March, 2008
Australia's best living artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.04.08
A discussion about Australia's best living artists in the Australian. The author comments on Australian Aboriginal art: I have included in my list only one Aboriginal artist and no dot painters, despite the fact Aboriginal art is such a key...» Read More
Mystery of our art in darkness
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.04.08
An interesting article in the Australian with a slightly different take on the heist including some of the mystery's surrounding it. It is a very interesting article about the place of Aboriginal art in the Northern Territory and well worth...» Read More
Warakurna Artists Group Exhibition Perth
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.04.08
Watilu Minymalu Kulira Watjarra Tjukurrpa Purlkanya Mularrpa - Men and Women know and speak of their profound knowledge Watilu Minymalu Kulira Watjarra Tjukurrpa Purlkanya Mularrpa Men and Women know and speak of their profound knowledge Exhibition from - Friday 11th...» Read More
Utopia Collection 1
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.04.08
Small and subtle works by selected artists of the Utopia homelands, displaying the diversity and finely tuned skills of this strong group of women artists. The exhibition includes works by Jeannie Mills, Patsy Long Kemarre, Judy Purvis Kngwarreye, Jedda Kngwarreye,...» Read More
Kudditji Kngwarreye
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.04.08
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
Haul found after Darwin’s biggest art theft
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 03.04.08
Even more information about the theft from a group that helps people migrate to Australia....» Read More
Art Thief Changes Mind, Returns Paintings
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.04.08
Finally the New York Times also made a report into the Aboriginal art theft....» Read More
Stolen Aboriginal Art Found in Australian Bushland
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.04.08
Seven historic Aboriginal paintings were found in bushland in the northern Australian city of Darwin. They were found several hours after they were stolen from a Northern Territory art gallery, police said on Tuesday. The seven paintings included six works...» Read More
Drink is suspected after thief changes his mind about Aboriginal art haul
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.04.08
The Darwin heist made the UK times....» Read More
'Drunks' pull off $500,000 artwork heist
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.04.08
More about the Darwin heist and recovery. "Well, it's not an April Fools' Joke, it has just been a rather excessive occurrence, an extreme occurrence," museum director Anna Malgorzewicz said. And despite the happy ending, she said the robbery was...» Read More
Stolen Aboriginal art found in Australian bushland
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.04.08
Seven historic Aboriginal paintings were found in bushland in the northern Australian city of Darwin, several hours after they were stolen from a Northern Territory art gallery, police said on Tuesday. China view shows five of the artworks....» Read More
Warakurna Artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.04.08
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...» Read More
Stolen paintings dumped in park
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.04.08
Lindsay Murdoch of the Age reports that the seven Aboriginal paintings worth hundreds of thousands of dollars have been found dumped under a tree near where they were stolen from the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory early...» Read More
Stolen museum paintings found
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.04.08
The Herald Sun reports that seven valuable Aboriginal paintings stolen from a Darwin museum have been recovered undamaged and a man arrested....» Read More
Aboriginal paintings recovered
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.04.08
ABC online reports that the seven artworks have now been recoved. Quoted from the report: Assistant Police Commissioner Graeme Kelly says all seven works were recovered just before midday. A Northern Territory Government spokesman says the paintings were found hidden...» Read More
Aboriginal art stolen from Australian gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.04.08
A Reuters India report about the overnight theft of Aboriginal artworks from the Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery. Quoted from the article: Gallery director Anna Malgorzewicz said the stolen paintings were not the most valuable in the gallery's collection,...» Read More
Blood dots a clue to Aboriginal painting heist
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.04.08
Another article about the stolen paintings. Quoted from the article that appeared on the West Australian online. Dots of blood could help police catch two thieves who stole seven Aboriginal paintings worth more than half a million dollars from a...» Read More
'Priceless' artworks stolen from NT museum
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.04.08
Seven paintings have been stolen from the Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery. Quoted from the article: Darwin Police are investigating the theft of seven Aboriginal paintings from the Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery. Security staff at the museum...» Read More
A just program for Indigenous employment
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.04.08
An article in the Green Left about Aboriginal art and the changes to the CDEP program in the Northern Territory. Quoted from the article: The long-term CDEP support for Aboriginal art cooperatives would also be maintained, and more training aspects,...» Read More
Authenticity
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.04.08
A blog post from Kimberley Christen about Warakurna Artists and authenticity....» Read More
Fresh as a daisy, bar a pretentious minx
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 31.03.08
An article in the Sydney Morning Herald that discusses an exhibition of painted bark cloths of the Omie people in Papua New Guinea's remote Oro province, and the similarities in interpretation to modern Australian Aboriginal art....» Read More
There's magic in these spectacular works
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 31.03.08
An article in the Sydney Morning Herald about Annadale Galleries that mentions their success with Arnhem Land art....» Read More
Emily's Country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 30.03.08
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...» Read More
