May, 2017
NGA QUINQUENNIAL 2017
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 27.05.17
Oh, so many words, but so little new art that really excites! Let's start with the National Gallery's curator Tina Baum's mantra for the whole event: We defy: By existing; By determining our identity; By asserting our histories; our culture;...» Read More
Leah Purcell Wins Prize for Playwriting & Book of the Year
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 23.05.17
Leah Purcell has been awarded the Nick Enright Prize for Playwrighting ($30,000) in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, and also the Book of the Year ($10,000), for The Drover's Wife. It's hoped that the play (which ran at Sydney's Belvoir...» Read More
Indigenous Art Curators Off to Venice
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 22.05.17
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced that nine established Aboriginal Art Curators are taking part in an international exchange program at the 57th Biennale in Venice. Ozco's Executive Director Strategic Development and Advocacy, Dr Wendy Were explained that...» Read More
Dr. Gumana, AO 1935-2016
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 22.05.17
Aboriginal Art Directory is delighted to offer this eulogy delivered at Gangan Homeland in Arnhemland on 18 January 2017 by Barbara Spencer, former Executive Officer of the Aboriginal Cultural Foundation, as a tribute to the inspirational Dr Gumana. With her...» Read More
Blak Douglas Finds Home at the NGA
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 21.05.17
1. You already have one artwork in the National Gallery of Australia Collection, now the NGA has acquired The Lucky Country series too. I'm elated to have had the highly provocative suite of digital prints titled The Lucky Country acquired...» Read More
BRIAN ROBINSON WINS HAZELHURST WOP
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 21.05.17
On Friday, Sutherland Shire Council announced Torresian Brian Robinson from Cairns as the winner of the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2017 for his work entitled 'Land Sea Sky – Charting our place in the universe' (2016). Brian Robinson has...» Read More
