June, 2009
Ochres to Dust - Coo-ee Stock Show
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 19.06.09
Ochres to Dust 15th June - 15th July 2009 This exhibition is a collection of works from put together from Coo-ee's stock....» Read More
Australian Company Sold Fake Aboriginal Art, Watchdog Group Says
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 19.06.09
An Aboriginal art wholesaler and retailer is being sued for allegedly selling works purported to be of Aboriginal origin when actually they were from Indonesia. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is bringing a lawsuit against the Australian Dreamtime Creations...» Read More
Resources sector invests in the arts
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 19.06.09
From the Western Australia Business News: Supporting Western Australia's arts sector is part and parcel of being a resources company, according to Oakajee Port and Rail (OPR) chief executive Christopher Eves. Mr Eves told WA Business News it was essential...» Read More
ACCC investigates 'Aboriginal' art dealer
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 19.06.09
The consumer watchdog has taken legal action against an Aboriginal art dealer which allegedly sold art made in Indonesia under the guise it was Australian. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accused the retailer, Australian Dreamtime Creations, of...» Read More
Shapiro Australian and International Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 17.06.09
AUSTRALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL ART | SYDNEY | MAY 3 | 2.00PM 162 Queen Street Woollahra | On View Saturday 25 April – Saturday 2 May 11am – 5pm...» Read More
Australian Aboriginal Art on Display at Fowler
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 17.06.09
Friday’s Ventura County Star reports on two exhibitions currently on display at the Fowler Museum at UCLA: "Icons of the Desert," which features rarely seen Australian Aboriginal paintings from the tiny settlement of Papunya, and "Innovations in Western Desert Painting,"...» Read More
Up Cazaly fly NT artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 17.06.09
Are footy stars Michael O'Loughlin and Leon Davis represented in this year's Telstra Aboriginal Art Award? Or are they figures from a bygone era, perhaps Derek Kickett and Wally Lovett - or Robbie Ah Mat, who played for both Sydney...» Read More
Journey with art: Descendants of Purfleet band work with visiting artist
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 17.06.09
Descendants of the members of a Purfleet band in 1909 have placed their hands and finger prints on a huge painting copied from an historic photograph at Manning Regional Art Gallery this week. Families of the people in the photograph...» Read More
Aboriginal Art and Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.06.09
Australian Aboriginal Art is much sought after internationally, but Australians overall and Aborigines themselves benefit little from it. By John August Gordon Syron is an Aboriginal artist who understands the market better than most, having run an art gallery...» Read More
GARMA TALKS CULTURE IN AUGUST
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 15.06.09
The Indigenous Creative Industries is the 2009 theme of the nationally significant Key Forum at this year's Garma Festival of Traditional Culture, Australia’s leading Indigenous cultural exchange, to be held for the 11th time in August at Gulkula, near Nhulunbuy...» Read More
Barbara Weir - My Country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 15.06.09
Central Australia's Barbara Weir has excited audiences all over the world with highly compelling abstract canvases that masterfully evoke a timeless illusion of depth and subtle rhythmic movement' (Marie Giessler). Recently voted as one of Australia's top 50 most collectable...» Read More
