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NICOLE FORESHEW WINS 2014 NSW PARLIAMENT ABORIGINAL ART PRIZE
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2014-10-16 13:47:34
Nicole Foreshew, a Sydney-based Aboriginal artist, has taken out the 2014 Parliament of New South Wales Aboriginal Art Prize - announced at the awards ceremony held at Parliament House overnight. Her work, It comes without seeking 1, was chosen by...» Read More
DID A BITCH WIND BLOW ABORIGINAL ART ONTO THE WORLD STAGE?
Posted by Frannie Hopkirk | 2014-09-14 15:46:33
Was Cyclone Tracy a freak accident of cosmology, an epic drama involving a vengeful wind, or just a pissed off tropical storm? The insinuated anthropological terminology given to destructive natural disasters such as Tracy has 'Her' with the best of them....» Read More
INDIGENOUS WIN IN THE BLAKE PRIZE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-10-17 18:30:00
The Blake Prize is a funny one. Unpredictable, you might say. Over 62 editions, it's mutated from very straight religious imagery to works that are deliberately irreligious or critical of religious authority. I'm not at all sure how the work...» Read More
Waiting at the Gate - abandonment to Aboriginal Artist of the Year Nomination
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-07-18 13:04:03
At the age of five, after years of abuse, and just months after the death of her father, Robyn was sent on a ‘holiday’ and was never returned to her family. She waited at the gate for her mother to...» Read More
Dawning - Young artists from Maningrida
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-06-11 14:51:12
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 – Artists from Maningrida Arts & Culture
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-06-10 16:28:13
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
The spirit wakes anew
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-12 01:39:56
BINDI Cole's first response when she was invited to curate an exhibition for the Melbourne International Arts Festival was one of relative calm. The 35-year-old Melbourne-based artist, who last year was awarded the coveted $25,000 Deadly Art Award for her...» Read More
Hermannsburg Potters at Alcaston Gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-22 20:36:09
Beverly and Anthony Knight in conjunction with Hermannsburg Potters,Northern Territory proudly invite you to view Themes of the Central Desert New ceramics by the Hermannsburg Potters, NT Judith Inkamala Rahel Ungwanaka Lindy Rontji Rona Rubuntja Irene Entata Dawn Wheeler Clara Inkamala Stephanie Ratara Hayley Couthard Exhibition dates: Tuesday 28th September – Friday...» Read More
First art prize
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-17 19:50:35
Ceduna artist Beaver Lennon has won his first major art prize - at just 22 years of age. Beaver has been awarded the Adelaide Festival Centre’s South Australian Indigenous Acquisitive Art Award. The win was announced last week at the official opening...» Read More
SA Indigenous Acquisitive Art Award Recipient Announced
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-09 19:18:20
The Adelaide Festival Centre is proud to announce that the recipient of the inaugural Adelaide Festival Centre’s South Australian Indigenous Acquisitive Art Award is Ceduna artist Beaver Lennon. Announced last night at the official opening of Our Mob 2010, Lennon was...» Read More
Evolution of a landscape
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-18 08:11:58
Almost four decades since the dawn of the desert painting movement, and a quarter-century since the first award was held in Darwin, the current of indigenous expression in art has turned into a broad stream. It mirrors not just the...» Read More
Hermannsburg Potters - Iltja Nunaka Orkapuma Ntaria
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-09 17:22:19
Hermannsburg Potters Iltja Nunaka Orkapuma Ntaria Hand-made from Hermannsburg New ceramics by Irene Entata, Judith Inkamala, Rahel Ungwanaka, Carol Rontji, Lindy Rontji, Rona Rubuntja and Dawn Wheeler. Meet the potters: Wednesday 26 August 6 pm – 8 pm Irene Entata and Carol Rontji will be...» Read More
GARMA TALKS CULTURE IN AUGUST
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-06-15 17:33:29
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
Ngalla marraaju wuuju dulka kilwanmaruthu / We'll show you our country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-12 15:57:18
The ReDot gallery is proud to welcome the 1st Singaporean show for the powerful and colourful works of the Bentinck Island Art Gang. "Ngalla marraaju wuuju dulka kilwanmaruthu/we'll show you our country" will showcase the very best from this group of...» Read More
Go Walkabout for Rare View of Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-25 00:26:54
In Papunya, an aboriginal relief camp in the central Australian desert area near the town of Alice Springs, a teacher provided village elders with paint, tools and encouragement. And, in the process, he helped launch a unique artistic movement that...» Read More
From the deserts, artists came
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-02-14 06:52:20
In 1994, John and Barbara Wilkerson, American art lovers, were visiting the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory when they caught sight of a handful of early board paintings from Papunya in the western desert. They were struck:...» Read More
Tribal art auction yields mixed results
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-10-25 14:24:21
Peter Fish reviews the Sotheby's auction: Retired NSW politician and tribal art buff Richard Jones was as pleased as punch at Sotheby's Aboriginal and Oceanic Art sale at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Monday. The striking north-east Queensland hardwood rainforest shield...» Read More
Bentinck Island Artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-09 03:31:11
Bandikawaanda makuwalada rarunginja thaand Return of Kaiadilt Women Paula Paul, Amy Loogatha, †M.M, Ethel Thomas, Netta Loogatha, Dawn Naranatjil and Sally Gabori Tuesday 16 September – Saturday 4 October 2008 Opening Saturday 20 September from 2pm – 4pm At 3pm on Saturday 20 September Professor...» Read More
Mornington Island Artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-30 07:53:26
Alcaston Gallery is delighted to show this amazing group of artists in conjunction with Mornington Island Arts & Craft, Gulf of Carpentaria,...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Directory top search queries for April
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-05-29 01:00:11
The Aboriginal Art Directory has released its Top Aboriginal Art search queries for April. As always it makes for interesting...» Read More
Bentick Island Artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-05-10 00:09:32
An exhibition of Bentick art in Sydney - at Caruana & Reid Fine Art, Exhibiting 21 May - 7 June, 2008, 44 Roslyn Gardens, Elizabeth...» Read More
Historic Aboriginal art stolen, quickly recovered
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-04-09 23:10:56
The Aboriginal art heist made the China Post. Seven historic Aboriginal paintings were stolen Tuesday from an Australian museum then recovered hours later after the thief apparently changed his mind and dumped them in a park, police said. The paintings, valued at...» Read More
Influence and Inspiration
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-08 05:01:32
For tens of thousands of years, the Kunwinjku people of western Arnhem Land have painted their stories upon the sandstone escarpments of their ancestral lands. Covered in a vibrant cacophony of images, these rock art galleries present a powerful vision...» Read More
Painting The Waves
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-30 03:08:31
Monday, October 29th, 2007 Painting the wavesArt on cruise ships is becoming increasingly popular on cruise ships, with some vessels in the Pacific set to see an influx of art from Australian artists. Carnival Cruises, the parent company of P&O Cruises, has...» Read More
Sydney Morning Herald - Big, beautiful and bountiful
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-29 03:10:16
October 28, 2007 Ian McKinnon gives a preview of life aboard P&O's eagerly awaited Pacific Dawn and the potential for an Aboriginal Art collection aboard the...» Read More
New International Auction House Enters Aboriginal Art Market
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2004-10-20 07:39:57
October 19, 2004 -- New International Auction House Enters Aboriginal Art Market. The significance of the Aboriginal art movement and its impact on the global art market has been compared to the emergence of the French Impressionists. The exponential growth of...» Read More
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