April, 2008
Divided Australia sails into the future
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 12.04.08
An article about the changing face of Australia. Quoted from the article: In an age when the world is becoming aware of the number of cultures that it is losing, the Aboriginal revival came at just the right time. Big...» Read More
Justice for leading black artist
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 12.04.08
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 for a...» Read More
Abuela Ellen explores the beauty of Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.04.08
An American in Australia: The Anangu guides who lead walking tours throughout Kata Tjuta National Park to lookouts, caves, Aboriginal art sites and rock pools taught us about the complex ecosystem of the desert, which is now suffering due to...» Read More
Shady art suspected in mystery nulla-nulla attack
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.04.08
An article in the Australian about Peter Toyne, IdenteArt and payback. Quoted in the article: Jay Easterby-Wood, IdenteArt's partnering director, wonders if Toyne's past has caught up with him. "Peter was the former attorney-general and there may be some people...» Read More
Culture at the Interface: Digital Archives and "Social" Rights Management in Aboriginal Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.04.08
Lecture on Grounds Culture at the Interface: Digital Archives and "Social" Rights Management in Aboriginal Australia Kimberly Christen Washington Sate University Friday, April 25, 3:30 pm Scholar's Lab, Alderman Library...» Read More
Adam Hill: Art is his weapon
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 10.04.08
The Aboriginal Art Directory artist spotlight with Adam Hill was republished in the Koori Mail this week. Download the article now or read the Koori Mail's introduction to the interview: They say art is a weapon. If thatʼs true, Aboriginal...» Read More
Perceiving the Landscape in/through Western Desert Acrylic Paintings
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.04.08
Lecture Perceiving the Landscape in/through Western Desert Acrylic Paintings Fred R. Myers New York University Guest curator of Virtuosity: The Evolution of Painting at Papunya Tula Thursday, April 10, 7:00 pm Reservations required, call 434 244-0234...» Read More
Hands on approach to mural
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.04.08
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...» Read More
Historic Aboriginal art stolen, quickly recovered
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.04.08
The Aboriginal art heist made the China Post. Seven historic Aboriginal paintings were stolen Tuesday from an Australian museum then recovered hours later after the thief apparently changed his mind and dumped them in a park, police said. The paintings,...» Read More
Conditions of Aboriginal people in Alice Springs and the town camps
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.04.08
An article about the condition of the town camps and people's feelings about them....» Read More
Original Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.04.08
Australian Aboriginal art at the India Habitat Centre. Quoted from the article: Looking at Aboriginal paintings is like scanning the DNA of art itself, tracing the primordial codes and colours before they got mutated over millennia and travelled from rock...» Read More
Aboriginal art at school
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.04.08
If you are studying Aboriginal art at home, this post at Learning2Love might give you some ideas on how to go about it....» Read More
Samantha Hobson: indigenous art + abstract expressionism
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.04.08
Gary Sauer-Thompson investigates the categorisation of modern Indigenous art within the context of 'Today Life', a painting by Samantha Hobson from her 'Growing Up With Country' solo exhibition. Quoted from the post: It is more honest to interpret the work...» Read More
New shows at Annandale Galleries
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 08.04.08
The place that has best introduced me to the difficult world of Arnhem barks is Annandale Galleries in Sydney. At first it was the increasing abstraction of Maningrida, forthcoming (16 April) it's the refreshed world of Yirrkala where, despite the...» Read More
Rebecca Hossack - Tales of belonging
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.04.08
An article about Rebecca Hossack's journey to the United Kingdom and her importance to the Aboriginal Art industry in Europe. Quoted from the artcile: Seven years after she arrived, Hossack opened an art gallery, which became the first to seriously...» Read More
Rebecca Hossack - Tales of belonging
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.04.08
An article about Rebecca Hossack's journey to the United Kingdom and her importance to the Aboriginal Art industry in Europe. Quoted from the artcile: Seven years after she arrived, Hossack opened an art gallery, which became the first to seriously...» Read More
On the go…presenting Mukurtu
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 06.04.08
Kimberly Christen posts about some exciting upcoming presentations in the United States, including: Perceiving the Landscape in/through Western Desert Acrylic Paintings A Safe Keeping Place: Shifting Museum Spaces and Embedded Aboriginal Cultural Protocols and Museums 2.0: Virtual Repatriation and Indigenous...» Read More
