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The Artery now has a blog

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-20 02:27:51

Since opening our gallery in 2005, we have met hundreds of terrific people and thought that a blog would be a great way for you to see what we're up to. Finally, we've got the blog linked to our website which...» Read More

Self representing artists

Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2008-11-19 00:00:00

AFFORDABLE ART BY A SPECIAL GROUP OF SELF REPRESENTING ARTISTS Central Art is pleased to present an exhibition of works by a group of five especially talented emerging artists. These five artists represent themselves in the art market and distribute their...» Read More

Exhibition aims to raise profile of fibre art

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-17 20:29:16

Penny McLintock reports for ABC: The curator of a new exhibition on Indigenous fibre art hopes it will raise the profile of the contemporary works. ReCoil: Change and Exchange in Coiled Fibre Art includes works by 15 textile artists and is on...» Read More

Linda Syddick Napaltjarri

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-14 00:00:00

Linda Syddick Napaltjarri paints the great Tingari narratives of her ancestral homelands near Lake Mackay in the Gibson Desert. Linda incorporates images of her Pintupi country and of the spirits of her late relatives as a way to remember them...» 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

Lifestyle Visit to aboriginal art exhibition

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-13 11:52:39

An excellent community newspaper, Pine Rivers Press, has a nice little article about a planned visit to the Namatijira to Now exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery. THE Friends Group of the Pine Rivers Regional Art Gallery in Strathpine is organising...» Read More

Linda Syddick Napaltjarri

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-11 06:03:54

Lighting up the Territory

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-10 23:55:27

Will Owen likes the latest post from The Northern Myth: [Bob Gosford's] latest post will be of interest to regular readers of this blog, as it is a long analysis of the proposed resale royalty that makes the scheme seem even...» Read More

Colleen Wallace Nungari Competition - 6 weeks to go

Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2008-11-07 00:00:00

The Colleen Wallace Nungari Competition only has 6 weeks to go. Central Art Aboriginal Art Store is offering all our existing Central Art Mailing List subscribers as well as any new members that join the Central Art Mailing List the chance...» Read More

Celebrating Ten Successful Years Sharing Indigenous Culture

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-06 12:05:59

In November 2008 Muru Mittigar Aboriginal Cultural Centre at Castlereagh New South Wales will acknowledge the 10th anniversary of its formation with a number of planned celebrations. An indigenous art exhibition will be officially opened at the Centre at 6.00pm...» Read More

Big Story Country

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-04 19:08:42

GREAT ARTS STORIES FROM REGIONAL AUSTRALIA can now be downloaded from www.regionalarts.com.au in pdf or html format. Big Story Country showcase stories about the great, the curious, the inspirational and the most creative arts and artistic events that have happened in...» Read More

Not just the usual suspects

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-01 01:05:52

The Australian previews the announcement of the WA Premier's Indigenous Art awards: The $50,000 WA Premier's Indigenous Art Award aims to reveal new talent as well as the known. Can a group of men from the Great Victoria Desert win Australia's richest...» Read More

Concerns Aboriginal art wealth not reaching communities

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-10-25 14:20:25

ABC Media reports that the Papunya and Kintore communities are not benefitting from the sale of artists works as much as is possible: Minister for Central Australia Alison Anderson has expressed concern that the communities of Papunya and Kintore are not...» Read More

Art resale royalties 'may cost indigenous artists'

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-10-25 14:15:44

Does the new federal government royalty plan benefit Indigenous artists: Based on sales figures over that period, Whiteley, Brack, Williams, Arthur Boyd and Charles Blackman would have been the top beneficiaries of a royalty scheme similar to the model proposed by...» Read More

Australian Aboriginal Artist Lloyd Hornsby Gawura

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-10-24 12:24:17

From Lloyd Hornsby Gawura's blog: My exhibition at the State Library- 2008 Heart Foundation East Coast Aboriginal Art Exhibition. The Art Exhibition which celebrates the strength, tenacity and generosity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders communities in taking a stand to...» Read More

Colleen Wallace Nungari Competition - 8 weeks to go

Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2008-10-24 00:00:00

The Colleen Wallace Nungari Competition only has 8 weeks to go. Central Art Aboriginal Art Store is offering all our existing Central Art Mailing List subscribers as well as any new members that join the Central Art Mailing List the chance...» Read More

Australian Aboriginal Art

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-10-21 12:19:25

Syndicated content about the history of Australian Aboriginal Art: In 1971, Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri painted his first art work using acrylic on canvas. This was - except for a very few preliminary attempts - the beginning of the Aboriginal Art Movement,...» Read More

Aboriginal Art Exhibition in Florence

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-10-21 11:55:55

The Australians, the original ones, are coming Aboriginal Australian Art has an universal theme: “the Dreaming”. This concept permeates Aboriginal culture, from ritual to contemporary art. The term refers to the time of creation when Aboriginal people and all of...» Read More

Koorie Heritage Trust 3rd Charity Aboriginal Art - post auction sale

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-10-17 11:59:23

There was great success for the Koorie Heritage Trust 3rd Charity Aboriginal Art Auction, and the post-auction sales continue. Over half the works were sold and those unsold works will be exhibited for sale for two weeks at the Koorie...» Read More

Womens Hair String Ceremony by Makinti Napanangka

Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2008-10-14 00:00:00

Central Art is honoured to present this collection by the Pintupi artist Makinti Napanangka in recognition of her exceptional body of work and to celebrate the public recognition of her as one of the all time great artists in Australia...» Read More

Aboriginal artists gain royalties for resold art

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-10-06 18:40:33

Reuters reports: Australian Aboriginal artists whose paintings sell for millions of dollars internationally but who often struggle for money will get a lifeline through a royalty charge imposed on Friday on their resold works. In a pointer to the problem, a distinctive...» Read More

New Competition - Dreamtime Sisters by Colleen Wallace Nungari

Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2008-10-06 00:00:00

Central Art Aboriginal Art Store is offering all our existing Central Art Mailing List subscribers as well as any new members that join the Central Art Mailing List the chance to win a beautiful new painting by popular artist Colleen...» Read More

Indigenous art code group sacked

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-10-03 12:46:20

Ashleigh Wilson for The Australian, reports: THE Australia Council will develop a voluntary code of conduct for indigenous art after a lobby group was stripped of responsibility because of "regrettable" delays and inadequate consultation. At the Cultural Ministers Council meeting in...» Read More

Lupulgna by Makinti Napanangka

Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2008-10-02 00:00:00

Toga Art Award Tours for the First Time

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2008-10-01 19:56:11

In only its second year, the Northern Territory's Toga Contemporary Art Award is touring the Top End. It opens in Alice Spring tomorrow, moving to Tennant Creek in November and Katherine in December. Readers familiar with the Telstra Awards will assume...» Read More

Beyond Sacred book explores Aboriginal art

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-27 02:46:36

Suzanna Clarke reviews Beyond Sacred: This publication on their collection is a coffee-table book, replete with lush photographic plates and photos of locales where the art was sourced. Divided into geographical areas on the art of the Central, Western and Northern deserts;...» Read More

Makinti Napanangka artist feature opens today

Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2008-09-26 00:00:00

Central Art's Makinti Napanangka artist feature opens today. Central Art is honoured to present this collection by the Pintupi artist Makinti Napanangka in recognition of her exceptional body of work and to celebrate the public recognition of her as one of...» Read More

Women's Law

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-25 00:10:27

A wide ranging survey of some of the best Indigenous Women Artists painting at the moment. Featured Artists include this years Telstra Award Winning Artist, Makinti Napanangka along with recognised "greats" such as Lorna Fencer Napurrula, Walangkura Napanangka and Eubena...» Read More

Women's Law

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-24 23:44:31

Japingka is celebrating the arrival of Spring and the associated rebirth of colour in the desert country by dedicating both of its gallery exhibition spaces to outstanding works by 12 Australian Indigenous women artists from the remote west of Australia...» Read More

Desert Mob 2008 starts Friday

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-24 03:37:56

Desert Mob 2008 starts Friday, 26 September, with the Desert Mob Symposium. Events Symposium: Friday 26 September DanceSite: Friday 26 September Marketplace: Saturday 27 September Exhibition Opening: Sunday 28 September Exhibition: Monday 29 September to Sunday 9 November Details DanceSite Desert Mob DanceSite celebrates Australian Indigenous dance. The DanceSite...» Read More

Etched in the Sun

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2008-09-23 18:24:38

Prints by Aboriginal artists have not always been a total success. Unlike their Torres Strait cousins, the mainlanders don't always manage the clarity and simplification that makes for a great etching, woodblock or silkscreen print. But if any collaborator is...» Read More

Art Auction for Yolgnu Health

Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2008-09-19 16:47:30

The Aboriginal Benefits Foundation's plans for a Healing Centre at Yirrkala in Arnhemland took a proud step forward last night when well over $300,000 was raised at an auction in the capable hands of Robert Bleakley, ex-boss of Sotheby's. The...» Read More

NEW ABORIGINAL ART GUIDE AS VAST AS THE CONTINENT IT COVERS

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-17 16:56:05

McCulloch’s New Edition to be Launched in Red Centre 6pm next Saturday, September 27 at The Lane, 58 Todd Mall, Alice Springs MELBOURNE, SEPTEMBER 17, 2008— The eagerly awaited new edition of McCulloch’s Contemporary Aboriginal Art: the complete guide will be launched...» Read More

Cultural warriors with a different angle

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-17 16:17:43

The curator of an indigenous exhibition tells Stephen Bevis she wants to celebrate the artists as well as their works Culture Warriors: National Indigenous Art Triennial is at the Art Gallery of WA from Friday to November 23. Danie Mellor: The...» Read More

Central Art Aboriginal Art Store presents Tjapaltjarri Brothers - The Last Nomads

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-13 06:50:27

Central Art is proud to present an exhibition of the collective works by the three Western Desert artists; Thomas, Walala and Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri. The Tjapaltjarri brothers were hailed as 'the Last nomads' in the international press when they and six...» Read More

Energy company puts spark into Byron Bay Art Project

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-12 15:39:43

Country Energy has put a fresh spark into the Byron Bay Community Art Project by becoming its major sponsor. It comes after months of voluntary work by artists and organisers, Byron United and the Beautiful Byron Committee. Over the last few months,...» Read More

From dog days in the territory to gallery top dog

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-12 11:57:07

Natasha Robinson reports on Dion Bealeys latest successes: WHEN retired teacher Joie Boulter devoted her life to looking after a disabled Aboriginal boy, she had no idea that a few years later she would be sitting in a swanky Top End...» Read More

The Last Nomads Art & Culture

Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2008-09-10 00:00:00

Central Art recently published a spectacular photograph of the pintupi nine or the last nomads taken in 1984 in conjunction with an article on the event and an exhibition featuring the Tjapaltjarri brothers. When Warlimpirrnga first saw a European he...» Read More

Ngak Ngak Aboriginal Art Connection

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-09 17:11:05

At the 2008 Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week, southern sailor Michelle Petrie has been helming in her first regatta aboard her dark blue hulled Beneteau 57 Ngak Ngak. Ngak Ngak have finished second overall in the Cruising Non-Spinnaker division, a...» Read More

Kanyini - The Award Winning Documentary Film from Australia

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-09 10:44:54

Kanyini is a story told by an Aboriginal man, Bob Randall, who lives beside the greatest monolith in the world, Uluru in Central Australia. Based on Bob's own personal journey and the wisdom he learnt from the old people...» Read More

Kevin Wirri - Artist

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-09 03:55:36

From ABC Radio's Street Stories comes a story about Kevin Wirri. Listin to it on ABC radio on September 14 2008. This is the story of a great artist who lives with his family in one of the town camps that...» Read More

The great creative Golden Age of long ago and here and now

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-08 23:50:51

Danie Mellor 'The great creative Golden Age of long ago and here and now', Caruana & Reid Fine Art in association with Holmes a Court Gallery, Perth, WA 19th September 2008 to 12th October 2008 About Danie Mellor Danie Mellor is a young contemporary...» Read More

First Aboriginal arts global news resource launches

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-06 03:28:07

Aboriginal Art News First Aboriginal arts global news resource launches Over 7,000 visitors a month to new website 4 September 2008: The Aboriginal Art News website www.aboriginalartnews.com.au officially launches this month with over 1,200 articles, events and listings. The official...» Read More

Journey through the Pilbara without leaving Perth

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-02 20:08:22

The biggest ever exhibition of Aboriginal art from the Pilbara will go on show next month, giving West Australians an opportunity to see a style of art that has remained largely undiscovered in Australia, but has been making waves on the international...» Read More

Journey through the Pilbara without leaving Perth

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-02 20:08:22

A Celebration and Appreciation of the Richness of Aboriginal Art

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-02 20:01:01

From the beginning Gallery de Boer Fine Art & Jazz has represented First Nations artists. Now we are expanding the range of aboriginal artists we represent and those whose works we have in the Gallery Collection. Our new format builds...» Read More

Congratulations to Makinti Napanangka

Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 2008-08-29 00:00:00

Congratulations to Makinti Napanangka and her art centre Papunya Tula, the winner of this year's $40,000 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. I met with Makinti only a week prior to the awards. It was lovely to hold...» Read More

Two Sheilas and a Dog

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-28 18:48:41

A lovely blog entry from two sheilas and a dog, and their visit to Ubirr, where they stumble upon several fascinating Aboriginal rock art sites. They have captured some great photos of the Aboriginal rock art. The...» Read More

Indigenous Consumer Affairs Improved by National Action Plan

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-28 18:40:45

The Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs (MCCA) has released its mid-term report on the implementation of the National Indigenous Consumer Strategy (NICS) Action Plan 2005 – 2010. The Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs, the Hon Chris...» Read More

Walangari Karntawarra ' Songlines' Exhibition

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-25 14:20:09

"SONGLINES :EXHIBITING TO SEPTEMBER 24" by WALANGARI KARNTAWARRA. About this exhibition and Walangari Karntawarra: WALANGARI WANGARDI KARNTAWARRA JAKAMARRA, also known as COLIN MCCORMACK, was born in Alice Springs in 1961. He is of the Arrernte, Luritja, Walpiri, Yankuntjatjarra, Pintubi, Anmatjerre and Alyawarre peoples...» Read More

Aboriginal Art & Wine Exhibition in Belgium

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-24 14:32:33

Making Tracks is holding an Aboriginal Art exhibition in Belgium. I've just finished packing some great Aboriginal paintings to go to Belgium, they will be part of an Australian exposition on Australian wines and art held at Antwerp in October...» Read More

Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri - circa 1920s - 2008

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-22 16:50:21

It is with great sadness and regret that Japingka Gallery in association with The Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrngu announce the passing of one of the great Indigenous Artists of our time. Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri was initially renowned and respected as...» Read More

Winner shines amid protests at indigenous art awards

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-17 14:20:28

The West Australian celebrates Makinti Napanangka's Telstra Art award: Judge Hetti Perkins, from the Art Gallery of NSW, said the field of 117 entries in the Darwin-based award was strong despite the withdrawals. “We regret that the withdrawn works aren’t...» Read More

Desart Media Statement

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-14 14:37:59

Over the past few years there have been concerted efforts by many Aboriginal artists to involve themselves in training about governance and the business connected with their art. We think it is commendable that artists are engaging in this debate...» Read More

Govt's indigenous art response slammed

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-12 01:02:59

Many are unhappy with the government's response to the senate inquiry: “Arts Minister Peter Garrett seems driven by cost-cutting imperatives, not the needs of some of Australia's most talented but vulnerable artists,” Dr Stone said. The Arts Law Centre...» Read More

Australian Government Responds To Senate Indigenous Arts Inquiry

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-10 03:19:19

Arts Minister Peter Garrett has today tabled the Australian Government’s response to the 29 broad recommendations outlined in the Senate Inquiry Report Indigenous Art: Securing the future. "The Rudd Government recognises that a vibrant and sustainable Indigenous art sector is critical...» Read More

Childhood Memories Continue to Inspire Artist

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-08 01:44:41

Acclaimed Yolgnu artist Gulumbu Yunupingu’s entry in this year’s 25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Garak the Universe, continues on with her universal theme, which is inspired by childhood memories of her father’s night time stories...» Read More

Harry Paints His Way Into Outback Row

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-08 01:42:45

Prince Harry seems to be in trouble with some Aboriginal artists: In terms of cultural distances, they don't come much greater than Buckingham Palace and the deserts of Western Australia. But Prince Harry has unwittingly put the two worlds on a...» Read More

Mount Leibig and Utopia

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-07 02:03:12

Following on from a Sell-out Show in London, Senior Watiyawanu (Mount Liebig - 325 kms west of Alice Springs) Artist, Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri is headlining an Exhibition of new works from his Community at Japingka Gallery. At around 85...» Read More

Durmmu Arts

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-01 23:47:49

Durrmu Arts launched a great new website, http://www.durrmu.com.au/ in late March this year. Durrmu Arts, the Peppimenarti community art program, is renowned for its fine, contemporary art production, including acrylic painting and fibre work. Senior artist Regina Pilawuk Wilson (winner,...» Read More

At the NGV Australia

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-28 23:55:28

Will Owen discusses the National Gallery of Victoria Ian Potter Centre in a post with some great...» Read More

San Antonio Report: Review of The Lam Collection of Aboriginal Art

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-22 04:35:29

A review of the Lam Collection of Aboriginal Art: For those living outside the Lone Star state, the idea of organizing a significant show of contemporary Aboriginal art within the regional center of San Antonio might not seem apparent. Such reservations...» Read More

Art exhibition a great success

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-18 05:14:34

Quoted from the article: The Desert Sands art exhibition closed on Tuesday after displaying local Aboriginal art in the Lightning Ridge Bowling Club foyer during the past three weeks. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art and Culture course is a Technical...» Read More

Boycotting of indigenous art award attacked

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-17 05:10:36

More reports about the withdrawal of artworks from six art centres in Central Australia. Quoted from the article: Organisers of the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards went to ground yesterday after The Australian revealed works from six Aboriginal...» Read More

Beyond Sacred : Recent Paintings from Australia's remote Aboriginal communities

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-03 08:53:50

Jeremy Eccles scans the most lavish book of Aboriginal art in years 'Beyond Sacred' : Recent Paintings from Australia's remote Aboriginal communities. Designed by Jane Kleinmeyer Published by Hardie Grant Books @ $120 Edited by Colin and Elizabeth Laverty Contributions from Judith Ryan, Nick...» Read More

Paintings from remote communities - from the Laverty Collection

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-03 08:46:03

The winter in Newcastle will be immeasurably brightened by 87 paintings from the remotest parts of Australia – just a tiny part of the art collection of a remarkable couple, Colin and Liz Laverty. It's been a 20 year labour...» Read More

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

Ninuku Artists on the ABC's 7:30 Report

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-25 01:38:49

Ninuku Artists were featured on the ABC's 7.30 Report on Monday the 23rd of June. From the ABC website: The 'Rabbit Eared Bandicoot' is better known as the Bilby. To the Anangu people of outback South Australia it's regarded as a sacred...» Read More

Emily Kame Kngwarreye

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-19 13:00:39

Edan Crokill from Frieze Magazine reviews the Emily Kame Kngwarreye exhibition in Japan: Emily’s paintings are large in size – up to 8 metres in height or width (the artist painted on the ground, so the works’ orientations are determined by...» Read More

Aboriginal Art Direct #4: Ngurrara The Great Sandy Desert Canvas

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-17 22:38:28

Welcome to AboriginalArtDirect. Our goal is to provide you with a thought-provocative newsletter on the events and trends in the industry. In the feature article of this edition Larissa Behrendt tells the story of Ngurrara the Great Sandy Desert...» Read More

Yurlungurr Art

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-05 05:01:03

Eastern Desert Art will feature in the launch of Yurlungurr Art - Brisbane’s latest Aboriginal art venture - on Friday 13 June. Art from four regions of Australia will be exhibited in Art from the Desert to the Sea. Please...» Read More

Not Enough Actioned Since Aboriginal Art Senate Inquiry

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-05-28 01:58:55

According to one of Australia’s leading Aboriginal art enterprise coalitions - Western Desert Mob, not enough has been actioned since the Senate Inquiry into Australia’s Indigenous visual arts and craft sector (report released June 2007). This inaction is compromising...» Read More

Auckland exhibition of leading Aboriginal Art

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-05-28 01:31:42

Media Release 27 May 2008 Dick Bett AM curates Auckland exhibition of leading Aboriginal Art Auckland’s art lovers are gearing up for an exhibition of some of the finest Aboriginal art the city has ever seen. Between 5 and 14 June, the exhibition...» Read More

Introducing Australia's Premier Aboriginal Art Gallery to the World Wide Web

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-05-24 03:55:39

Bundarra Gallery showcases contemporary and modern Aboriginal art from the finest indigenous artists of Australia. It houses a unique collection of paintings and artifacts displaying the best work of Australian Aboriginal Culture. Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia (PRWEB) May 22, 2008 --...» Read More

Wangkatjungka Artists: The Canning Stock Route

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-05-09 00:00:00

A collection of collaborative canvases reflect the clan ownership of land and waterholes by Wangkatjungka artists who lived their early lives on ancestral lands in the Great Sandy Desert. The Canning Stock Route (begun 1906) passed right through their country,...» Read More

Virtuosity: Fred Myers and Pintupi Masters at the Kluge Ruhe

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-04-14 23:43:59

Will Owen posts about the new exhibition at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection. The post has some great pictures and interesting information about the...» Read More

Justice for leading black artist

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-04-12 02:07:49

Tommy Watson, one of Australia’s most famous indigenous artists, was successful yesterday in getting back from Red Sands Gallery, Alice Springs, 5 key paintings, valued conservatively at $265,000. Tommy had sued the gallery for his being grossly underpaid...» Read More

Hands on approach to mural

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-04-09 23:12:29

Cultural recognition and appreciation were represented in colourful fashion at Oxley Vale Public School yesterday. Students were eager to get their hands dirty for the sake of fine art and assisted local artist Corey Strong in painting a mural on one...» Read More

Warakurna Artists

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-04-02 19:51:43

This YouTube video and important message is from the artists of Warakurna Artists Aboriginal Corporation. We are an Aboriginal owned and operated Art Centre, Ngaanyatjarra Lands, Western Australia. The short film is about our Art Centre and also shows examples of paintings...» 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

Aboriginal art

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-25 01:38:47

Article about Aboriginal Art in Express India. Quoted from the article: The individual character of Aboriginal art lies in its depiction of the Western Desert region of Australia, its social activities, material culture, economy, environmental change, myth and religion. Creation myths, hunting...» Read More

Des Art in the Park

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-25 01:20:48

Des Art in the park was held a couple of nights ago in the Alice Springs Desert Park. Like always it seems to have been a great success. Quoted from the report: Stalls selling everything from bright canvases to jewellery, prints, and...» Read More

Kunwinjku Songman

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-08 03:25:29

Over the past two decades, Bruce Nabegeyo has established himself as one of the most evocative and sophisticated narrative painters of western Arnhem Land. Bruce Nabegeyo’s works bristle with a compulsive energy, as a multitude of spirit figures, creation beings and...» Read More

Special funding recognises the value of Indigenous arts organisations

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-07 10:01:20

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett today announced funding of $1.3 million from the Indigenous Visual Arts Special Initiative to provide 24 Indigenous art centres with infrastructure, training and marketing support. “This investment recognises the importance...» Read More

Senior artists of Fitzroy Crossing. W.A.

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-07 00:06:32

Senior Women artists of Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia Stories about country are the subject of the beautiful contemporary works by the women of Fitzroy Crossing. They are stories that remind us that time is not necessarily linear: while it is...» Read More

Ngurrara, The Great Sandy Desert Canvas

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-05 08:03:11

This exhibition centres on the great Ngurrara canvas, painted by Great Sandy Desert traditional owners during National Native Title tribunal hearings in 1997. In counterpoint to the installation of Michael Riley’s cloud, this imposing painting will be exhibited with paintings and...» Read More

Out of Australia

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-04 14:16:46

You are invited to the opening of Out of Australia this Thursday night at the Medea Gallery in San Pedro. The show features works from local collector Sherry Thompson. I have seen her collection and she has some...» Read More

David Dunn

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-29 09:14:49

Posted by David Dunn from David Dunn Aboriginal Art: hello everyone Im back again had a very busy christmas, getting ready again for some more great works on ebay and also a new web...» Read More

Easier access for 'real' tourists

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-29 09:10:51

An article about Indigenous tourism in the Northern Territory news: Busloads of tourists should be allowed in indigenous communities for the "cultural experience'', an Aboriginal businessman saidyesterday. Jungala Enterprises director Jungala Kriss said permits should not stop communities from taking advantage of...» Read More

Culture in colour

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-26 00:19:54

This exhibition celebrates Aboriginal art of the 'New Wave': the daring and visionary use of colour by Aboriginal artists throughout Australia. The use of bright acrylic paints rather than ochres has fired the imagination of artists and liberated them...» Read More

National Center for Modern Art in Roppongi

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-25 02:58:34

A beautiful and interesting post from ibonito blog 2007 about the National Center for Modern Art in Roppongi. Quoted from the post: I saw that they have another exhibition coming up: the works of the acclaimed (but unpronounceable) Australian Aboriginal artist Emily...» Read More

Maningrida Arts and Culture

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-24 05:45:00

Will Owen posts about visiting the Maningrida Arts and Culture. Quoted from the blog entry: Maningrida Arts and Culture is a powerhouse warehouse of Indigenous art. Of all the art centres we visited across the Territory and adjacent WA, Maningrida had the...» Read More

art at the heart

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-23 03:01:35

The sixth biennial Regional Arts Australia national conference will be presented by Regional Arts Australia and the Northern Territory Government through Arts NT, in collaboration with the host town of Alice Springs. After the success of the Pacific Edge in Mackay...» Read More

Aboriginal Art Sale

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-21 15:05:56

In today’s fast and exciting world there are many ways to make your investments in Art , so whether you are looking for an investment or just something nice in your office its important to consider all types of art....» Read More

Sydney Museum Showcases Aboriginal Bark Painting Collection

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-17 10:44:33

The Museum of Contemporary Art is set to unveil a new exhibition showcasing its collection of rare and significant Aboriginal bark paintings, dating from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. They are Meditating: Bark paintings from the Museum Of Contemporary...» Read More

Stolen Generation - a small tribute to John Moriarty

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-13 03:16:29

A very interesting post about John Moriarty. Quoted from the article: But now I want to make my little tribute to a member of the stolen generation. John Moriarty was picked in 1960 to represent Australia in football. The first aboriginal to do...» 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

Dreamtime Art from Down Under beckons US Collectors

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-02 11:02:07

La Jolla CA – January 9, 2008 – Molloy Gallery of La Jolla announced today that it will be holding the first major US exhibition of works by renowned Australian Aboriginal artist, Kudditji Kngwarreye (pronounced “koo-ba-gee noo-war-uh”). A satellite exhibition...» Read More

art at the heart – it’s hotting up!

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-01 01:17:46

Summer is hotting up and so is the pace at the art at the heart conference hub in Alice Springs. 2008 is already shaping up to be a busy year - and a hot one so far. We almost broke the...» Read More

On May 23, 2007 Mbantua Gallery bid for and won Emily Kame Kngwarreye’s Earths Creation

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-01-30 16:01:39

A great blog post by Tim Jennings about bidding for and winning Earth's Creation by Emily Kame Kngwarreye including the pressures before and during the auction and most importantly his appreciation of her incredible...» Read More

Aboriginal art before it became an industry

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-01-21 13:28:24

An republication of a Eureka Street article where Rosemay Crumlin recalls travelling in search of Aboriginal Christian art for an exhibition to coincide with the World Council of Churches Assembly. She was joined on her pilgrimage by exhibition co-curator Anthony...» Read More

Dreamtime Art from Down Under beckons US Collectors

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-01-16 06:28:49

La Jolla CA – January 9, 2008 Molloy Gallery of La Jolla announced today that it will be holding the first major US exhibition of works by renowned Australian Aboriginal artist, Kudditji Kngwarreye (pronounced “koo-ba-gee noo-war-uh”). A satellite exhibition of LA...» Read More

Our Way wows the USA

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-01-15 03:29:18

The University of Queensland's successful exhibit of Lockhart River Aboriginal art is continuing its international tour with a two-month showing at the University of Virginia. The Virginia exhibit of Our Way: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Lockhart River will run from January...» Read More

Mixing of cultures is far from black and white

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-01-12 03:50:23

The Age Mixing of cultures is far from black and white Gabriella Coslovich January 12, 2008 Quoted from the article: PHILIP Batty, a one-time art teacher at the Aboriginal community of Papunya in the Western Desert, recently received an unexpected call from a former student. The...» Read More

Bedford's retrospective

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-01-11 03:54:47

The Courier-Mail Bedford's retrospective January 11, 2008 Quoted from article: It was sheer chance that the indigenous artist Paddy Bedford's work became known. In 1988 when Tony Oliver, the chief executive officer of the Jirrawun Aboriginal Art Corporation, went to visit his friend Chocolate Thomas...» Read More

Bold vision of artistic rebirth

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-01-05 06:41:52

Bold vision of artistic rebirth January 5, 2008 Quoted from article: In a dusty corner of the outback, among artworks covered in dirt, Judith Ryan set out on a journey that has transformed the NGV's indigenous collection, writes Robin Usher. Judith Ryan will never...» Read More

MD leaves auction house after a year

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-01-05 06:38:45

The Age MD leaves auction house after a year Gabriella Coslovich January 5, 2008 Quoted from article: Rod Menzies, the head of Australia's art auction leader, the Menzies Art Brand, has lost his right-hand man, Adrian Newstead, who helped achieve a record $9.5 million in...» Read More

Are you getting what you paid for? Tips for buying Aboriginal Art

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-12-29 09:11:11

A post in Thriving in the desert about tips before buying Aboriginal Art. This is a great read. Some of the suggestions include: Ask the gallery which Art Centres they support. Then check with the Art centre to confirm. Does the gallery...» Read More

Threats and Intimidation

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-12-27 09:03:46

A fascinating post from Thriving in the Desert about threats to the Warakurna Art Centre. Quoted from the post: I have faith in the artists, they have always stood strongly behind their enterprise. There is an extraordinary group of strong men and...» Read More

Forging a language of emotion

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-12-27 06:33:15

The Australian Forging a language of emotion Nicolas Rothwell December 27, 2007 Quoted from the article: A little more than a year ago, the style of Makinti Napanangka, queen of the Western Desert's Pintupi painters, began to change. The trademark yellow and white arcs of...» Read More

Sydney Morning Herald - Emily Kame Kngwarreye - Summer Awelye 2

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-12-20 02:29:31

Sydney Morning Herald Stroke of genius as unseen Emilys go on display Louise Schwartzkoff December 20, 2007 Quoted from the article: For 15 years, the Holt family kept a million-dollar painting by one of Australia's most successful Aboriginal artists rolled up in a storeroom on...» Read More

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

The Australian - A movable cultural centre

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-12-10 03:19:37

An article in the Australian about the potential development of a large collection of Australian Aboriginal Art in Perth, and into the digitisation of Aboriginal Art. Quoted from the article: John Stanton, the director of the Berndt Museum of Anthropology, is not...» Read More

Mission Times

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-11-23 12:51:32

Mossenson Galleries Subiaco is delighted to present Mission Times, an exhibition of new paintings by Pauline Moran representing her time as a child on the Roelands Mission. The exhibition will be opened by Diana Warnock, Former Member for Perth and...» Read More

Irenie Ngalinba selected at 2007 Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award and 2007 Telstra Arts Awards

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-11-15 07:36:20

Irenie Ngalinba currently lives with her extended family at Kurruldurl outstation, south west of Maningrida. Kurruldurl is an important place for members of the Kurulk clan and is associated with the crow totem ancestor called ‘Djimarr’ which is often depicted...» Read More

Cologne Fine Art Fair 2007

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-11-06 08:47:19

From Durrmu Arts blog: Paintings by Patsy Marfura, Kevin Gilbert, Rosina Tirak and Regina Wilson have been exhibited at the Cologne Fine Art fair this past week in Cologne, Germany, by Gallery HM. This has been a great opportunity for Durrmu Arts,...» Read More

Alice Springs arts leader takes helm of 2008 regional conference

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-11-01 01:06:15

Well-known and respected Alice Springs arts leader, Kieren Sanderson, has taken the helm of Regional Arts Australia’s national conference art at the heart, the President of Regional Arts Australia, Ms Suzie Haslehurst, has announced. "This is a giant task, because the...» Read More

Always Been There

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-31 03:55:13

Aboriginal culture has Always Been There - this is the theme addressed by five local Aboriginal artists showing works at the Fairfield City Museum and Gallery. Fairfield mayor Nick Lalich opened the exhibition on Saturday, October 13, and said the exhibition...» Read More

Tribal Voices - A Visual Dialogue

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-25 08:47:57

The impact of the Aboriginal art movement goes well beyond the works’ value as art. An important dimension of the movement is the education of this unique Indigenous way of life. These vibrant and contemporary visible representations of language and...» Read More

Desert Mosiac

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-19 00:00:00

This collection of small paintings draws on the collective memory of a group of artists who, in the 1940s, walked with their families from the Great Sandy Desert along the Canning Stock Route to the stations and missions at its...» Read More

Continuity: Culture, Country and Family

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-18 03:33:27

The legacy of western Arnhem Land artist Bardayal Nadjamerrek is assured. With a distinguished painting career spanning over forty years, he is without doubt one of the greatest artists Australia has ever produced. Since his childhood, Bardayal has had an...» Read More

Lockhart River art arrives in New York

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-17 12:38:49

Spectacular Indigenous art from far North Queensland has arrived in New York for the latest leg of a UQ Art Museum international tour. Our Way: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Lockhart River will be officially opened at Stony Brook University on October...» Read More

X Strata Indigenous Art Awards

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-05 12:44:38

Article about X Strata Indigenous Art Awards, 2007. Quoted from the article: All in all, this is a rich and wonderful exhibition, but sadly misnamed. How much longer are supremely accomplished artists such as 63-year-old Phyllis Ningarmara, or Wanyubi Marika with a...» Read More

Martumili Artists

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-09-28 15:29:35

Boldly out of the west Stuart Rintoul September 27, 2007 In October last year, Martumili Artists began as an enterprise, drawing together Martu artists from the communities of Parnngurr, Punmu, Kunawarritji, Jigalong, Irrungadji (Nullagine) and Parnpajinya, as Newman is known, supported financially...» Read More

RARRK - LONDON

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-09-24 13:16:35

Bargehouse Gallery South Bank London SE1 9PH September 21 – October 7 2007 11am – 6pm daily Private view Thursday September 20 2007 6pm - 9pm In September 2007 a major exhibition of over 100 works of art from Arnhem Land will take place...» Read More

Financial Times: Rock-Solid Abstracts

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-09-07 06:40:04

Jeremy Eccles, Financial Times (UK) 7 September 2007 “Are you ready for London?” Apolline Kohen asks artist Samuel Namunjdja. “What time we going?” is his eager response about a visit that is still a month away. Time has an elastic quality out...» Read More

Lone wolf discovered art for ages

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-08-24 08:09:55

Nicolas Rothwell | August 24, 2007 Article by Nicolas Rothwell in the Australian about the life of Grahame Leslie Walsh, rock art scholar, who died in Brisbane, August 18 2007, aged 62. Quoted from the article: But the wider continent beckoned. During the...» Read More

NYC: Gallery Reception - Utopia Aboriginal Exhibition

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-07-11 01:23:32

Details on "NYC: Gallery Reception - Utopia Aboriginal Exhibition" Advance, the American Australian Association and Robert Steele Gallery invite members to a special reception to view the Australian Aboriginal art exhibition New Work From Utopia. Named by German settlers immigrating to...» Read More

Desert Dreaming: Australian Aboriginal Art

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-06-15 05:17:59

In honour of Jeanne and Donald Kahn, the Albertina is presenting their major collection of Australian Aboriginal art. Australian Aboriginal art is a genre which has no associations with the Albertina, its collections, or its history and culture. In presenting Australian...» Read More

Lorna Napurrula Fencer (1923-2006)

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-05-04 00:00:00

Acknowledged as one of the great innovators of the Warlpiri art movement from Lajamanu, Napurrula was also both a fierce and gentle custodian of her culture. She painted the great Napurrula - Nakamarra creation stories from her birth place Yumurrpa....» Read More

Dreaming in Color: Aboriginal Art from Balgo

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-04-30 03:19:43

Dreaming in Color: Aboriginal Art from Balgo is a breathtaking exhibition of paintings from the community of Balgo, Australia, the traditional land of the Kukatja, Ngarti, and Walmajarri peoples. Brilliant in color and vibrant in design, the paintings reflect traditional Aboriginal tenets relating...» Read More

The Australian: the desert's tainted brush

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-09-11 06:36:35

As the Aboriginal art community struggles against a growing culture of fraud, one group of desert artists is taking a stand, writes Nicholas Rothwell A thread of rich, autumnal colours, fit for the burning season, runs through the latest Desert...» Read More

Art of the Spinifex People

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-09-01 00:00:00

Dispossessed from their lands in the 1950\'s by the Maralinga Atomic tests and subsequently moved on to missions including Cundeelee and Warburton during the 1950\'s and 1960\'s, the Spinifex People have never lost contact with their land. In an attempt...» Read More

Authentic Aboriginal Experiences On The Increase

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-08-29 01:10:48

Press Release: Tourism Australia Authentic Aboriginal Experiences On The Increase Aboriginal experiences provide a unique glimpse into Australia’s rich cultural history and below are five encounters suggested by Tourism Australia for Kiwis planning their next trip across the Tasman. “Kiwis are increasingly looking...» Read More

Lofty Bardayal Nadjamerrek - late works

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-07-20 06:45:18

ANNANDALE GALLERIES first exhibited Lofty Bardayal Nadjamerrek in 2003. It was his first solo show after approximately 30 group exhibitions since 1975. Now, in 2006, we are pleased to announce another solo show of the great man’s work. Lofty’s career began...» Read More

Dreaming Their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women Painters

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-06-30 09:13:41

Dreaming Their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women Painters is a groundbreaking exhibition of art by indigenous women of Australia. The first-ever of its kind in the U.S., the exhibition presents over seventy works of art, from intensely colorful canvases to intricate...» Read More

Powerful growth of Aboriginal art

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2005-11-06 07:44:47

International Herald Tribune Powerful growth of Aboriginal art All about Earth and the people on it Susan Gough Henly Sunday, November 6, 2005 Quoted from the article: With the opening next year in Paris of the Musée du Quai Branly, focusing on the art and culture...» Read More

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

Wamulu

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2005-03-21 06:48:15

It is with great pleasure and enormous excitement that Annandale Galleries will begin its program for 2005 with a groundbreaking show of completely new work, facilitated by the endeavour of Arnaud Serval. As a precursor into his unparalleled collection of...» Read More

True Colours

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2005-02-19 11:02:04

True Colours assembles fifty paintings by twenty-one artists from the remote community of Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia. The exhibition includes work by key artists such as Spider Snell, winner of the 2004 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island...» Read More

Tali & Jila - Waterholes & Sandhills

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2004-12-03 00:00:00

In what is a truly remarkable success story, and within the short space of just two and a half years, the talented artists of the Wangkatjungka Community (pronounced wongka-jongka) have overcome enormous obstacles to take their art and culture all...» Read More

John Mawurndjul - New paintings

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2004-09-14 06:49:44

Annandale Galleries is proud to present an exhibition of the work of leading contemporary Australian artist, John Mawurndjul. Mawurndjul has received global recognition for his work and is without doubt one of the most pre-eminent Aboriginal artists working today. Far from...» 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

Jack Dale- Narrungunni Dreamplaces

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2004-07-09 00:00:00

A major and rare exhibition of the very important artist and senior lawman, Jack Dale from the East Kimberley region of W.A. The exhibition was officially opened Mr. Alan Dodge, Director of the State Art Gallery of W.A. (A.G.W.A.). and...» Read More

The Age - Aboriginal works and artful dodgers

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2003-09-20 06:43:40

The Age - September 20, 2003 Gabriella Coslovich As the value of Aboriginal art increases so, too, do claims that artists are being exploited, reports Gabriella Coslovich. An incredibly interesting article about the impact of the boom of Aboriginal Art sales globabbly in...» Read More

Artists of Wangkatjungka

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2003-07-25 00:00:00

A new and exciting style of Aboriginal art from a little-known but emerging community of fine artists is to feature in Japingka Gallery\'s forthcoming exhibition - Artists of Wangkatjungka from the Great Sandy Desert.Wangkatjungka, is a remote community 125km south-east...» Read More

Pintupi - Major works from the Western Desert

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2003-05-30 00:00:00

In 1984 three young men, all brothers, were part of a small group of nine Pintupi speakers who made their first contact with white Australia when they walked out from their traditional homelands in the Western Desert. They left remote...» Read More

The Native Born

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2002-09-20 09:20:00

Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Ramingining, Arnhem Land The Native Born is an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by distinguished Australian Aboriginal artists from Ramingining, Arnhem Land in northern Australia. Arranged according to six different natural environments found in this region:mangroves (larrtha’puy),...» 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

Wandjina

Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2001-11-23 08:32:32

Recent paintings of the Wandjina, the spirit ancestors of the present north-west Kimberley peoples, by the great aboriginal artist, Lily Karedada (Bubbles). Lily Karedada was born of Woonambal parents in her father's country. Woomban-go-wangoor, around the Prince Regent River. She belongs...» Read More

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