June, 2008
Respected Mossman elder dies
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.06.08
Respected Kuku Yalanji elder, Wilma Walker, died in Mossman on May 28. Wilma, who had twelve children and many grandchildren and great grand-children, was well known and respected for her ability to live in the traditional world of her people...» Read More
Desert Gems: Small Paintings from Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.06.08
Gallery Reception - Friday June 15, 2008 5:00 ~ 6:30 Nicole Worden on Didgeridoo and drums The spiritual significance of the Dreaming symbols are represented in small acrylic paintings on canvas and wood. Through August 8th. Location: 421 2nd Street,...» Read More
Ungakini Tjangala preparing for the Beanie festival
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.06.08
A photograph by Duncan Freedman of artist Ungakini Tjangala preparing for the 2008 beanie festival....» Read More
Photos from the NGA's Cultural Warriors Triennial - Ricky Maynard
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.06.08
I've discovered a touring exhibition put together by the Museum of Contemporary Art of photos by one of the hits of the NGA's Cultural Warriors Triennial - Ricky Maynard. It's in Tassie currently (having originated in Paris!) and goes overseas...» Read More
Debut Show from Wanarn
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.06.08
The Nganyatjarra artists of Warnarn - a remote community in the Simpson Desert, WA - get their first group show in Sydney, opening on Saturday 7 June at Agathon Galleries in the Parramatta Road opposite Sydney University. Previously, artists like...» Read More
Reconciliation is a Flash Beanie
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.06.08
as Jeremy Eccles discovers The Beanie may be the humblest of headwares, but it has proud history going back to the calotte in Ancient Greece and forward to the football terraces of the world, via Cromwell's Roundheads in the English...» Read More
Reception for the Mara Tjuta Circle
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 06.06.08
Will Owen continues his fabulous blog with beautiful photographs and an articulate and insightful look at the "inaugural reception for the Mara Tjuta Circle, honoring donors, friends and supporters of the Collectio Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection in Charlottesville, Virginia"....» Read More
More Aboriginal art stolen
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.06.08
Kim Christen wonders whether the theft of Aboriginal art is becoming a trend....» Read More
Aboriginal art stolen from Kakadu
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.06.08
From ABC media: Northern Territory Police are investigating the theft of almost $3,500 worth of Aboriginal art from Kakadu. Police say five painted emu eggs, five bark paintings, a hand-carved, painted barramundi and a didgeridoo were among the items stolen...» Read More
Top class art on show in exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.06.08
The Leeton Art Society exhibition will be held at the Masonic Hall, in Acacia Avenue opposite the Soldiers Club, from 10am to 4pm daily. It will will feature over 120 works from Leeton artists, as well as Aboriginal art....» Read More
Bundi Gurdurdu Mid-West Aboriginal Art Exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.06.08
Works from new artists who have not previously exhibited will take centre stage in Perth next week as part of the Bundi Gurdurdu (Good Heart) mid-west Aboriginal Art Exhibition. More than 40 Indigenous artists will be featured in the exhibition,...» Read More
Yurlungurr Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.06.08
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
TV Doco on Aboriginal Art at the Musee Du Quai Branly on SBS Friday 6 June at 7.30pm
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 05.06.08
Was the Aboriginal art contribution to the new Musee du quai Branly in Paris a huge beat-up by Australia's cultural diplomats? Or was it a genuine and lasting tribute by the French to the oldest extant culture in the world?...» Read More
Elders' status celebrated
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.06.08
Brian Martin's exhibition The Human Status, on display at Hume Global Learning Centre, commemorates the anniversary of the 1967 Referendum, when Aboriginal Australians were given the right to vote. The exhibition features 12 life-size portraits of people from Broken Hill...» Read More
US art buyers touring 20 Indigenous communities
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.06.08
The ABC interviews Austrade's Joel Newman about the current Art Buyer's tour....» Read More
On the web
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 04.06.08
Will Owen looks at what is going on online....» Read More
Aboriginal Art Auction
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.06.08
Engineers Without Borders together with Dreamtime Elements are holding an exhibition of Aboriginal Art at 1st Floor Customs House, Circular Quay June 4th to June 8th 11.00am to 7.00pm Daily. On Sunday 8th June 2008 we will be holding an...» Read More
Japan takes Emily to heart
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.06.08
Russell Skelton from the Sydney Morning Herald talks about the impact Utopia: The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye is having, both in Japan and on Australian Aboriginal art....» Read More
Road to somewhere
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.06.08
The ANU communications team talk about an ARC project along the Canning Stock Route and its value to the art industry amongst many other areas....» Read More
American Buyers Tour Outback for Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.06.08
The Epoch Times reports on the American Buyers Tour and interviews Joel Newman from Austrade....» Read More
Public invited for art’s sake
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.06.08
The exhibition, Private Treasures Public Pleasures Two, opening tonight is comprised entirely of works from private collections in and around Orange. In all 37 collectors have loaned works to the exhibit, 20 years after the first Private Treasures Public Pleasures...» Read More
A new beginning for local Aboriginal art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.06.08
The Ballina Advocate reports the Year of The Apology exhibition at the Northern Rivers Community Gallery....» Read More
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Prints
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 01.06.08
The new display in gallery 8 features a selection of Indigenous and Torres Strait island prints, including works from the Warlayirti portfolio published by Northern Editions in 2006. The large coloured etchings by artists Jumpo Tjapanangka, Eubena Nampitjin, Elizabeth Nyumi...» Read More
