2011
January, 2011
Discovery of Living Pigments in Bradshaw rock art
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 04.01.11
The age of Bradshaw rock art (also called Gwion gwion) is uncertain but estimated by indirect methods at between 46 000 years ago, based on the time of extinction of depicted live megafauna, and 70 000 years ago, which is...» Read More
EMILY AT MOMA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 07.01.11
It is, of course, a joy to discover that a big international contemporary art show at an institution as prestigious as the Museum of Modern Art in New York has quite casually included Our Emily alongside Miro, Mondrian, Calder, Schwitters,...» Read More
Western desert artist leaves behind record of women's ceremony
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 13.01.11
THE art world has been shaken by the death in early January of a ''visionary'' leader of the western desert art movement. Makinti Napanangka, thought to be in her 80s, took up painting in her 70s yet went on to...» Read More
Salt Water to Salt Contemporary: Exploring the theme of water in Indigenous Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 17.01.11
Curators' Exhibition Preview & Talk Symbols, Mark Making and Colour: Saturday January 22, 5pm Followed by opening drinks, 6pm Curators' Talk: Sunday January 23, 2.30pm More than 35 works from around Australia have been selected to represent the significance of...» Read More
INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS GATHERING IN WINNIPEG
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 31.01.11
One of the largest collections of Indigenous art ever assembled is being shown at galleries throughout Winnipeg in Canada. There are around 60 pieces of art included in Close Encounters: The Next 500 Years, created by 34 diverse artists. "Since...» Read More
February, 2011
DEATH OF IAN ABDULLA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 01.02.11
On the morning of Saturday 29 January, at the age of 63, Aboriginal artist Ian Abdulla passed away at the Berri Hospital, South Australia after a brief battle with cancer. His family was by his side. Born under a gum...» Read More
AUTSIDER ART IN BELARUS
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.02.11
Mainpage /Authors Lyapin Alexey Year of Birth: 1966 Live in: Mozyr, Belarus Genres: graphics, painting, poetry Total works: 29 Nicholas Red Lioness and the Bird of Paradise Dreams tabby Music Crow french fries The death of a visiting musician Taste...» Read More
Lake Bolac Eel Festival, Koori Art & Craft Workshop
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.02.11
Local Koori Artist, Nerissa Major, will be having a Koori Art & Craft Workshop. $5 per project. A Large Variety of Projects to choose from. Come and Create your own piece of Koori artwork. Open to all Ages....» Read More
Lake Bolac Eel Festival, Nerissa Major's Local Koori Art Display
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.02.11
Local Koori Artist, Nerissa Major, will be having a display of her Unique Affordable Aboriginal Art, Handmade Gifts and Jewellery. Nerissa will also be having a Koori Art & Craft Workshop. $5 per project. Come and Create your own piece...» Read More
Lake Bolac Eel Festival, Nerissa Major's Local Koori Art Display
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 07.02.11
Local Koori Artist, Nerissa Major, will b having a display of her Unique Affordable Aboriginal Art, Handmade Gifts and Jewellery. Nerissa will also be having a Koori Art & Craft Workshop. $5 per project. Come and Create your own piece...» Read More
Saltwater Freshwater Art: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from the Mid North Coast of NSW
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.02.11
The Saltwater Freshwater Arts Alliance is proud to present this unique publication of 39 Aboriginal visual artists from the Mid North Coast of NSW. This will be the first time that Aboriginal artists from the Mid North Coast have been...» Read More
WILD DEADLY WOMAN AT AGATHON
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 17.02.11
It's a commonplace in Aboriginal art that creative people emerge from nowhere at a mature age and delight us with their accumulated experience – now set down on canvas. But, until now, it's usually an artist from a remote community...» Read More
SAD DEATH OF TENNIELLE NOCKETTA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 17.02.11
Tennielle Nocketta wasn't a bankable or even known name in the Aboriginal art business. But she was a vitally important project for the future of the artform – and collateral damage of the failure of the Jirrawun project in the...» Read More
Dibirdibi Country, My Country - Sally Gabori Solo Show
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 19.02.11
One of Australia’s most exciting and collectable contemporary artists, Sally Gabori, gets her first solo show in Singapore at the Australian High Commission, Singapore. In 2005 an elderly Kaiadilt woman, living in one of Australia’s most remote communities, took the...» Read More
UTOPIAN Aboriginal Art Exhibition
Posted by | 21.02.11
2-20 March 2011 Without Pier Gallery 320 Bay Street Cheltenham, 3192 Special Preview Melbourne subscribers please join us for a special preview to celebrate this show on Tuesday 1 March at 6.00pm and hear all about the latest in the...» Read More
The Collectors Show - 2011
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 23.02.11
ReDot Fine Art Gallery is thrilled to exhibit prodigiously collectable works from across the Australian Aboriginal territories in our inaugural Collectors Show. "Collectors Show - 2011" will be the incipient year for an annual event which will showcase the most...» Read More
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A guided visit of the Aboriginal Art exhibition at the AGNSW with Solenne Ducos-Lamotte, IDAIA's Director, Specialist in Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 25.02.11
An evening tour of the art+soul exhibition Wednesday 16 March A guided visit of the Aboriginal Art exhibition at the AGNSW with Solenne Ducos-Lamotte, specialist in Aboriginal Art and IDAIA's Director, an organisation dedicated to the international development of a...» Read More
March, 2011
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MEMORIES AND MAPS: Stories from the Bush
Posted by Artitja Fine Art | 03.03.11
MEMORIES AND MAPS: Stories from the Bush In transitioning from her intricate yet abstract paintings of her epic dreamtime story to the figurative portrayal of her childhood at Ernabella Mission in the 1950’s, Imiyari (Yilpi) Adamson shows her range and...» Read More
WHEN THE WORLD WAS SOFT
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 07.03.11
That's a phrase that's come into my life twice recently. Reviewing a mighty tome on the Burrup Peninsular's extraordinary petroglyphs, I was introduced to that phrase as the words of the Yaburara people who'd created that extraordinary ancient rock gallery...» Read More
Stop(the)Gap: International Indigenous art in motion
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 08.03.11
Stop(the)Gap is a major exhibition developed for the 2011 BigPond Adelaide Film Festival in partnership with the Samstag Museum of Art. UniSA's Brenda L Croft brings together recent moving image works by renowned Indigenous artists from Australia, Aotearoa/ New Zealand,...» Read More
June Peters, Roebourne artist to paint live in Manly NSW
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 10.03.11
Media Release 9 March 2011 Roebourne artist to paint live in Manly Bringing Aboriginal art to life, June Peters, from the Roebourne Art Group, will be painting live at Gallery Tjukurrpa in Manly from 11am – 5pm Friday 18...» Read More
NATSIAAs versus THE NGA TRIENNIAL
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 11.03.11
The National Gallery in Canberra has just announced that its important National Indigenous Art Triennial - due to open in April - has been postponed as a result of budget pressures. These relate particularly to the notorious Federal Government efficiency...» Read More
Victorian Artists Challenge the Norms
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 18.03.11
Melbourne-based contemporary artist Ben McKeown has been awarded Victoria’s biggest prize for indigenous artists – the $25,000 Deadly Art Award, supported by Arts Victoria. McKeown was one of four artists to take out top honours at the 2011 Victorian Indigenous...» Read More
Exhibition of Warakurna Artists in France
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 21.03.11
IDAIA is delighted to announce the first exhibition outside of Australia of Warakurna Artists co-organised with our Lyon-based partner gallery Galerie Kungka. “Warakurna Artists is one of the most exciting Aboriginal art communities from the Australian Desert. Recent years have...» Read More
First exhibition of Warakurna Artists outside of Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 21.03.11
Exhibition of Warakurna Artists in France IDAIA is delighted to announce the first exhibition outside of Australia of Warakurna Artists co-organised with our Lyon-based partner gallery Galerie Kungka. “Warakurna Artists is one of the most exciting Aboriginal art communities from...» Read More
APY LANDS PROJECT INVOLVES YOUNG & OLD
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 23.03.11
Ngayulu witini ngayuku Mamaku tjukurpa. Ngayulu witini ngayuku Ngunytjuku tjukurpa. - "I hold My Fathers Story. I hold my Mothers Story". This exhibition is the outcome of a project initiated by Hector Burton who is a senior man working...» Read More
April, 2011
TOMMY WATSON - THE BOOK
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 01.04.11
The longer one spends with this book, the more intense and varied the experience. A hazy impression from exhibitions past that Tommy Yannima Watson painted everything red – with surprising patches of oppositional colour...a ring of white, splashes of blue,...» Read More
WA INDIGENOUS ART AWARDS FINALISTS CHOSEN
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 05.04.11
The Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards, the richest Indigenous arts prize in the country, have announced the 16 finalists who will each be invited to place a body of work into competition for a share in prizes totalling $65,000. The...» Read More
WAR DECLARED?
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 08.04.11
That's what it felt like in the Seaforth (on Sydney's northern peninsular) gallery of Trevor Victor Harvey (TVH) the other night. For the dissident clans had gathered from all over art-dealing Australia to show support for Chris Simons, the bogeyman...» Read More
"pro community" Western APY Lands
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.04.11
Starting May 8th ARTKELCH will be showing a handpicked selection of recent works by artists from the Western APY Lands in a private art museum close to Stuttgart, Germany. This is the opening venue of the touring exhibition "Pro Community...» Read More
ALEX NGANJIMIRRA 'QUEENS' IT UP
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 29.04.11
A wonderful suite of paintings by Oenpelli's Alex Nganjimirra has emerged five years after his death just in time to celebrate the Royal Wedding. Painted between 2002 and 2004, the son of Bobby Nganjimirra simply imagined the English 'Queen lady”...» Read More
Passing of Thancoupie
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 29.04.11
It is with great sadness that AAN learnt of the passing this week of Dr. Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher AO, best known simply as Thancoupie the Potter. She died aged 74 at Weipa Base Hospital on Cape York after a long...» Read More
May, 2011
Charlie Perkins Scholar and artist Christian Bumbarra Thompson welcomes her excellency The Governor General Quenting Bryce to Oxford Univeristy.
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 02.05.11
THE GOOD AND THE BAD IN THE KIMBERLEY
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 04.05.11
The East Kimberley was the first place in WA to join the Aboriginal art movement that spread from Papunya in the 1970s. As is well-known, Rover Thomas had a Dream following the awesome devastation of Cyclone Tracey; to share it...» Read More
Ngura Inkanyi - Singing Country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 10.05.11
ReDot Fine Art Gallery is honoured to host an exhibition hailing from the heart of Modern Contemporary Aboriginal Art. Tjungu Palya and Ninuku Arts are two artist-run art-centres in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in the far north west...» Read More
IS ABORIGINAL ART BACK TO ITS AUCTION PEAK?
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 10.05.11
“I am thrilled with the art we have put together for this auction”, asserts Crispin Gutteridge, Head of Aboriginal Art at auction house Deutscher and Hackett. “It is the finest group of works yet to be auctioned by us in...» Read More
The Art Directory
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 12.05.11
Australia's Art Directory for visual artists. With a listing of over 1500 art competitions and 900 art galleries the database can be searched by name, artist type, art form (indigenous art), entry date and state etc. A directory for art...» Read More
BLACK FILM-MAKING
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 13.05.11
Two fabulously true-to-life pictures of indigenous life in Australia are currently on offer on the big screen. If it's men and the minimally urban world of the Kimberley you're after – think Wyndham and Halls Creek and salt-pans in between...» Read More
LAVERTY 2
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 25.05.11
There are probably no other collectors in Australia who could get away with naming an exhibition 'Laverty 2' and expect instant recognition by viewers. But then Colin and Liz Laverty have the advantage of having had such a big impact...» Read More
MINMA
Posted by Artitja Fine Art | 25.05.11
MINMA – Contemporary Women’s paintings from Mt Liebig Walking across the desert in the early1950’s with her nomadic family heading towards a promised land, a young Wentja Napaltjarri learnt many of her ancestral dreamings from her father Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi...» Read More
Rosella Namok and Arone Raymond Meeks
Posted by Coo-ee Aboriginal Art | 26.05.11
Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery is proud to present two solo shows of work by Rosella Namok and Arone Raymond Meeks. This will be Rosella Namok’s first Sydney exhibition since it became her exclusive Sydney representative, with the closure of the...» Read More
June, 2011
PALYA IS GOOD
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 01.06.11
The former Didgeri Air Art Tours – by which many an art collector has accessed remote community art centres with their piles of raw, exciting canvases – has changed its name to Palya Art Tours and climbed into bed with...» Read More
MINMA exhibition now online
Posted by Artitja Fine Art | 02.06.11
MINMA: Contemporary Women's paintings from Mt Liebig featuring works by Wentja Napaltjarri and weves by Nyoongah Bush Sculptor Janine McAullay Bott is now online at http://www.artitja.com.au/current-exhibition-online-2/...» Read More
Good Heart Mid-West Aboriginal Art Exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 03.06.11
See the work of more than 60 of the finest contemporary and traditional Indigenous artists from WA’s mid-west region showcased in this exhibition of over 100 works of canvas, textiles, woodwork, ceramics and artefacts. All works from this community project...» Read More
Gallery Tjukurrpa brings Aboriginal music, song and dance to Manly June Long weekend!
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 06.06.11
Come to Manly's Gallery Tjukurrpa this June long weekend for the ultimate cultural experience! Gallery Tjukirrpa, in conjunction with Koomurri, Australia’s premier aboriginal cultural performers, will showcase an energetic performance of song, dance and didgeridoo playing. Performances will take place...» Read More
Dawning – Artists from Maningrida Arts & Culture
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 10.06.11
The incomparable former art director at Maningrida in western Arnhemland– Apolline Kohen – was both very fond of the Kurulk clan group of painters attached to the art centre and cognisant of the fact that no art centre could reply...» Read More
Dawning - Young artists from Maningrida
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 11.06.11
The incomparable former art director at Maningrida in western Arnhemland– Apolline Kohen – was both very fond of the Kurulk clan group of painters attached to the art centre and cognisant of the fact that no art centre could reply...» Read More
Affordable Aboriginal Art Sale
Posted by | 11.06.11
Aboriginal Galleries of Australia will be traveling to Canberra for a 2 day showing and sale of Aboriginal art. Over 300 artworks will be available for purchase including works by highly sought after artists. Artists include Minnie Pwerle, Anna Petyarre,...» Read More
Film screening and director's talk: In Memory of Mawalan
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.06.11
Director Ian Dunlop will introduce a rare screening of In Memory of Mawalan, an early 1970s film featuring the elaborate rituals that took place at the funeral of Aboriginal clan leader Mawalan. Presented in association with the Yalangbara exhibition of...» Read More
Platform conversations: Constitutional recognition - so what?
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 13.06.11
Join the inaugural Platform Conversations at the National Museum of Australia event with Mal Brough, Alison Page and Garth Nettheim to debate whether recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Constitution will make a meaningful difference to...» Read More
Eastern Desert Art goes to Italy
Posted by | 15.06.11
PN/P and NINBELLA FIRENZE, ITALY 12 - 30 June 2011 PN/P and NINBELLA will be showcasing these extraordinary artworks in an extraordinary location on the River Arno, Florence, Italy PN/P store/gallery Borgo San Iacopo 38r, Firenze, Italy Enquiries +39 348...» Read More
Home and the Rights of Indigenous People Art Exhibition Opening
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.06.11
Tuesday 21 June, 6-8pm. Home and the Rights of Indigenous People Art Exhibition Opening. Refreshments provided. Speaker Monica Morgan, Amnesty International Indigenous Rights Campaigner. Exhibition runs Weds 22nd June to Sun 26th June, 11am-4pm. At the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative,...» Read More
Introduction to Aboriginal Art, Talk in French - Tuesday 28 June @ Institut Catholique de Paris
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.06.11
IDAIA is delighted to present an introductory talk in French focused on understanding the uniqueness of Aboriginal art. It will explore its origins, issues at stake for its survival, various contemporary forms, and its development. Aboriginal art is known internationally...» Read More
Guided visit - Aboriginal art @ Musee du quai Branly, Paris
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.06.11
IDAIA is delighted to announce that Solenne Ducos-Lamotte, specialist in Aboriginal art, founder and director of IDAIA will be conducting a visit of the superb Aboriginal art collection of the Musee du quai Branly in Paris. A fantastic occasion for...» Read More
GOING NOWHERE IN TOOMELAH
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 20.06.11
The phrases 'Aboriginal time' and “Gone walkabout' are generally uttered with pejorative intent – they're seen as part of the 'failure' of Aboriginal society. But as film director Ivan Sen would say – indeed he did at his film Toomelah's...» Read More
Aboriginal Employment Strategy Chairman's Art Auction
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 23.06.11
The Aboriginal Employment Strategy Chairman's Art Auction proceeds goes towards providing career opportunities for Indigenous Australians. Come and see some amazing artworks from some of Australia’s best Indigenous artists. The Aboriginal Employment Strategy Chairman’s Art Auction will showcase an impressive...» Read More
Balgo 2011
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 24.06.11
ReDot Fine Art Gallery is proud to present our annual show of the colourful works of the Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation. Warlayirti Artists is located in Balgo in the arid north east of Western Australia, between Alice Springs and Broome....» Read More
NAATSIA's 25TH ANNIVERSARY BOOK
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 27.06.11
Is a silver anniversary any more important than a 20th or a 17th? I ask because the Museum & Art Gallery of the NT (MAGNT), the Darwin home of the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award has belatedly...» Read More
Bark Painting 1930-2000 & Bula' bula Arts New Works
Posted by Coo-ee Aboriginal Art | 28.06.11
Opening Saturday 9th at 3pm Come and join Artist Robyn Djunginy, Curator Djon Mundine OAM and the Coo-ee team Seminar Saturday 9th 1 - 3pm Bark Paintings Revisited - the history and content of bark paintings Presenters: Adrian Newstead Djon...» Read More
Boost for NSW Aboriginal Artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.06.11
The NSW Parliament has participated in the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding that will ensure the continued development of the Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Prize; an annual exhibition designed to recognise and promote Aboriginal artists in NSW....» Read More
Buku-Manapanmirr “Meeting Together and Sharing Yolngu Knowledge and Culture”
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 29.06.11
A celebration of cultural sharing through traditional and contemporary interpretations of ‘Raark’ painting, carving and weaving, by the artists of Milingimbi arts centre in Arnhem Land. 16 artists from Milingimbi, NE Arnhem Land, will travel to Brisbane where they will...» Read More
July, 2011
'LAND, SEA & SKY' - In and Out of the Torres Strait
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 06.07.11
By coincidence rather than by design, both the Queensland Art Gallery and the Gab Titui Cultural Centre opened exhibitions last week called 'Land, Sea and Sky'. The title could be describing anywhere – but is particularly appropriate for those little...» Read More
THREAT TO MARRA COUNTRY
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 08.07.11
An appeal from Dr Greg Dickson, Scholar of Linguistics in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University re the country we've grown familiar with thanks to the art of Ginger Riley, Angelina George and Willy...» Read More
Parcours des Mondes 2011, Paris
Posted by Arts d'Australie - Stéphane Jacob | 20.07.11
2011 promises to be an important year for the Parcours des mondes which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. 10 years of work and development to take the event to a high-standing international level. And it has been 10 years that...» Read More
ABORIGINAL ART AT MONA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 20.07.11
The Museum of Old and New Art – or Mona as everyone is calling the controversial Tasmanian gallery – lacks for nothing in challenges to one's notions of what art ought to look like and how it should be displayed....» Read More
My Country and Me (Ngagenyji Nawiyangeny-nungu Daam – Ngayin)
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 22.07.11
The ReDot Fine Art Gallery is proud to welcome back the natural ochre artworks of the famous Warmun Art Centre from East Kimberley, far Northeast of Western Australia. The show will focus on recent works by Lena Nyadbi and Patrick...» Read More
Dennis Nona: prints and sculptures
Posted by Arts d'Australie - Stéphane Jacob | 26.07.11
In keeping with the strong maritime history of the city, contemporary art of the Pacific is an integral part of the municipal museums of Rochefort. This summer, l’Hôtel Hèbre de Saint-Clément showcases art from Torres Strait Islands in the exhibition...» Read More
Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards 2011
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.07.11
The Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards, the richest Indigenous arts prize in the country, is a national award founded in 2008 to celebrate the breadth, diversity and excellence of art from all corners of Indigenous Australia. The awards acknowledge the...» Read More
Residency Opportunity for Indigenous Artist or Curator
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.07.11
fortyfivedownstairs, one of Melbourne's leading independent arts venues, comprises a theatre and two galleries. The Resident Assistant Curator will be working alongside gallery and theatre staff, assisting with the running of a full arts programme in the multiple spaces. The...» Read More
Indigenous Photographer named in Great Moments in BlackHistory
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 27.07.11
GREAT MOMENTS IN BLAKISTORY 27 July 2011 - Wayne Quilliam CELEBRATING BLAK HISTORY MONTH 27 July 2011 Wayne Quilliam Adjunct Professor Wayne Quilliam, a Palawa man from Tasmania, is one of Australia¹s leading photographers. He has more than 1000 publications...» Read More
August, 2011
After 45,000 years, Aboriginal art is still evolving.
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 05.08.11
After my recent excitement at discovering with David Walsh (on Mona) that Aboriginal art is too sophisticated for many a Western eye to comprehend, this piece from the New Statesman in the UK, written by columnist Will Self and published...» Read More
DAAF 2011 is on!
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 05.08.11
Despite the closure of Top End Arts, the organisation that managed the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair for a couple of years, it's back on again in 2011, running 12-14 August. Vibrant new artworks from more than 40 Aboriginal owned art...» Read More
Ways of Seeing- Aboriginal outsider art
Posted by Coo-ee Aboriginal Art | 10.08.11
Join us for the opening of Ways of Seeing which will include a panel discussion: The art, the artists and outsider art within Aboriginal Australian art: Tuesday 23rd of August 6:00 pm Colin Rhodes – Dean of the Sydney College...» Read More
APY TRIUMPH AT NATSIAAs AGAIN
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 11.08.11
South Australian artist Dickie Minyintiri has been awarded Australia’s oldest Indigenous art prize fora painting reflective of his rich personal history at the 28th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Minyintiri receives the $40,000 Telstra Award from...» Read More
YOUNG YOLNGU WINS IN WA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 13.08.11
YOUNG YOLNGU WINS IN WA The most valuable indigenous art prize – the Western Australia Indigenous Art Award of $50,000 has been won by Gunybi Ganambarr from Yirrkala in NW Arnhemland. After two years of triumphs by artists from the...» Read More
Emerging artist reaches significant milestone
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 15.08.11
PLEASE READ & FORWARD VIA YOUR NETWORK. THANK YOU! Contact: Napolean Oui Phone: 07 40394434 Email: napoleanoui@dodo.com.au Website: www.napoleanoui.com EMERGING ARTIST ACHIEVES SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE Napolean Oui showing in CIAF at Cairns Regional Gallery It’s a significant milestone for emerging...» Read More
Pintupi Men
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 20.08.11
The ReDot Fine Art Gallery is proud to welcome back the beautiful works from Australia’s foremost Aboriginal owned art centre, Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd. This exhibition will represent the 8thshowing in Singapore of the stunning work by the desert...» Read More
CIAF 2011
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 23.08.11
The third edition of the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, enjoyed by about 15,000 people in the balmy setting of Cairns in the Spring revealed the constant state of evolution that is Queensland's indigenous art scene. Prime amongst the developments was...» Read More
September, 2011
Mick Gooda joins the conversation
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.09.11
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda will share his views on Indigenous governance and representation, and the provision of services to the community following the closure of ATSIC. Presented in association with Off the Walls: Art...» Read More
Mick Gooda joins the conversation
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 05.09.11
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda will share his views on Indigenous governance and representation, and the provision of services to the community following the closure of ATSIC. Presented in association with Off the Walls: Art...» Read More
National Competition now open
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.09.11
The WetlandCare Australia National Art and Photography Competition, to celebrate World Wetlands Day, is on again for its 5th year. The theme for the 2012 competition is Wetlands, Tourism and Recreation. The competition has categories in art and photography for...» Read More
FORM presents Let the Country Come In Geraldton Regional Art Gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 10.09.11
Greenough Regional Prison is an unlikely home to a gifted group of Aboriginal artists hailing from communities with a strong heritage in painting throughout regional Western Australia. Let the country come in exhibits the results of an artist development program...» Read More
Guided Visits – Aboriginal art at the Art Gallery of NSW – 28-29 Sep 2011
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 16.09.11
IDAIA – International Development for Australian Indigenous Art – is delighted to organise a series a guided visits of the new Aboriginal art exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. The opportunity to better appreciate the...» Read More
October, 2011
Art Gallery of WA & Water Corporation Win 2011 National Visy Arts & Environment Award at AbaF Award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 18.10.11
In July 2007, a partnership began between the Water Corporation and the Art Gallery of Western Australia. The partnership aimed to explore the use of artistic and creative expression as a platform to enhance awareness about water; tracing its past,...» Read More
FUNDRAISING FOR WARMUN
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 19.10.11
Both Melbourne and Sydney are seeing major efforts to assist the community art centre at Warmun (Turkey Creek) in the East Kimberley recover from devastating floods that it suffered earlier this year - as reported on this site on 4th...» Read More
'REVEALED': Emerging Aboriginal Artists from WA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 28.10.11
Discover the next generation of artists from 20 Aboriginal art centres across Western Australia at the same time as the visiting political leaders of Commonwealth countries. For, Perth has it all in indigenous art at the moment. As well as...» Read More
Cairns Fundraising Art Auction
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.10.11
Cairns Mayor, Val Schier, invites you to a fundraising Art Auction on Sunday 30 October for a unique opportunity to purchase works of art and craft donated by local and interstate artists. This event is a fundraiser for Val Schier’s...» Read More
Victorian Indigenous Art Awards 2012: Newsflash - extended entry deadline
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 28.10.11
The Indigenous Arts Awards have decided to offer artists a few extra days to complete online forms. The deadline to register for the online form is still Friday, 28 October 2012. However, once you have registered you now have until...» Read More
November, 2011
AT LAST, THE TRIENNIAL!
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 03.11.11
The National Gallery of Australia has announced that it will present UnDisclosed: 2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial at the NGA in Canberra from May 11 next year until July, followed by a national tour. The artists selected by curator Carly...» Read More
Old memories from a new master
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.11.11
FOR Justin Puruntatameri, almost 90 years old and the newest art star on the verdant Tiwi Islands, life's retrospect looks like a long adventure movie, rich in strange characters and flickering, fast-changing scenes. There are the Macassan trepang fishermen who...» Read More
Brisbane to host Australian Performing Arts Market
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.11.11
The Australia Council for the Arts announces that Brisbane Powerhouse has been awarded the tender for the Australian Performing Arts Market 2014, 2016 and 2018. The Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) is a biennial performing arts market for artists and...» Read More
City of Melbourne Commissioning Public Art Now
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 09.11.11
The City of Melbourne is pleased to introduce a new public art commissioning structure for the creation of innovative artworks as part of its Public Art Program in 2012. Submissions are now open. Expressions of Interest are invited in three...» Read More
TJUKURRTJANU – THE ORIGINS OF WESTERN DESERT ART
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 18.11.11
There's a tremendous tension around at the moment between those who want to show Aboriginal art as 'great contemporary art' and those who want to try to understand its mysteries and complexities. And this is sadly all-too-apparent in the yawning...» Read More
December, 2011
ART & HEALTH IN THE DESERT
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 01.12.11
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN – WITH MONEY! I am writing to excite you with talk about the significance of the art works and colour of the truck. It is 11 years since Pintupi people painted pictures and raised one...» Read More
CHRISTMAS COMES TO COOGEE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 02.12.11
With just about every Aussie Aboriginal art gallery stocked to the hilt, it's not surprising that Christmas has brought out some novel approaches to clearing the shelves. I love Muk Muk's idea of offering 12 serious artworks at 50% off...» Read More
RESALE ROYALTY UPDATE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 06.12.11
The amount of money collected by the Resale Royalty scheme that came into force in Australia in June last year is on the point of reaching half a million dollars. $300,000 of that will have gone to indigenous artists. To...» Read More
'OUR LAND, OUR BODY' SWEEPS CHINA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 11.12.11
The 土地-身体 Tu Di - Shen Ti / Our Land, Our Body exhibition from remote Warburton in WA has been seen across Eastern China by a quarter of a million people since last March. Its origins are 65 major artworks...» Read More
BARRKU! Treasures from a Distant Land
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 21.12.11
Harvey Art Projects is proud to present BARRKU, Treasures from a Distant Land opening this Christmas in Sun Valley, Idaho. This will be Buku-Larrnggay's first exhibit of stunning ceremonial poles and bark paintings in the United States, and it will...» Read More
