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SECOND INDIGENOUS TRIENNIAL
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2012-05-23 14:27:49
Why did the word 'colourless' spring to my mind when trying to sum up the National Gallery's second National Indigenous Art Triennial? I think the answer intrinsically springs from the diminished role played by vibrant Desert art. Yes – there's...» Read More
AT LAST, THE TRIENNIAL!
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-11-03 16:31:55
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
THREAT TO MARRA COUNTRY
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-07-08 12:39:23
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
The Collectors Show - 2011
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-02-23 15:42:26
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...» Read More
Inteview: Ngurra Kutju Ngurrara - Belonging to One Country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-22 20:43:06
What is the inspiration behind the show? Papunya Tula remains the defining art centre of the modern Aboriginal art movement, it is steeped in history and one cannot proclaim to be a serious Aboriginal art space without a show or the...» Read More
NEW GALLERY IN ALICE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-09-10 18:34:45
NEW GALLERY IN ALICE After three years of preparation, the old butcher's shop in Lindsay Avenue on Alice Springs' Eastside is reopening as the Muk Muk Gallery. Appropriately, the new gallery has a brand new artist on show – Margaret Loy...» Read More
COLONIAL TUTINI
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-09-09 00:18:07
The Tiwi people who drove the first White colonialists off their remote Melville Island (80kms north of Darwin) less than 5 years after they tried to establish a fort there are enjoying yet more schadenfreude as their ancient burial poles...» Read More
The Creation of Indigenous Collections in Melbourne: How Kenneth Clark, Charles Mountford, and Leonhard Adam Interrogated Australian Indigeneity
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-31 05:58:16
My paper will explore three personalities, Kenneth Clark, Charles Mountford and Leonard Adam, and the impact they had on the creation and exhibition of collections of indigenous objects in Australia. Kenneth Clark visited Australia briefly in 1948 and left a...» Read More
Pacific solutions
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-16 07:15:03
The most significant exhibition of islander art in two decades is a confronting experience for all, writes Christopher Allen Gods, Ghosts and Men National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Until January 11. Quote from the article: In fact this is the first significant exhibition of the...» Read More
'Skin of the land (Boodja Ngoorl)' - Lindsay Harris
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-05 03:56:41
November 5th - November 23rd, 2008 'Skin of the land (Boodja Ngoorl)' - Lindsay Harris. Following on from his previous two highly successful exhibitions, this contemporary Nyoongar artist's dynamic work will show why he was short-listed for the prestigious 25th...» Read More
25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award - Celebrating the Silver Jubilee
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-17 14:18:54
The 25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award - Celebrating the Silver Jubilee has an online gallery of all...» Read More
25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Winners
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-17 14:14:07
Major Prize Winner, Makinti Napanangka from Kintore in the Northern Territory has been awarded Australia’s premier Indigenous art prize at the 25th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. The winning painting depicts designs associated with the site of...» Read More
Tjukurrpa Arts One Day Only Exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-16 13:49:26
Tjukurrpa Arts presents an exhibition of extraordinary new paintings from artists of the Central Desert communities Utopia and Watiyawanu in Central Australia Prices starting from $50.00 This is an exclusive opportunity to purchase this significant works by Indigenous artists of...» Read More
Stolen paintings dumped in park
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-04-01 15:55:33
Lindsay Murdoch of the Age reports that the seven Aboriginal paintings worth hundreds of thousands of dollars have been found dumped under a tree near where they were stolen from the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory early...» Read More
Bold vision of artistic rebirth
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-01-05 06:41:52
Bold vision of artistic rebirth January 5, 2008 Quoted from article: In a dusty corner of the outback, among artworks covered in dirt, Judith Ryan set out on a journey that has transformed the NGV's indigenous collection, writes Robin Usher. Judith Ryan will never...» Read More
Elder Fine Art Aboriginal Paintings Auction: December 2 2007
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-11-26 01:34:02
Elder Fine Art Aboriginal Paintings Auction will be held in Adelaide on December 2 2007 at 12pm. The auction includes works by Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, Clifford Possum, Dorothy Napangardi, Abie Loy, Billy Stockman, William Sandy, Kathleen Petyarre, Gabriella Possum, Emily Kngwarreye, Gloria Petyarre,...» Read More
Sydney Morning Hearld - Rangers ask who will protect the north
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-09-14 03:25:22
Lindsay Murdoch Darwin September 13, 2007 Article in the Sydney Morning Herald about the CDEP program changes and the impact on the Aboriginal ranger programs and Aboriginal art industry. Quoted from the article: The Northern Territory Chief Minister, Clare Martin, has warned that axing the...» Read More
