November, 2008
Poly Ngal
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 15.11.08
Currently amongst the most senior custodians of her country Arparra, in the heart of Utopia, 250 kms North East of Alice Springs, Poly Ngal shares with her sisters, Kathleen Ngal, and Angelina responsibility as keepers of its cultural knowledge. Now...» Read More
Where to find auction data?
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 15.11.08
If you want to find data on auction sales there are two services in Australia that you can use. Australian Art Sales Digest The Australian Art Sales Digest is a database of past auction results of over 300,000 works by...» Read More
What a decade
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 14.11.08
The Western Weekend Reports on the Muru Mittigar's birthday celebration events: FOR 10 years, the Muru Mittigar Aboriginal Cultural Centre in Castlereagh has been the leading tourism hub for Aboriginal culture in Australia. After a decade of success in the...» Read More
GATHERINGS IN SYDNEY
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 14.11.08
A remarkable collaboration of forces from all over the country has resulted in an exhibition of cast metal sculpture by indigenous artists at Danks Street in Sydney. The artists include Tjampawa Kawiny from the Tjampi Weavers in the Western Desert,...» Read More
Harrison Galleries invites you and your friends to our first ever sale
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 14.11.08
Harrison Galleries invites you and your friends to our first ever sale. We have on offer a wide selection of Aboriginal works with some works starting from $300. Doors open at 10am this Saturday. We look forward to seeing you...» Read More
East meets West at local exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 14.11.08
One of the East Kimberley’s longest practising artists will showcase her unique artwork at an exhibition in Subiaco this month. Senior artist Peggy Griffiths, from Waringarri Aboriginal Arts in Kununurra, will present her East meets West collection of six...» Read More
Northern Alyawarra Painters
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 14.11.08
The artists of the northern regions of Alyawarra country paint the hunting grounds and water holes of their traditional country, located around the Davenport Ranges, 450 kms north of Alice Springs. By combining the depth of landscape painting with the...» Read More
Linda Syddick Napaltjarri
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 14.11.08
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
Town Camps and Mission Blankets
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 14.11.08
In association with Tangentyere Artists, Japingka Gallery presents the paintings and stories of Indigenous artists from the Alice Springs Town Camps. This exhibition of small paintings includes images of daily life in the homes and yards of the artists and...» Read More
BRISBANE'S BRIGHTEST ARTISTIC TALENT FUSE AT PORTSIDE WHARF
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.11.08
Expect sparks to fly as Brisbane's hottest up and coming artists unite their creative forces for the inaugural Art on the Wharf - a weekend of fine arts in a markets setting, night time light installation from the digital designers...» Read More
Gallery on the go looks for a new home
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.11.08
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...» Read More
New Beginnings: Classic Paintings
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.11.08
From the Brisbane Times comes the announcement of an upcoming event in Queensland, the launch of New Beginnings: Classic Paintings: Therese Rein will launch a book chronicling the master artists of the Western Desert, The Kimberley and Top End at...» Read More
Indigenous art used to teach good health
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.11.08
Channel Nine News reports: Doctors are using traditional indigenous art to teach Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory about good health. Australia's poorest health statistic is the 17-year disparity in life expectancy between Aboriginal men and other males. And while...» Read More
Lifestyle Visit to aboriginal art exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.11.08
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...» Read More
White art enhanced by some colour
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.11.08
Interesting article in the Sydney Morning Herald: Black faces were missing from most of the lessons that Dianne Jones was taught at school, so the indigenous artist decided to inject a bit of humour, writes Joyce Morgan. They are iconic...» Read More
Listen to indigenous artist Danie Mellor talk about his creations
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 12.11.08
Hear about the vision of artist Danie Mellor, together with the Vogue Living team and art expert Michael Reid at Damian Heads’ hot new CBD brasserie, Steel Bar & Grill. Heads will prepare a delicious three-course dinner matched with Tempus...» Read More
Linda Syddick Napaltjarri
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.11.08
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
Northern Alyawarra Painters
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.11.08
The artists of the northern regions of Alyawarra country paint the hunting grounds and water holes of their traditional country, located around the Davenport Ranges, 450 kms north of Alice Springs. By combining the depth of landscape painting with the...» Read More
Town Camps and Mission Blankets
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.11.08
In association with Tangentyere Artists, Japingka Gallery presents the paintings and stories of Indigenous artists from the Alice Springs Town Camps. This exhibition of small paintings includes images of daily life in the homes and yards of the artists and...» Read More
Fire & Lightning: A Solo Exhibition by Napuwarri Marawili
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.11.08
About the exhibition: For some viewers one of the attractions of Yolngu art is that it stems from such a radically different cultural worldview to that of mainstream Australia. But that can be a turn off as well. If you...» Read More
Gali Yalkarriwuy Gurruwiwi has been named the winner of the $25,000 Kate Challis RAKA Award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.11.08
Gali Yalkarriwuy Gurruwiwi has been named the winner of the $25,000 Kate Challis RAKA Award for his work Banumbirr (Morning Star Pole). The award works on a five-year cycle, focusing each year on a different aspect of the arts. This...» Read More
Papunya - My Country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.11.08
"Papunya - My Country": 14th Nov - 20th Dec...» Read More
Surviving Your 1st Art Show
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 11.11.08
Surviving Your 1st Art Show Start small - Enter shows that take only one or two pieces, and watch them for you. Now that you let someone other than family see your work - you're ready for... Your First Art...» Read More
Lighting up the Territory
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 10.11.08
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...» Read More
Einladung
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 10.11.08
„Common Ground“ Wir freuen uns, Ihnen vom 28.11.2008 - 30.11.2008 Zeitgenössische Aboriginal Art aus verschiedenen Regionen Australiens vorstellen zu können. Begleitend zur Ausstellung „Common Ground“ wird am 29.11.2008 um 17:00 Uhr ein Vortrag zur „Einführung in die Kunst der ersten...» Read More
Redrock Gallery's Aboriginal Art Exhibition - in Bejing
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 10.11.08
It is Redrock Gallery’s 7th exhibition promoting Australian Aboriginal Art in China. From Mem Aziz, of Redrock gallery: 'More and more Chinese are learning About Australia’s indigenous culture and its significant history, though exhibitions and lectures on the topic...» Read More
Leading Commentators to Discuss New Developments and Trends in Collecting Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 10.11.08
Free Public Forum & Book Launch at 2pm Saturday, November 15 Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, 100 Roberts Road, Subiaco November 8, 2008— Leading Australian art commentator and writer, Susan McCulloch, and coauthor/ publisher Emily McCulloch Childs will launch...» Read More
Australian Aboriginal Art on Display at Exclusive Karuna Village Exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.11.08
Our exclusive exhibition of Karuna Village Fair Trade art and crafts has now begun at the Fair Trade Cafe and will be running through until the end of the year. We have a wide variety of high quality art and...» Read More
Garrett’s resale royalty proposal - views from the Aboriginal arts industry
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.11.08
A very interesting post from the Crikey blogs by Peter Gosford. The article looks at the royalty system coming out of Canberra and the benefit that it will produce for Indigenous artists. Here is some of the article: Garrett’s model...» Read More
New Self-Drive Map to discover Kimberley Aboriginal Artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.11.08
A new Self-Drive Map has been developed to help visitors access the four art centres which make up the Kimberley Aboriginal Artists alliance. The map helps visitors to be part of a special journey and to gain a closer...» Read More
