August, 2009
Recommended: Sally McKay on Aboriginal Art Shows Panel
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 29.08.09
The aboriginal art panel that I flagged last week happened on Sunday, and I was worried initially that without some kind of blog notation it might disappear into the ether. (Also, then I wouldn't be able to find out what...» Read More
Australian Code to Regulate Aboriginal Art Trade
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.08.09
Australia’s Aboriginal art business will have to follow minimum standards for dealers, agents, and artists, under a wide-ranging code of conduct that’s been recently updated and awaits the signature of the federal arts minister. Intended to crack down on unscrupulous...» Read More
Museums collecting Yass's Aboriginal history
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.08.09
A little piece of Yass aboriginal history will soon be on display in the National Museum of Australia and stories about how Yass aboriginal people lived will be taken to the British Museum in London. Jonathan King, a Keeper at...» Read More
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair a huge success
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.08.09
Premier and Minister for the Arts The Honourable Anna Bligh 24/08/2009 THOUSANDS FLOCK TO CAIRNS INDIGENOUS ART FAIR Premier and Arts Minister Anna Bligh has declared he first Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) a huge success with more than 10,000,...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Tourism
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.08.09
Do you admire aboriginal artwork? Wished that you could produce a piece of work that had the same stunning impact? Well now you can! A new 4 day safari has been introduced that includes community led dot painting workshops and...» Read More
NYU's Grey Art Gallery to Open Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.08.09
NEW YORK, NY.- The Grey Art Gallery at New York University will open the first U.S. exhibition focusing on early acrylic paintings from the Australian Indigenous settlement of Papunya, Icons of the Desert features approximately 50 paintings, including many rare...» Read More
Collaborative exhibition with Regina Wilson and Silke Raetze : Close at hand
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.08.09
Collaborative exhibition with Regina Wilson and Silke Raetze : Close at hand It is with great pleasure that, Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay welcomes Rusty Peters; Nathan Taylor and Freddy Timms to the gallery. Rusty Peters and Freddy Timms, along...» Read More
Bust up: Artworks withdrawn from sale
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.08.09
Two artworks depicting renowned Tasmanian indigenous leaders have been withdrawn from sale. The busts of Truganini and Woureddy were due to be auctioned tonight by Sotheby's but have been taken off the list, after protests from Tasmanian Aborigines. They were...» Read More
Aboriginal art wrangle
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.08.09
ACADEMICS have defended opposition to the sale of two art works, rejecting claims of political correctness gone mad. The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre opposed the planned auction of the busts of famous Tasmanian Aborigines Truganini and Woureddy on the basis of...» Read More
CAIRNS INDIGENOUS ART FAIR 2009
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.08.09
Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, QLD Friday 21st – Sunday 23rd August Alcaston Gallery is proud to exhibit works from Bentinck Island and Mornington Island artists at CIAF 09 this weekend Alcaston Gallery in conjunction with Mornington Island Arts presents Queensland...» Read More
Harrison Galleries Sale 2009
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.08.09
BEGINS SATURDAY 29 AUGUST, 10AM After the great success of last year's sale, Harrison Galleries is pleased to invite you to our second clearance sale event. Selected works from our stockroom - both contemporary Australian art and Aboriginal art -...» Read More
Wayne Quilliam 2009 NAIDOC ‘Artist of the Year’
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 26.08.09
Wayne Quilliam 2009 NAIDOC Artist of the Year Aboriginal photographer/videographer and artist Wayne Quilliam has been awarded what is considered one of the most prestigious Australian art accolades: 2009 NAIDOC Aboriginal Artist of the Year. Wayne is considered one of...» Read More
PR and Politics at the 2009 Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 25.08.09
PR and POLITICS at the 2009 TELSTRA ART AWARDS. THE POWER of PR The fanfare is over and the red carpet has been rolled away for another year. The winners of the 2009 Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art...» Read More
Shining lights of the north
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 25.08.09
WHAT are these colours amid the shadowed greenery? What are the sounds of chant and dance rhythm in the dark? Here, at the rainforest-surrounded Tanks Art Centre on the northern fringe of Cairns, in a set of converted World War...» Read More
'Kutju Wara' (The Last One): Yannima Tommy Watson at Agathon Galleries
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 24.08.09
Agathon Galleries will showase select works by distinguished artist Yannima Tommy Watson in an exhibition to be held from 5 September to 11 October at their Danks Street Galleries in Sydney. Sydney Morning Herald Art Critic John McDonald will open...» Read More
Aboriginal centre opens on Monday
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 24.08.09
If you think you have seen everything there is to see in Wollongong, think again. There is now a way to see the magnificent coastline and escarpment the way Dharwal people saw it more than 200 years ago. It is...» Read More
Nyree does it again
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 23.08.09
Local artist Nyree Reynolds is again a finalist in the Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Prize. Mrs Reynolds made the short list for her work “From the shadows of the past to the light of the future” which was inspired...» Read More
