – 25 November...» Read More
BASKETS AND BIRDS
Posted by Artitja Fine Art | 2009-10-09 16:09:40
BASKETS AND BIRDS: Janine McAullay Bott and Kukula McDonald Two indigenous artists working in vastly different mediums will be exhibiting their work in South Fremantle at Artitja Fine Art’s October Baskets and Birds exhibition - a quirky show of birds...» Read More
Powerful lines and organic forms tell complex stories: first solo exhibition Paddy Bedford outside Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-10-02 08:08:40
Utrecht, 1 October 2009 Powerful lines and organic forms that tell complex stories First solo exhibition Paddy Bedford outside Australia from October 8 at AAMU The grand retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney in 2006/2007 highlighted the status...» Read More
Discovery of new genius Desert Artist: Lena Pwerle
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-09-13 17:36:45
Yesterday Tim Jennings, the general manager of Mbantua Gallery and Cultural Museum in Alice Springs announced what he termed as "yet another artist genius from Utopia'. “The Soakages exhibition we have on display is a milestone for Australian art. The work...» Read More
Coast and country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-09-13 17:36:40
The inaugural three-day Cairns Indigenous Arts Fair has been a festival of peace, love and understanding so far, but the Ariw Poenipan dancers from Saibai Island are dressed for war. When they take to the open-air stage at the Tanks Art...» Read More
Culture warriors practise soft diplomacy
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-09-12 17:25:58
An ambitious Australian arts program aims to grab the attention of the Obama Administration. Washington correspondent Anne Davies reports. The largest contemporary indigenous art exhibition ever to leave Australian shores will open in Washington DC this week, the first event in...» Read More
Aboriginal Painting, Gift and Cost
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-09-12 17:25:56
Re: the Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya exhibition Sent to the resettlement camp at Papunya, in South Central Australia, to acculturate the Aboriginal children, schoolteacher Geoff Bardon noticed that they were drawing nonstop in the sand, and...» Read More
MENAGERIE COMES TO TOWN
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-09-11 18:23:51
We think of Aboriginal art primarily in terms of painting and abstraction. The land, the stories and even the Dreamtime characters – often people morphing into animals – are invariably represented on canvas or bark without figuration. But indigenous art is...» Read More
Artists vie for Uncle Sam's eye
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-09-11 17:16:16
The largest contemporary indigenous art exhibition to leave Australian shores is about to open in Washington, the first event in a cultural initiative that aims to boost Australia's profile in the US. Culture Warriors, which has been curated by the...» Read More
Potomac River dreaming
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-09-10 16:52:46
Renda Croft had a clear purpose in mind when she chose Culture Warriors as the title of the first triennial of contemporary Aboriginal art presented by the National Gallery of Australia. She wanted to pay tribute to the 30...» Read More
NSW Art Gallery renovation mixes old and really old
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-09-09 17:47:27
Barry Pearce, head curator of Australian Art, said an extremely important addition to the works of the great masters was Indigenous art. “We are going to surprise people and bring some old Aboriginal art back in to the gallery,” he said. The...» Read More
COLONIAL TUTINI
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-09-09 00:18:07
The Tiwi people who drove the first White colonialists off their remote Melville Island (80kms north of Darwin) less than 5 years after they tried to establish a fort there are enjoying yet more schadenfreude as their ancient burial poles...» Read More
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SPEAKEASY
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-09-08 12:06:52
OPENING: 25 September, 6 - 8pm Free Admission Gallery 4A’s upcoming group exhibition profiles Asian-Australian history entangled with an Aboriginal history of Australia. Recently returned from representing Australia at the Venice Biennale, Brisbane-based artist Vernon Ah Kee will present work and curate an...» Read More
Last hurrah for old man of brush Tommy Watson
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-09-08 07:10:55
It was only about a decade ago that Tommy Watson, already an old man, first turned his hand to art. His career took off at once. His works were eagerly sought by collectors, breaking records at auction and establishing him as...» Read More
Aboriginal art master puts on final public show
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-09-06 07:05:09
Aboriginal artist Yannima Tommy Watson is a man of few words, but his vibrant works literally shout at audiences from the Muse du Quai Branly in Paris and Australia's most prestigious art galleries. The man widely regarded as Australia's most distinguished...» Read More
Uluru and Kata Tjuta's Influence On Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-09-03 06:59:07
Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park and the Ayers Rock Resort is the center of Australia and is considered to be the center for much of the Aboriginal Art world. Around this park and nearby Alice Springs are many Aboriginal...» Read More
El Norte de Australia ofrece el recorrido artístico Aboriginal Art Trail
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-09-02 06:58:04
Aboriginal Art Trail de Alice Springs conecta prestigiosas galerías de arte a la cultura de las comunidades aborígenes locales y ofrece excelentes oportunidades para profundizar en el conocimiento de historias y leyendas relacionadas con el Dreamtime, o de lugares sagrados...» Read More
Yannima Tommy Watson
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-09-01 17:04:43
‘Watson is a master of invention and arguably, the outstanding painter of the Western Desert ….Each painting tells a specific story, but the most impressive feature is the artist's use of colour…. Like Matisse, Watson knows that one may have...» Read More
ON-LINE VOTING IN THE TELSTRAS
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-09-01 16:07:14
For the first time in its 26 year history, the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in Darwin will include on-line voting in its People's Choice Awards. In Darwin, people still have a couple of weeks to vote for...» Read More
REFLECTIONS ON THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS ART AWARD
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-09-01 07:01:07
From Will Owen: Having stayed at home this year, I don't have much of substance to say about the 26th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards that hasn't already been said elsewhere. I've never been terribly fond of winner...» Read More
Australian Code to Regulate Aboriginal Art Trade
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-28 06:54:36
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 operators,...» Read More
Museums collecting Yass's Aboriginal history
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-28 06:53:09
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 the...» Read More
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair a huge success
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-27 11:04:13
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
Harrison Galleries Sale 2009
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-26 08:05:49
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 - are...» Read More
Wayne Quilliam 2009 NAIDOC ‘Artist of the Year’
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-26 07:10:59
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 Australia’s most...» Read More
PR and Politics at the 2009 Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-25 15:41:28
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 Awards are...» Read More
Shining lights of the north
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-25 08:31:40
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 | 2009-08-24 15:42:57
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...» Read More
Aboriginal centre opens on Monday
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-24 08:26:14
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 also an...» Read More
Outback art code draws line in the sand
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-22 08:21:36
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 by...» Read More
Australian Outback Artists @ Glenelg Fine Art Gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-19 15:39:01
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
Caruana & Reid congratulates Danie Mellor on a fantastic win and an extraordinarily creative 12 months
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-19 08:01:41
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: 2009 26th Telstra...» Read More
Evolution of a landscape
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-18 08:11:58
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
Danie Mellor wins Telstra Aboriginal Art Award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-16 18:07:41
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 year's...» Read More
Keszler Gallery Brings Society And Art Together For 'Nomad Two Worlds'
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-14 18:07:42
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 | 2009-08-14 18:03:06
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 Tuesday 8 September 6:30 – 8:30pm Exhibition dates:...» Read More
Crossing Roper Bar Forum Event
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-14 18:03:02
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 in Australia present a...» Read More
Vernon Ah Kee
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-13 17:51:22
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 text withint his...» Read More
Art Fair strengthens Darwin’s lead in national stakes
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-13 09:24:39
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 Torres...» Read More
Lismore cafe is no longer a wannabe
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-12 17:51:26
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 is delighted...» Read More
This Week In Arts
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-12 17:13:43
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 | 2009-08-12 15:54:09
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 | 2009-08-12 15:47:20
“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 | 2009-08-11 17:44:30
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 | 2009-08-11 17:42:28
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 towns...» Read More
Desert Mob 2009
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-11 17:40:53
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 | 2009-08-10 17:56:59
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 John...» Read More
Painting by William Barak – the last chief of the Yarra Yarra tribe
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-09 17:28:50
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” auction event....» Read More
Hermannsburg Potters - Iltja Nunaka Orkapuma Ntaria
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-09 17:22:19
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 and Carol Rontji will be...» Read More
ABORIGINAL ART FROM THE ARTHUR PAPADIMITRIOU COLLECTION
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-08 00:15:43
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
Our Metro Mob 09
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-05 18:57:57
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 backgrounds...» Read More
The most eye-opening show of Aboriginal art ever
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-04 06:02:30
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 and...» Read More
Sally Gabori at Alcaston Gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-02 06:02:27
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
Desart Strategic Planning Meeting
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-31 17:36:36
The Desart Executive met in Alice Springs on 10 June 2009 for a strategic planning session. It was the second meeting held under the leadership of the new Chairman, Mr Sammy Lyons from Angatja in the PY Lands. With the...» Read More
The Creation of Indigenous Collections in Melbourne: How Kenneth Clark, Charles Mountford, and Leonhard Adam Interrogated Australian Indigeneity
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-31 05:58:16
My paper will explore three personalities, Kenneth Clark, Charles Mountford and Leonard Adam, and the impact they had on the creation and exhibition of collections of indigenous objects in Australia. Kenneth Clark visited Australia briefly in 1948 and left a...» Read More
UK Move On Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-31 05:55:51
Negotiations between Australia and UK could soon re-start in a battle over the return of valuable Aboriginal artworks, writes Nick Gibson. The Dja Dja Wurrung tribe are seeking the return of a pair of Aboriginal bark paintings - insured for more...» Read More
Rumours got my artists rejected: dealer
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-30 05:55:48
Mr Ioannou, the private dealer at the centre of last year's bitter split in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, yesterday accused award organisers of discriminating against his clients. He said a "vicious whispering campaign" was to...» Read More
RICARDO IDAGI WINS WA ART PRIZE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-07-25 19:01:44
Australia’s richest indigenous contemporary art award - the $50,000 Western Australian Indigenous Art Award – has been won by the Torres Strait's Ricardo Idagi. The 53 year old Idagi is a multidisciplinary artist, mask-maker and musician committed to the maintenance...» Read More
The art of war
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-25 05:44:53
Also drawing collectors this week was Sotheby's Aboriginal art sale, which answered some of the breathless questions troubling the art world. Would the indigenous market hold up or would it succumb to the global financial malaise? As with the great conflicts fought...» Read More
INDIGENOUS ARTISTS UP FOR THE CLEMENGER
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-07-24 18:34:52
The 2009 Clemenger Contemporary Art Award has selected four indigenous artists amongst the 15 long-listed for this important triennial exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria.This will be the sixth and final Award in the series following a generous gift...» Read More
Our Mob 09
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-24 17:10:35
Adelaide Festival Centre is proud to present the fourth annual Our Mob exhibition, on display in the Artspace Gallery (upstairs in the Dunstan Playhouse), as well as Festival Centre theatre foyers from 8 August – 20 September 2009. Held during the...» Read More
Emily in Japan
Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2009-07-24 00:00:00
Emily Kame Kngwarreye was an Aboriginal women from Utopia in central Australia who began to paint on canvas when she was about 78years old. In the 8 years before her death in 1996, she produced a staggering output of over...» Read More
Walking with Spirits - Sold Out for 2009
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-20 16:05:22
Presented by Djilpin Arts in partnership with the Australian Shakespeare Company, WALKING WITH SPIRITS is Beswick Community’s annual open cultural celebration. Held 20 kms from the Community at the spectacular wilderness location Malkgulumbu, WALKING WITH SPIRITS features traditional corroborree from...» Read More
2009 Aboriginal Artist of the Year Wayne Quilliam
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-20 15:01:44
Aboriginal photographer/videographer and artist Wayne Quilliam has been awarded what is considered one of the most prestigious Australian art accolades: 2009 NAIDOC ‘Artist of the Year’. In front of more than a thousand people at the Brisbane Convention Centre Wayne accepted...» Read More
Aboriginal art exhibition raises funds for Indigenous medical students
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-20 09:05:18
Daniel Walbidi discovered art as a ten-year-old at school, starting out painting still life scenes. Now he introduces the traditional Aboriginal art style to old and young people in his Western Australian community. "Usually in our culture it's the elders that...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Exhibition to Raise Funds for Indigenous Medicine
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-07-19 11:05:13
"I'm privileged I'm able to use my success to help other people", says Yulparija artist Daniel Walbidi from Bidyadanga near Broome. Walbidi - still in his 20s - discovered art as a ten-year-old at school, starting out painting still life scenes....» Read More
Indigenous art sale a litmus test of the bigger picture
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-19 05:28:27
It is sometimes said that when the Australian art market catches a cold, the indigenous art sector ends up with pneumonia. This fragility is why so many collectors, dealers, gallery owners and artists will be closely watching Sotheby's Aboriginal art sale...» Read More
Public Works: Ginger Riley Munduwalawa
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-18 05:24:54
Ginger Riley Munduwalawala, Limmen Bight River Country (1992). Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, bought 1992. On display until December 6. IN the 1950s Ginger Riley Munduwalawala was working as a stockman, droving cattle from the vast stations of the Northern Territory...» Read More
Aboriginal art exhibition raises funds for Indigenous medical students
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-18 05:21:52
Daniel Walbidi discovered art as a ten-year-old at school, starting out painting still life scenes. Now he introduces the traditional Aboriginal art style to old and young people in his Western Australian community. "Usually in our culture it's the elders that...» Read More
Eyeing the invisible
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-17 22:16:37
He's Australian by birth, and of Scottish and Australian Aboriginal descent - but he has created many of his major works in far-flung locales including Lithuania, England, India, China and New York. These works themselves also defy easy categorisation, encompassing neon...» Read More
Aboriginal artist honored in Washington D.C. for NAIDOC Week
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-17 07:47:07
Ken Thaiday Senior, respected artist from the Torres Strait Island, presents his visions and art with grace and eloquence. With his wife Liz by his side, they have been transported from one world to another to be honored in Washington,...» Read More
New theory may put location of Joseph Lycett painting in perspective
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-17 07:27:44
A 200-year-old mystery about one of Newcastle's most famous pieces of Aboriginal art history may have been solved, with a new theory about the location of a Joseph Lycett painting. Lycett was a convict and one of Australia's earliest colonial artists. The...» Read More
Warlukurlangu Survey Show 2009
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-17 07:21:10
The beautiful and colourful works of the Warlukurlangu Artists' Aboriginal Association, hailing from Darwin, Australia, will be in town between 26 August to 3 October. International. Dubbed the Warlukurlangu Survey Show 2009, the exhibition pays homage to the aboriginal art...» Read More
Generation Next set to hit WA
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-15 21:04:21
After a sell out exhibition in 2008, Generation Next will open at Randell Lane Fine Art on 22 July 2009 showcasing Australia's best new talent and new directions in contemporary Indigenous art. This much anticipated show will promise to dazzle...» Read More
Ada Bird Petyarre c. 1930 - 2009
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-07-15 18:53:02
Acclaimed Utopia artist, Ada Bird Petyarre, well known for the breast paint-ups of her Awelye (body paint designs) and for Arnkerrthe (Mountain Devil Lizard) paintings, passed away peacefully on Sunday 28th June. Famous for her bubbly personality, Ada was the...» Read More
Page 8
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-15 12:59:09
Adelaide Festival Centre's Australian Stories program presents Company B's production of Page 8 written by David Page and Louis Nowra Following a successful, critically acclaimed 2005 Adelaide Cabaret Festival season, Page 8 has been thrilling audiences around the world. An...» Read More
NGA to run programs to foster indigenous art curating
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-10 02:49:06
The Aboriginal art market generates more than $300 million a year and produces some of Australia's most talented artists. But when it comes to managing and curating art, only a tiny percentage of Australia's visual arts professionals are indigenous. For three years,...» Read More
Aboriginal art on show
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-10 02:43:22
MEMBERS of Hume’s indigenous community have been busily preparing for NAIDOC week, which kicked off on Sunday. During NAIDOC (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) week indigenous Australians celebrate their cultures and their contribution to society. Hume City Council and...» Read More
Peter Garrett to open Dailan Pugh’s exhibition in Lismore
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-10 02:43:06
The Federal Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett, will have the chance to soak up the rich cultural and environmental heritage of our region during a full day of events when he visits Page on Wednesday. Page...» Read More
State Government helps indigenous artists with program support
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-10 02:39:17
The Liberal-National Government has provided a $30,000 grant to help remote indigenous communities develop their art as a sustainable means of income. Premier Colin Barnett today confirmed the funding when he visited FORM Contemporary Craft and Design in Port Hedland,...» Read More
National Arts and Crafts Industry Support
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-10 02:37:25
The National Arts and Crafts Industry Support (NACIS) program provides direct funding support to Indigenous art centres and arts support and advocacy organisations. The program's overall objectives are to assist art centres to become stronger and to build a more...» Read More
Cash for Desart, other centres
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-10 02:35:24
Central Australian Aboriginal art centres are the big winners from the federal government's latest arts funding package, which divides $9.3 million between 86 organisations. The biggest recipient is Desart, the umbrella body for central Australian Aboriginal art centres, with $1,489,300 over...» Read More
GWAS Media Musings
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-10 02:26:24
ArtWorld magazine, the bi-monthly glossy dedicated to the contemporary art scene launched in early 2008 by publisher Steve Bush, is set to fold, along with stablemates Adam & Eve and Aboriginal Art...» Read More
Gallery on wheels
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-06 05:43:33
A unique vehicle, which has spent the past few years spreading the message on indigenous culture, is undergoing an amazing transformation. But the stunning artwork, which makes the message stick unique, will not be touched. The ex army Landrover ambulance is owned...» Read More
Seattle Museum to Return Aboriginal Object, Without Being Asked
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-03 09:34:58
In 1970, Seattle Art Museum (SAM) founder Richard Fuller purchased an Australian Aboriginal sacred object that the museum has never shown. Now it’s being returned, even though no one has asked SAM to do so. The person responsible is SAM's African...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Shines in Charlottesville
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-03 09:31:45
Aboriginal Art Date:2009 Auction House:Sotheby's Location: Australia Catalogue Information: 153 lots 150 with images Viewing Notes: Fri, 17 Jul 09, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Sat, 18 Jul 09, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Sun, 19 Jul 09, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Sale Notes: Absentee Bids, Sydney Tel: +612...» Read More
FIRST STEP IN TACKLING RACISM
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-03 09:29:09
Last week the head of WA’s peak multicultural lobby group, the Ethnic Communities Council of WA warned that Australian society is becoming more racist as the economic downturn fuels hostility towards foreigners. In response the Council has developed a website...» Read More
From little things . . .
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-03 09:24:51
Another business entrepreneur who captured a simple idea and took it to the next level is Kelli Ryan, who last year started the Boolarng Nangamai Aboriginal Art & Culture Studio in Gerringong, on the south coast of NSW. While many people...» Read More
Big City Challenges – The Marrka Wangka Story
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-30 17:35:12
A group of artworkers have used a visit to Melbourne for personal and career development. The ten artworkers from across Central Australia took part in ‘Marrka Wangka’ – meaning ‘strong talk’ – a five day training program designed to...» Read More
Big Eye: Aboriginal Animatiations
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-24 19:35:44
Aboriginal Dreaming in the digital age Big Eye: Aboriginal Animations presents Aboriginal Australian and Aboriginal Canadian new media artists who draw on digital techniques as a part of ongoing cultural maintenance. From July 3 until July 18, Big Eye: Aboriginal Animations will...» Read More
Western Desert Mob Art Centres go Troppo - Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair August 2009
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-23 18:37:20
Western Desert Mob members Tjanpi Desert Weavers, Tjarlirli Art and Warakurna Artists are travelling north to Darwin to participate in this year’s prestigious Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair. The Art Fair coincides with the 26th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait...» Read More
Artist ‘returns from the dead’
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-23 03:45:22
The last time Keith Adams saw Nyarrapyi Giles, she was an emaciated teenage mother trying desperately to keep her two small sons alive in the Gibson Desert while teetering on the brink of death herself. After arranging for the dehydrated, starving...» Read More
Buy your 'aboriginal art' — direct from Indonesia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-23 03:41:57
An art wholesaler investigated for selling phoney Aboriginal artefacts imported from Indonesia has exposed the breadth of use of non-existent "pseudonyms" to cash in on the success of legitimate indigenous artists. Australian Dreamtime Creations and its director, Tony Antoniou, are under...» Read More
THOMSON TIME COMES TO MELBOURNE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-06-22 13:27:49
Thomson Time was discovered Down South when the film, Ten Canoes revealed that in parts of Arnhemland, the period when anthropologist Donald Thomson photographed and recorded his encounters with Yolgnu people in the 1930s and 40s have come to be...» Read More
In other worlds
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-22 03:46:34
From The Age: In the Northern Territory's imaginary landscapes, Sophie Cunningham sees anew. I realised that, despite my distance from Central Australia and the indigenous culture there, I had heard Aboriginal stories and looked at Aboriginal art for much of my...» Read More
Australian Company Sold Fake Aboriginal Art, Watchdog Group Says
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-19 08:01:06
An Aboriginal art wholesaler and retailer is being sued for allegedly selling works purported to be of Aboriginal origin when actually they were from Indonesia. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is bringing a lawsuit against the Australian Dreamtime Creations Pty...» Read More
ACCC investigates 'Aboriginal' art dealer
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-19 07:58:11
The consumer watchdog has taken legal action against an Aboriginal art dealer which allegedly sold art made in Indonesia under the guise it was Australian. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accused the retailer, Australian Dreamtime Creations, of falsely...» Read More
Shapiro Australian and International Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-17 20:53:51
AUSTRALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL ART | SYDNEY | MAY 3 | 2.00PM 162 Queen Street Woollahra | On View Saturday 25 April – Saturday 2 May 11am –...» Read More
Aboriginal Art and Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-16 17:54:18
Australian Aboriginal Art is much sought after internationally, but Australians overall and Aborigines themselves benefit little from it. By John August Gordon Syron is an Aboriginal artist who understands the market better than most, having run an art gallery in...» Read More
GARMA TALKS CULTURE IN AUGUST
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-06-15 17:33:29
The Indigenous Creative Industries is the 2009 theme of the nationally significant Key Forum at this year's Garma Festival of Traditional Culture, Australia’s leading Indigenous cultural exchange, to be held for the 11th time in August at Gulkula, near Nhulunbuy...» Read More
ArtiFacts Aboriginal Art Consultancy Launch
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-12 16:57:40
Jane Raffan, former Head of Aboriginal Art at Shapiro, has launched ArtiFacts, a consultancy practice focused on delivering dependable and expert advice in the specialist field of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art. THE SERVICE Services include collection management, market...» Read More
Ngalla marraaju wuuju dulka kilwanmaruthu / We'll show you our country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-12 15:57:18
The ReDot gallery is proud to welcome the 1st Singaporean show for the powerful and colourful works of the Bentinck Island Art Gang. "Ngalla marraaju wuuju dulka kilwanmaruthu/we'll show you our country" will showcase the very best from this group of...» Read More
RED OCHRE PRIZE GOES TO DOUGHTY FIGHTER
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-06-12 11:47:16
Yolgnu painter and rights campaigner Gawirrin Gumana AO was honoured with the most senior prize in Indigenous arts at the Australia Council's 2009 National Indigenous Arts Awards recently. The $50,000 Red Ochre Award was presented by film director Baz Luhrmann, recognising...» Read More
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Warmurunngu- Nyarrapyi Giles Solo Exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-11 22:32:49
Warmurunngu is the name of a site where women collect Kaarku ( coloured ochres) used in Inma (women ceremonies). When ochres are excavated and the spirits of the Karaya (emus) are released like Warlpa (wind) and take physical form....» Read More
Ochre Dreaming: Stories from the East Kimberley
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-11 21:19:25
The ReDot gallery is proud to welcome back the natural ochre artworks of the famous Warmun Art Centre. After a very successful 1st exhibition in June 2008, the unique canvases of this Kimberley community will again be gracing the walls...» Read More
"FAKE!", the underbelly of the Australian art world exposed
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-11 03:42:23
Reporter Quentin McDermott tells how up to ten per cent of art that's resold across Australia could be problematic. This crisis of confidence has led art lovers to demand that any fake unfairly traded should be destroyed or registered, to...» Read More
Warakurna Artists Travelling North - Darwin Exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-11 02:04:05
Outstation Gallery, Darwin in conjunction with Warakurna Artists, Western Australia proudly invites you to view new paintings by Warakurna Artists, including: Tommy Mitchell, Tjapartji Bates, Eunice Yunurupa Porter, Peter Tjarluri Lewis, Carol Maayatja Golding, Tjunka Lewis & Rachel Jennings. DETAILS Exhibition Opening...» Read More
Colour Country: Art from Roper River' Tours for a Year
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-06-10 13:45:29
It could hardly be further from the rich wetlands of the Roper River on the Gulf of Carpentaria coast at the southern fringe of Arnhemland. But the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery in dry old New South Wales has just opened...» Read More
Real to Surreal, Scenes from the Centre
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-09 17:23:47
Real to Surreal, Scenes from the Centre: Journey with the new generation of Hermannsburg watercolour artists The Art Centre Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra; Many Hands Art Centre is situated in the township of Alice Springs and has been established to provide a place...» Read More
Menzies Art Brands June 2009 Catalogue Online
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-09 00:58:14
A combination of fine art and Australian Aboriginal art. Please follow the link below for further details and to view the catalogue...» Read More
$1m grant gets art online
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-09 00:31:36
The presence of indigenous art at the Art Gallery of South Australia will be transformed by a $1.05 million grant from Santos. The funds will overcome a major impediment in the gallery's plans to make the most of its pioneering collection...» Read More
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2009
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-09 00:31:33
13 AUG 2009 - 15 AUG 2009 Free entry The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair will provide a unique artistic experience for all lovers of indigenous art and culture. Representing over 30 community arts centres from across Australia, including Arnhem Land, the...» Read More
Fake art damaging reputation of local artists (TBM)
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-01 00:27:48
Indigenous galleries and artists have recently raised concerns about unauthentic Aboriginal art in Australia. Sales and marketing manager of Murra Wolka Creations, Dean Slockee, said unauthentic Aboriginal art gave profits to other countries and altered the reputation of the Aboriginal artists...» Read More
Shalom Institute funds Aboriginal medical students
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-29 00:46:24
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 to...» Read More
A decade of Australia’s indigenous fine art 1999-2009
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-26 18:14:57
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, sculptures,...» Read More
McCulloch’s Aboriginal Art @ Salt Contemporary
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-26 18:12:01
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 more than 40...» Read More
The stuff of dreams
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-25 00:32:12
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...» Read More
Tribal Art - New artist at Tony Bond art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-25 00:26:55
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 and have...» Read More
Go Walkabout for Rare View of Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-25 00:26:54
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
EMSAH Research Seminar: Aboriginal Art & Systems Theory
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-21 18:23:10
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
Best in the west
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-18 08:06:49
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 | 2009-05-16 22:51:01
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 | 2009-05-16 22:50:57
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," he says...» Read More
Warwick Thornton discusses Samson and Delilah with the WSWS
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-16 22:46:50
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 Australia,...» Read More
Desart welcomes $10m industry funding
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-16 22:42:18
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 package is...» Read More
Samson and Delilah
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-16 22:37:37
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 days...» Read More
Interview with Warwick Thornton, writer/director of Samson & Delilah
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-16 22:37:37
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 critics...» Read More
Venice Reflux: Doctorin' The Tardis
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-16 22:08:20
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
Minister lashes the 'culture vultures' of Aboriginal art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-16 21:58:08
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 | 2009-05-16 21:52:11
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 the different values placed upon Aboriginal art across a spectrum...» Read More
Mike Anderson new director of AAMU
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-16 18:46:13
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 | 2009-05-15 22:51:12
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 design...» Read More
WA ART PRIZE NOMINEES NAMED
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-05-12 14:54:53
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 (born 1958 Goose Creek, Milikapiti,...» Read More
Interview with Leon Paroissien and Bernice Murphy
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-10 06:27:03
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 organised by...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Exhibit Opens at the Fowler
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-10 06:22:56
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
Central Australian Film Samson and Delilah screens at the Cannes Film Festival
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-07 16:36:37
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 sense....» Read More
Visiting the old outback haunts of an Aboriginal water colourist
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-06 09:05:39
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 | 2009-05-04 20:11:22
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 Art...» Read More
Artistic gems from the Australian outback
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-04 20:09:19
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 of...» Read More
ABORIGINAL ART AT CANNES!
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-05-01 20:11:33
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 | 2009-05-01 18:00:49
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, in 1994,...» Read More
Australian & International Art Auction
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-04-30 18:41:22
Australian & International Art Auction to be held Sunday 3 May, 2pm Viewing Thursday 30 April - Saturday 2 May 11am - 5pm and by appointment Shapiro 162 Queen Street Woollahra NSW 2025 www.shapiro.com.au T 02 9326 1588 ...» Read More
Families cry foul over artists' move
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-04-30 18:38:08
More controversy surrounding John Ioannou from Gabriella Coslovich in The Age: During Easter, art dealer John Ioannou, who owns Agathon Galleries in Melbourne and Sydney, arranged for two senior Aboriginal artists to be moved from their remote desert community in South...» Read More
30 Under 30
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-04-30 00:54:36
Indigenart, Mossenson Galleries are pleased to invite you to the launch of our second, annual survey exhibition of young Indigenous artists from across Australia: 30 Under 30: A New Generation of Indigenous Art The exhibitions will be launched in both Melbourne...» Read More
Aboriginal Art at "Kunsttour 2009"
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-04-30 00:46:52
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 Art...» Read More
MAWURNDJUL – ART AND POLITICS
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-04-28 13:17:51
A brief survey of the great Arnhemland artist, John Mawurndjul's work has been mounted in Canberra. It sits at the Drill Hall Gallery in the ANU until 24th May. The occasion was also used to launch a book of the...» Read More
Finding salvation in film
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-04-27 18:37:34
Article in The Age about Samson & Delilah director Warwick Thornton. The future film director and writer spent three years skipping school and roaming the streets of Alice Springs, where he was born, some 400 kilometres south of the country of...» Read More
Gloria Petyarre
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-04-16 14:02:26
Gloria Petyarre is one of the most successful indigenous artists from Utopia, a region 270kms northeast from Alice Springs. Gloria’s seven sisters are also artists, such as the well-known Kathleen Petyarre, Nancy Petyarre, Violet Petyarre and Ada Bird. Like...» Read More
Mawukura (Mulgra) Jimmy Nerrimah
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-04-16 05:02:06
Jila Ngurrara (Waterhole Country) 2 – 23 May 2009 Mulgra Jimmy Nerrimah is a highly respected Walmajarri elder and medicine man. His country is around Wayampajarti a Jila (permanent waterhole) in the North Western area of the Great Sandy...» Read More
Australia’s aboriginal art enthralls all
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-04-14 07:20:32
Australian art seems to be the flavour of this week. Everywhere we can see reviews of ‘Desert Dreamings