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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
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
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
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
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
Ochres to Dust - Coo-ee Stock Show
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-19 08:01:59
Ochres to Dust 15th June - 15th July 2009 This exhibition is a collection of works from put together from Coo-ee's...» 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
DH March 09 Aboriginal Art Auction Pt. 2
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-04-14 07:23:11
The second installment from Nicholas Forrest talks about each auction in detail and comments that there is a reduced momentum in the Aboriginal art market: On a more positive not, Emily Kngwarreye’s “Untitled (Alhalkere) 1995″ sold for $210,000 against an estimate...» Read More
'EARTH'S CREATION' IN ALICE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-03-29 14:44:10
The painting that briefly set the record for Aboriginal art, and still holds the record for a painting by an Australian woman – Emily Kngwarreye's 'Earth's Creation' – is now on show in Alice Springs. During the 2007 peak in Aboriginal...» Read More
GOOCH'S UTOPIA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2008-11-26 11:45:00
Of the key (white) facilitators of the Aboriginal art movement, only Geoffrey Bardon has ensured his own immortality via assiduous publication. And his reputation is based on just 12 months effort between the school wall painting at Papunya and his...» Read More
Gallery on the go looks for a new home
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-13 12:00:14
A great story about the unlikely Aboriginal art collection of Gordon Syron: A convicted murderer who learnt to paint in Long Bay jail 30 years ago, he paints and collects art to depict his experience of a racist and unjust Australia....» Read More
Ada Bird Petyarre
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-21 02:40:16
Ada Bird Petyarre emerged as a seminal participant in the ‘Summer Project’ organized by the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association CAAMA in 1988. This workshop was to play a vital role in introducing women into what was, at the time,...» Read More
Greenie Purvis Petyarre
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-11 10:47:48
Greenie Purvis Petyarre is the most successful male artist in an artistic dynasty that includes his aunt Emily Kngwarreye, cousin Gloria Petyarre and a number of blood sisters and half sisters. Now a highly respected tribal elder for...» Read More
Australian Aboriginal Art Exhibition in Japan
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-19 12:37:51
A post from the Living Edge blog about the ABC Sunday arts program about Emily Kngwarreye. I flicked onto the ABC’s Sunday arts program yesterday to find the show was about an exhibition of the late aboriginal painter Emily Kame Kngwarreye...» Read More
Emily's art return home after dream run
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-14 13:45:47
James Massola from the Canberra Times lets readers in the ACT know that the Emily Kngwarreye exhibition is returning to Canberra: After a ground-breaking tour of Japan that took in Osaka and Tokyo, Utopia: The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye is...» Read More
Emily's art return home after dream run
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-13 12:37:35
James Massola reports on the Emily Kngwarreye Japan tour, and its last stop, Canberra: After a ground-breaking tour of Japan that took in Osaka and Tokyo, Utopia: The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye is coming to Canberra. The exhibition, which will open...» Read More
The Laverty Collection
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-08 15:51:23
The Laverty Collection goes on display in the new book Beyond Sacred as well as in exhibition form at the Newcastle Regional Art Gallery. The photo below is a spectacular shot of the Laverty's with their collection. ...» Read More
Beyond Sacred – The Laverty Collection of Indigenous Art in Print and on Exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-08 15:48:57
Jeremy Eccles looks at Beyond Sacred. Quoted from the article: It's a crucial time for Aboriginal art. We should be sitting up and admiring the maturing of the most dynamic art movement in the country from a condition of amateur...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Searches in July
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-02 05:54:18
In July Minnie Pwerle was no longer the most searched artist on the Aboriginal Art Directory. Joyce James has taken over, followed by Daisy Leura Nakamarra and then Minnie Pwerle. For a complete breakdown of the most popular Aboriginal...» Read More
Australian fashion gets hip
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-28 23:34:33
An article in the Sunday Times that talks about Australian fashion and mentions the impact of Aboriginal art. Quoted from the article: THE ART Contemporary Aboriginal art is “the most important new art movement in the world today”, according to the critic...» Read More
Space and Light
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-26 00:28:42
An Indigenous Art exhibition inspired curatorially by James Turell, Claude Monet and Walter De Maria, The Chicho Museum, Naoshima, Japan. 'There is no object in this work. There never was. There is no image within it. It demonstrates the play...» Read More
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art presents Space and Light, Bondi Beach Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-26 00:25:43
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art recently had an eBlast about their current exhibition, Space and...» Read More
Aboriginal Art on display at the Gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-24 04:40:12
ABORIGINAL and Islander art is proudly on display in the Queensland Times gallery space of the Ipswich Art Gallery. Arts, Community and Cultural Services Committee Chairperson, Councillor Charlie Pisasale said the NAIDOC Week 2008 Exhibition marked the National Aborigines and Islanders...» Read More
Half their luck as mining boom boosts fortunes
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-28 07:49:01
The Art Gallery of Western Australia talks about the recently announced Indigenous Art Prize as well as possible acquisitions. "We moved heaven and earth to find $500,000 to buy a Rover Thomas painting recently and we've got great Emily Kngwarreyes. Indigenous...» Read More
Beyond Sacred
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-11 00:00:04
Beyond Sacred Recent Paintings from Australia's Remote Aboriginal Communities by Judith Ryan, Nick Waterlow and Howard Morphy Read more about Beyond Sacred: Recent Paintings from Australia's Remote Aboriginal...» Read More
Is Emily Kngwarreye's work abstract expressionism
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-05-06 23:47:57
Help Trevor Cook find out Emily Kngwarreye's work is abstract...» Read More
Kudditji Kngwarreye
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-04-04 00:00:00
Senior Anmatyerre artist Kudditji Kngwarreye bridges cultural boundaries with his contemporary interpretation of ancestral stories. Capturing the changing moods and seasons of his desert country with sometimes bright, sometimes subtle blocks of colour, his paintings sing in a way that...» Read More
Emily's Country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-30 01:17:26
The Emily Kngwarreye show has been very popular in Japan, as Akino Yoshihara writes: An Aborigine community in the boundless red desert of central Australia nurtured a gifted artist who was full of dynamism and creativity. Emily Kame Kngwarreye, who lived...» Read More
AboriginalArtDirect #2
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-27 19:29:18
In this edition of AboriginalArtDirect Jeremy Eccles examines how you buy your art and key moral questions facing every buyer in the Aboriginal art market. We also highlight the latest Emily Kngwarreye exhibition in Japan and the...» Read More
Evelyn Pultara Artist Slideshow
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-06 02:48:46
Evelyn Pultara was born in c.1940 at Woodgreen Station, Utopia and has been painting since 1997. Evelyn paints the bush yam, the totem she shares with her late aunt Emily Kngwarreye - the most notable Aboriginal Artist. Evelyn Pultara is a...» Read More
Painting meets medicine for healing dream in country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-17 10:40:14
Sydney Morning Herald preview of Utopia Revisited exhibition. Quoted from article: After establishing the Aboriginal Benefit Foundation in 2005 and funding small-scale indigenous health and welfare projects, the Aboriginal art specialist and gallery owner has set a goal of raising $1 million...» Read More
Utopia Revisited
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-09 11:35:25
NG Art Gallery is hosting 'a women's' only exhibition to coincide loosely with International Women's Day on Saturday 8 March. A number of established indigenous artists will show their work in 'Utopia Revisited' to be opened by Her Excellency Professor...» Read More
Utopia Revisited exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-09 11:22:46
NG Art Gallery in association with Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Dacou Gallery, Gallery Australis and Lauraine Diggins Fine Art present ’Utopia Revisited’ Exhibition to opened by Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Governor of New South Wales Tuesday 12 February...» Read More
A Fine Romance: White Money, Black Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-01-26 13:52:04
An Quoted from the paper: Despite allegations of corruption and fraud, the Aboriginal art market continues to flourish. Early paintings fetch increasingly higher prices, while indigenous art centres maintain a steady supply of new works. This frenzied activity is of course,...» Read More
Sydney Morning Herald - Shields and swords set cracking pace at Sotheby's auction
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-12-15 03:31:38
Peter Fish December 15, 2007 Article in the Sydney Morning Herald about the Sotheby's November 25 auction. Quoted from the article: If Tim Klingender was gnashing his teeth about a few unsold lots in Sotheby's recent Aboriginal and Oceanic Art sale in Paddington, it...» Read More
Peter Coster looks back on 2007
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-12-14 22:39:03
Peter Coster from the Herald Sun looks at the Australian auction results in 2007. He talks about distributions to the artist and highlights works by Rover Thomas, Emily Kngwarreye and Clifford Possum. Quoted from the article: Climbing the steps to see a...» Read More
Utopia: the Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-12-12 12:47:29
National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan, 26 February, 2008 An Australian Aboriginal artist, Emily Kame Kngwarreye (1910-96) created Compellingly free-spirited and innovative art outside of any Western tradition. This event marks the first full-fledged examination of this world-renowned...» Read More
Sydney Morning Herald Breakaway auction house packs 'em in
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-11-26 02:56:31
An article in the Sydney Morning Herald about art auctioneer Deutscher and Hackett and a preview of Lawson-Menzies's Aboriginal art sale in Kensington in August 2007, with the highlight being Emily Kngwarreye's Earth's Creation, a 6.3-metre wide riot of densely...» Read More
Bonhams & Goodmans Australian, International and Aboriginal Art 19 November 2007
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-11-26 01:41:02
Bonhams & Goodmans recently hosted an Australian, International and Aboriginal Art auction. The auction took place on19 November 2007 and featured works from Patrick Oloodoodi Tjungurrayi, Ewald Namatjira, Albert Namatjira, Kathleen Petyarre, Emily Kngwarreye, Samantha Hobson, Walangkura Napanangka, Millie Skeen...» Read More
Elder Fine Art Aboriginal Paintings Auction: December 2 2007
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-11-26 01:34:02
Elder Fine Art Aboriginal Paintings Auction will be held in Adelaide on December 2 2007 at 12pm. The auction includes works by Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, Clifford Possum, Dorothy Napangardi, Abie Loy, Billy Stockman, William Sandy, Kathleen Petyarre, Gabriella Possum, Emily Kngwarreye, Gloria Petyarre,...» Read More
Sydney Morning Hearld - Spotted in Kensington: an important Rover
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-28 03:27:54
An article by Peter Fish in the Sydney Morning Herald discussing the highlights of the November 2007 auction season. Quoted from the article: For its part, Sotheby's has not let much out of the bag on its Aboriginal art sale, although for...» Read More
National Museum sends Kngwarreye exhibition to Japan
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-18 12:44:39
Quoted from the article: The collection of 120 artworks by the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye has been selected for exhibition at the National Museum of Art in Osaka and the National Art Centre in Tokyo early next year. The exhibition, valued at...» Read More
Sydney Morning Herald - A pretty good result all round, possums
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-08-06 03:00:29
Sydney Morning Herald article about the success of the Sotheby's Aboriginal Art July 24 auction, including record prices for: Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri Warlugulong for $2.4 million Tommy Lowry Tjapaltjarri Two Men Dreaming for $440,000 Gordon Bennett Possession Island for $384,000 Naata Nungarrayi The Soakage...» Read More
Art sales: Will the Aboriginal magic return?
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-07-17 08:57:18
Article in the Telegraph about the upcoming Sotheby's auction and in particular Warlugulong by Clifford Possum with a price tag of over 2.5 million AUD. Quoted from the article: When Warlugulong was painted, the average price for a Possum painting was between...» Read More
The Australian: provocative statements with a positive message
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-09-15 07:01:33
Richard Bell: Positivity Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, until October 14. THIS survey of Richard Bell's work in the past 15 years requires a rapid-fire engagement. It proves, had there been any doubt, that Bell - a political activist who came to...» Read More
Sydney Morning Herald Breakaway auction house packs 'em in
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-08-26 03:37:51
Kirsty Simpson from the Sydney Morning Herald looks at the recent increase in value of Aboriginal Art and whether it makes a good investment for a superannuation fund. Simpson uses Rover Thomas's premonition of Cyclone Tracy, Bugaltji - Lissadell Country, sold...» Read More
Colours of Utopia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-02-17 00:00:00
The community of Utopia has a long history of artistic tradition and has produced some of the best-known Indigenous artists of our time. These include nationally and internationally acclaimed artists such as the late Emily Kngwarreye, together with Gloria Petyarre,...» Read More
Linda Syddick Napaljarri & Evelyn Pultara
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2005-07-15 00:00:00
Linda Syddick, a member of the Pintupi people from Lake Mackay, W.A. and Evelyn Pultara from the Utopia Community north of Alice Springs are around the same age as both were born around 1940 and both experienced a very traditional...» Read More
Major Aboriginal art exhibition supports Indigenous health
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2005-06-25 06:38:58
A major exhibition of Aboriginal art, featuring more than 60 works by some of Australia's most celebrated Indigenous artists, is being held at Shalom College at UNSW this week (24-28 July). The Shalom Gamarada Art Exhibition will help raise funds to...» Read More
Utopia Revealed
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2005-02-11 00:00:00
Japingka Gallery is launching its 2005 Indigenous Fine Art Exhibition programme with an important exhibition of major new works by the leading artists from this remarkable and remote Community (270 kms north east of Alice Springs). Japingka Gallery has commissioned...» Read More
Kudditji Kngwarreye - My Country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2004-08-27 00:00:00
Like his famous older sister, the late great Emily Kngwarreye, Kudditji Kngwarreye has a deserved reputation as an innovator and as a consummate artist. As an Ammatyerre Elder and custodian of many important Dreamings, Kudditji Kngwarreye has been actively painting...» Read More
Light Over Utopia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2003-03-21 00:00:00
The Community of Utopia has a very long history of artistic tradition and has produced some of the best-known artists of our time. Artists such as Emily Kngwarreye, Kathleen Petyarre, Gloria Petyarre and Ada Bird. All of who have featured...» Read More
Japingka Gallery exhibitions prior to 2003
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2002-12-13 08:47:35
A list of exhibitions held by Japingka Gallery prior to 2003: Lorna Napurrula Fencer Generations - Utopia artists - click for preview Painters of the Kimberley & Western Desert Minnie Pwerle & Mary Mclean Little Gems Lajamanu Artists of the Tanami Michael Nelson Jagamara Sand Spinifex & Salt-...» Read More
The fortunes of Aboriginal art outside Australia: ethnographica or art?
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2002-06-24 14:14:05
When Australians with even the most glancing interest in art meet overseas visitors, Aboriginal art is invariably a pressing topic. Tourists routinely buy Aboriginal work from all sorts of vendors, ranging from airport shops to Aboriginal-owned cooperatives. But many Australians...» Read More
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