Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2014-12-02 12:36:41
When I first arrived in Australia, an early writing commission was to preview the expat playwright Ray Matthew's wonderful outback play, 'Spring Song'. It captured country values and setting perfectly – so well, in fact, that he was whisked off...» Read More
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2014-10-23 17:14:26
The Queensland Art Gallery │Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) has unveiled a new permanent display of Indigenous Australian art: ‘Everywhen Everywhere’, which opened last Saturday, 18 October. QAGOMA Director Chris Saines said the collection-based exhibition, curated by the Gallery’s curator...» Read More
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-10-11 12:33:05
It sounds as though we're off into the rarified atmospherics of quantum physics here with an exhibition called String Theory. But Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA for short) curator Glenn Barkley is just toying with his audience in...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2013-09-26 11:48:40
The Indigenous Art Code (IartC), the industry code set up to promote integrity, transparency and accountability in dealing with Indigenous art, has announced the appointment of several arts leaders from the Indigenous community to its Board following its annual general...» Read More
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-07-11 17:47:43
The current QAGoMA exhibition, 'My Country : I Still Call Australia Home' has alerted me to the work of the late Vincent Serico, whose painting, Carnarvon Collision (2006) reflects a naïve artist's take on ghastly events in the history of...» Read More
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-07-11 17:10:57
No – not a spangly sing-along with Peter Allen, or an ad for Dubai-bound Qantas. But part of the provocative title - My Country : I Still Call Australia Home - of the largest ever show of contemporary Indigenous art...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2013-04-25 09:54:19
The 30th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award is in full swing with over 240 entries received from almost every state and territory in the country, all vying for the $40,000 main prize, and a chance for...» Read More
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-01-30 17:43:33
In the torrent of art books with an Indigenous flavour that were published last year, one stands out for the sheer exuberance of its art – and the quality of its reproduction : Power + Colour/New Painting from the Corrigan...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-07-25 14:13:10
The Katherine community in the NT now has access to an $8.6 million arts hub after the official opening of the Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts and Culture Centre last week. NT Arts and Museums Minister, Gerry McCarthy joined with Federal Arts...» Read More
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-07-06 16:18:48
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
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-02-14 09:52:15
Works by leading Queensland artists Vernon Ah Kee, Richard Bell, Dennis Nona and Judy Watson feature in a national Indigenous exhibition opening at the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane this week. Arts Minister Rod Welford said Culture Warriors: National Indigenous...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-13 11:52:39
An excellent community newspaper, Pine Rivers Press, has a nice little article about a planned visit to the Namatijira to Now exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery. THE Friends Group of the Pine Rivers Regional Art Gallery in Strathpine is organising...» Read More
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-05-08 07:43:42
Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award 4 August – 11 November 2007 Gallery 3.1, GoMA The ‘Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award 2007’ celebrates new work by emerging Indigenous Australian artists. Established by the Queensland Art Gallery and Xstrata Coal, the Award...» Read More