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Vale Peter Taylor
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2014-12-24 11:38:18
Kwementyaye Taylor (c 1940 – 12/2014) Watercolourist Peter Taylor has died in a car accident. Peter Taylor was born into a large family at Oodnadatta in South Australia. His father worked as a station hand in the Central Desert region, and...» Read More
EVERWHEN EVERYWHERE
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
TWO CHARITY AUCTIONS
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2014-08-25 15:06:11
With what looks like an unfortunate coincidence of timing, two worthy Indigenous charities are holding art auctions within days of each other. Arts Law is first cab off the rank, celebrating its 30th anniversary of advice specifically tailored for artists...» Read More
ABORIGINAL ART 'COMES HOME'
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2014-07-22 13:45:10
A significant dinner held in Melbourne last week was a homecoming of sorts for that dominant feature of the Aboriginal art market over the past two decades – the auction. Aboriginal art auctions have been maligned, but some have done...» Read More
ART IS THE VOICE OF OUR PEOPLE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2014-07-08 13:16:06
So, Hetti Perkins is back with us, refreshed from a sabbatical period post-Art Gallery of NSW, where she used to be the first, and so far only, senior curator of Aboriginal Art. I wonder why they think they can manage...» Read More
NATSIAA SURPRISES
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2014-06-25 18:38:12
The great names are there at this year's National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards – Namatjira, Marawili, Marika, Burton, Thaiday, Petyarre, Mabo, Yalandja and Nadjamerrek. But rather than having the Christian names you'd probably recognise, 2014 will introduce...» Read More
Aboriginal Art from the Eastern APY Lands (South Australia) tours Germany in 2014
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2014-03-10 00:44:35
From March to September 2014 ARTKELCH, the leading gallery for Contemporary Aboriginal Fine Art in Germany, presents artists from South Australia´s Eastern APY Lands in their yearly touring exhibition PRO COMMUNITY. PRO COMMUNITY is an exhibition format developed and organized by...» Read More
The Shock of the Old
Posted by Frannie Hopkirk | 2014-02-17 14:01:25
Arabs believe that the soul can travel at the rate of a trotting camel. From that one can imagine that the souls of millennia of aboriginal nomads, roving the desert, restless, ever-moving, searching, working, contemplating their existence, drawing their Dreaming into...» Read More
'TOURIST TAT' IN HOBART
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2014-01-13 10:52:05
Back in September, I responded to some depressingly bad critical reviews of the Indigenous content in the big Australia show at the Royal Academy in London. My blunt heading then was 'Crap Criticism in London'. Coincidentally, the Hobart art...» Read More
NAMATJIRA IN LONDON
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-11-28 09:11:34
The third generation of the Namatjira family water-colour artists from Hermannsburg - Kevin and Lenie Namatjira - yesterday had a private audience with the Queen at Buck House in London. This follows the presentation of their grandfather and an example...» Read More
CRAP CRITICISM IN LONDON
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-10-01 22:09:22
The wilful ignorance of some London critics in slaughtering the Royal Academy's 'Australia' show of more than 200 artworks linked to our landscape is a deep embarrassment for the Mother Country. I've been a professional critic for many years, working...» Read More
THE GANTNER COLLECTION
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-09-09 18:04:31
Carrillo and Ziyin Gantner are fortunate people in having a) taste and great enthusiasm to collect Indigenous art and b) enough money to do things like flying around remote Aboriginal communities in a private plane in order to see and...» Read More
WA AWARDS SPRING A SURPRISE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-08-23 17:15:16
Oh Boy, they must be crowing in Queensland! In Perth, a Queenslander took out the Big One – actually, the country's biggest Indigenous art award of $50,000; and behind him were 2 fellow Sunshine Staters. In Darwin two weeks ago,...» Read More
Hermannsburg watercolourist, Mervyn Rubuntja's Open Studio
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2013-02-06 13:40:47
Watercolour landscape artist Mervyn Rubuntja will be travelling to Sydney from Alice Springs for a weekend of events in Sydney in February, which include a painting session at a local gallery and a panel discussion at the State Library of...» Read More
The Soul of Emily Kngwarreye
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-01-04 17:20:04
It often seems to be the case that great Australian achievements need the validation of overseas approval. But the fact that 'Utopia : The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye' was a vast tribute in 2008 to the Aboriginal artist conceived...» Read More
A French Finale to 2012 Aboriginal Art Auctions
Posted by Nicholas Forrest | 2013-01-02 17:29:35
The last month of 2012 was relatively a relatively quiet period for the sale of Aboriginal art. There were, however, some sales worth mentioning, including Emily Kngwarreye’s My Mothers Country during the Summer Art Auction by Western Australia’s...» Read More
Mystery Bidder Bids Big on Aboriginal Artefacts at Sotheby's Australia Sale
Posted by Nicholas Forrest | 2012-10-18 03:49:52
Mysterious bidder 109 was somewhat of a saviour for Sotheby’s Australia during their 15th October Important Aboriginal & Oceanic Art sale in Sydney. Obviously prepared to spend whatever it took to acquire the objects of his desire, Mr. 109...» Read More
Namatjira and Mellor Shine at Deutscher and Hackett August 29 Auction
Posted by Nicholas Forrest | 2012-09-03 14:03:32
There were very few works by Aboriginal artists in Deutscher and Hackett’s August 29 Important Australian + International Art Auction held in Melbourne. The few indigenous works that were included in the sale did, however, perform very well....» Read More
Solid Prices for Aboriginal Art at Menzies Art Brands June 20 Sale
Posted by Nicholas Forrest | 2012-07-06 12:24:17
The Menzies Art Brands Melbourne 20th June Important Australian and International Fine Paintings and Sculpture sale included a number of important works of Aboriginal art. Prices for the Indigenous paintings on offer were solid although not any higher than they were...» Read More
Early Papunya Boards Head Sothebys Australia Aboriginal Art Sale
Posted by Nicholas Forrest | 2012-06-04 16:17:53
Sotheby’s Australia will hold their first major Aboriginal art sale for the year on Tuesday 5th June 2012 in Melbourne. The sale will consist of 105 lots with an estimate of $1.4-2 million and includes rare artefacts through to early...» Read More
Desert’s spirit on show in Newcastle
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-04-07 18:13:31
THEY were thousands of kilometres from the desert, but that didn’t stop a group of local Aboriginal students tapping into its rich spirit at a watercolour workshop at Newcastle Art Gallery. The workshop was held as part of the Desert Country...» Read More
$6 for a Namatjira? Almost...
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-03-26 19:06:00
There's no accounting for taste when a masterpiece is ignored in a garage sale. It was the spring-clean that almost cost a Cairns woman a masterpiece. She had put a few household items in a garage sale, including a painting of...» Read More
'LAND, SEA & SKY' - In and Out of the Torres Strait
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
NAATSIA's 25TH ANNIVERSARY BOOK
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-06-27 10:31:57
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
Out of the desert great artists come
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-11-03 21:58:45
Aboriginal art has travelled a long way since the early days at Papunya in the 1970s. Painting about his culture and country, and in an uncharacteristic pink, senior law man Ginger Wikilyiri spends weeks just sitting and thinking before he picks...» Read More
A collection of masterpieces
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-29 23:32:23
In Sydney, where the countdown to January's Sydney Festival has begun (corporate.sydneyfestival.org.au), you can still see Namatjira at the Belvoir Theatre until November 7. Written by Scott Rankin and co-directed by Wayne Blair and Scott Rankin, this collaboration between Belvoir and...» Read More
New Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art galleries
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-12 02:26:47
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have existed on the continent of Australia for tens of thousands of years. Their art and traditions are among the oldest and richest in human history. The designs, patterns and stories were taught to Indigenous...» Read More
HETTI'S MULTI-MEDIA PROJECT
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-07 12:16:46
Bigger than Ben Hur (which is soon to be at a football stadium near you)! Hetti Perkins, Senior Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art at the Art Gallery of NSW, turns out to be a gentle, girlish guide...» Read More
Aboriginal art's new face at Canberra gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-03 00:23:44
Ron Radford, the director of Canberra's National Gallery of Australia, can say almost exactly when Australians and overseas visitors became interested in Aboriginal art. ''You can pinpoint it to the 1988 Bicentennial,'' Mr Radford said yesterday. ''That's when people would come...» Read More
Exhibition reveals Indigenous art impact
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-22 20:14:23
An exhibition showcasing the influence of Australia's most notable Indigenous artists has opened in Mackay in north Queensland. The collection, Namatjira to Now, includes the William Dargie portrait of Albert Namatjira, which won the Archibald Prize in 1956. The exhibition also features...» Read More
Namatjira: The Next Generation
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-21 20:35:10
Tuesday 28th September - Saturday 16th October Please join watercolour artists at the opening on Friday 1st October from 5pm - 7pm Watercolour Workshop Saturday 2nd October from 10am - 12pm Birrung Gallery is delighted to present Namatjira: The Next Generation, an exhibition...» Read More
NAMATJIRA CELEBRATION
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-09-16 19:35:03
The 50th anniversary of Albert Namatjira's death last year didn't get great play around Australia as his art is still coloured by confusion over its white origins and the patronising treatment that the artist received in his life. He was...» Read More
Aboriginal and Oceanic Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-05 22:25:55
Catalogue Now Online 1 July 2010 Sotheby's Australia is delighted to announce our forthcoming Aboriginal and Oceanic Art auction on July 26 and 27 in Melbourne. Under the directorship of Tim Klingender, the July auction has been firmly established for more than...» Read More
Deadly celebrations for NAIDOC Week
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-02 21:46:58
NAIDOC Week celebrates the achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and there is so much going on around Lismore it’s being spilled over 10 days. The theme this year is ‘Unsung Heroes – Closing the Gap by Leading Their...» Read More
Clifford Possum Japaltjarri
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-14 20:59:40
For Art Sunday today, a great Australian artist, Clifford Possum Japaltjarri. Clifford Possum was born in 1932 on Napperby Station. He worked extensively as a stockman on the cattle stations in and around his tribal country. At this time he...» Read More
Looking Back at Country - Retrospective Exhibition, Series 1
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-09 07:15:31
Opening Event: Wednesday 19th May 2010, 6 - 8pm Exhibition Dates: Tuesday 18th May –Saturday 19th June 2010 From Alcaston Gallery: Martin Tjampitjinpa (born c. 1965 – d. 2007) His irresistible paintings explore his heritage, inheritance and also the respect that he bestowed...» Read More
Remembering Country
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-09 07:13:53
Beverly and Anthony Knight in conjunction with Bindi Inc. Mwerre Anthurre Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory proudly invite you to view: Remembering Country featuring Adrian Robertson Kukula McDonald Seth Namatjira Billy Kenda Lance James and Billy Benn Perrurle Opening Event: Wednesday 19th May 2010, 6 - 8pm Exhibition Dates: Tuesday 18th...» Read More
Indigenous award nabs new curator
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-16 22:41:38
Kate Podger was yesterday named as the curator for the 27th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Ms Podger has more than 10 years experience in the indigenous arts industry, most recently at the Araluen Arts Centre in...» Read More
Curator Announced for Telstra Art Award
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-14 17:40:11
The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) and Principal Sponsor Telstra are pleased to announce Kate Podger as the curator for the 27th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Kate has worked in the Indigenous...» Read More
Aboriginal art sale draws artists
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-31 13:46:33
Fairymead House is about to get a whole new collection with some of the biggest names in Australian art – but this time, they will be for sale. Paintings and artworks by Albert Namatjira, Walter Ebaterinja, Pro Hart and David Badcock...» Read More
Public Works: Ginger Riley Munduwalawa
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-18 05:24:54
Ginger Riley Munduwalawala, Limmen Bight River Country (1992). Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, bought 1992. On display until December 6. IN the 1950s Ginger Riley Munduwalawala was working as a stockman, droving cattle from the vast stations of the Northern Territory...» Read More
Colour Country: Art from Roper River' Tours for a Year
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2009-06-10 13:45:29
It could hardly be further from the rich wetlands of the Roper River on the Gulf of Carpentaria coast at the southern fringe of Arnhemland. But the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery in dry old New South Wales has just opened...» Read More
Real to Surreal, Scenes from the Centre
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-06-09 17:23:47
Real to Surreal, Scenes from the Centre: Journey with the new generation of Hermannsburg watercolour artists The Art Centre Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra; Many Hands Art Centre is situated in the township of Alice Springs and has been established to provide a place...» Read More
Visiting the old outback haunts of an Aboriginal water colourist
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-06 09:05:39
Aboriginal art to many tourists in Australia means paintings on bare rock and the Rainbow Serpent creation myth rendered in rich colours with the dot technique. Aborigines and watercolours hardly seem to go together. But Albert Namatjira, who ranks as...» Read More
Entries Invited - Australian & International Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-02-25 08:27:00
Shapiro Auctioneers are now inviting entries for the forthcoming Australian, Aboriginal and International Art Auction. For a confidential valuation please call 02 9326 1588 or email info@shapiro.com.au Shapiro 162 Queen Street Woollahra NSW 2025 www.shapiro.com.au Illustrated Albert Namatjira sold...» Read More
Collecting Australian Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-01-26 11:29:55
Described by renowned Australian art critic, Robert Hughes, as belonging to ‘the world’s last great art movement’, collectors of art from this extraordinary ancient but vibrant living culture have, in recent years, fuelled a boom in sales. Prices at auction...» Read More
Albert Namatjira exhibition a delight
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-12-02 08:36:06
Although Namatjira's personal history had a tragic outcome, he continues to inspire a vigorous tradition in landscape painting that is only recently receiving renewed recognition, having been swamped by the success of the acrylic dot painting movement. Another offshoot has flourished...» Read More
Aboriginal Art Selling Exhibition - Entries closing now
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-22 03:10:32
Shapiro Galleries 162 Queen Street Woollahra, Woollahra, Sydney ENQUIRIES (+612) 9326 1588 aboriginal.art@shapiro.com.au Artists of interest: Declan Apuatimi Jack Britten Tommy Carroll Butcher Cherel Janangoo Barney Ellaga Hector Jandany Ivy Nixon Janyka Emily Kame Kngwarreye Kudditji Tjungurrayi Kngwarreye Lena Kuriniya Lloyd Kwilla Queenie McKenzie Patrick Mung Mung Albert Namatjira Rosella Namok Ngoia Napaltjarri...» Read More
Lifestyle Visit to aboriginal art exhibition
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
Namatjira to Now
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-10-27 08:34:45
23 October 2008 – 15 February 2009 Gallery 5 & 6 QAG The great Albert Namatjira’s adoption of the European medium of watercolour for his landscape paintings remains an inspiration to contemporary artists from Ntaria (Hermannsburg) and surrounding regions of...» Read More
Sotheby's Aboriginal and Oceanic art sale
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-10-20 11:55:59
Exhibition Previews Location: Kiddell Gallery, London Mon, 22 Sep 08, 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Tue, 23 Sep 08, 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Wed, 24 Sep 08, 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Thu, 25 Sep 08, 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Location: Melbourne Fri,...» Read More
First Contact
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-10-14 19:58:15
A new series shows how the infant NSW colony lost the chance to be an inclusive society, Graeme Blundell from the Australian writes: I GREW up in outer suburban Melbourne in the 1950s knowing nothing of the original inhabitants of my...» Read More
Aboriginal Art - SELLING EXHIBITION 30 SEPT – 11 OCT
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-25 21:56:12
ON VIEW 162 Queen St. Woollahra Mon–Sat 11am–5pm There are 43...» Read More
Entries Invited Australian Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-27 08:08:39
Final entries are invited for Australian and International Art. Sydney, Wednesday 24 September, 6pm. For a confidential appointment please call 02 9326 1588 or email info@shapiro.com.au Shapiro Auctioneers and Gallery - 162 Queen Street Woollahra www.shapiro.com.au Looking for works by: Declan Apuatimi Jack Britten Tommy...» Read More
Walangari Karntawarra ' Songlines' Exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-25 14:20:09
"SONGLINES :EXHIBITING TO SEPTEMBER 24" by WALANGARI KARNTAWARRA. About this exhibition and Walangari Karntawarra: WALANGARI WANGARDI KARNTAWARRA JAKAMARRA, also known as COLIN MCCORMACK, was born in Alice Springs in 1961. He is of the Arrernte, Luritja, Walpiri, Yankuntjatjarra, Pintubi, Anmatjerre and Alyawarre peoples...» Read More
The Legacy of Albert Namatjira Today
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-05-28 00:40:57
Contemporary Aboriginal Watercolours from Central Australia Opening Thursday 29 May at 6pm (on display until 22 June) SoMA Galleries, 147 The Parade, Norwood, SA This will be the first comprehensive group exhibition of the current Aboriginal watercolour artists to be held outside Alice...» Read More
Exit Art People's Choice Award Winner
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-04-22 07:38:26
The Department of Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts (NRETA) is pleased to announce that the 2007 Exit Art People's Choice Award has been won by Myra Gorey for her work titled ‘Ltyentye Apurte Landscape'. Museum and Art Gallery of the...» Read More
Artist Slideshow featuring Mervyn Rubuntja
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-04-16 05:02:39
Mervyn Rubuntja was born at the Telegraph Station in Alice Springs. His mother was a Western Arrernte woman. His father was the famous painter, the late Mr. W Rubuntja Pengarte. His father has been an important role model for Mervyn. He...» Read More
Bonhams & Goodmans Australian, International and Aboriginal Art 19 November 2007
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-11-26 01:41:02
Bonhams & Goodmans recently hosted an Australian, International and Aboriginal Art auction. The auction took place on19 November 2007 and featured works from Patrick Oloodoodi Tjungurrayi, Ewald Namatjira, Albert Namatjira, Kathleen Petyarre, Emily Kngwarreye, Samantha Hobson, Walangkura Napanangka, Millie Skeen...» 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
NT News - Art stored in shed worth big money
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-11-24 02:15:49
An article in the Northern Territory news previewing the Elders Fine Aboriginal Art auction. The article focusses on a former cab driver who is selling his entire collection, and the story of how he began collecting Aboriginal Art. Rob Hefford thought...» Read More
Indigenous artwork
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-09-26 02:39:44
Indigenous artwork Tuesday, September 25, 2007 Alison Jess Quoted from article: A collection of indigenous artwork from the private collection of Ron and Ross Aldridge is currently on show at the Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery. Exhibitions Officer Sally Huguenin says the exhibit could be described as...» Read More
One Sun One Moon
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-09-21 17:01:44
In the ever-shifting cultural landscape of Indigenous Australia, One Sun One Moon catalogues a key moment of transition over the decades at the turn of the century to reveal the view from within a kaleidoscopic contemporary art movement. To coincide...» Read More
Death of an artist
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-08-17 23:56:38
An article in the Jerusalem Post about Albert Namatjira and his death. The article is also a review of Sven Lindqvist's Terra Nullius: A Journey Through No One's Land. The article discusses Australia's tragic history and flawed political approaches...» Read More
Joel Fine Art Important Australian & International Art 26 March 2007
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-03-26 03:25:32
Joel Fine Art, Important Australian & International Art auction, 26 March 2007, sold over 80% of its lots for a total of...» Read More
Joel Fine Art Important Australian & International Art 16 October 2006
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-10-16 03:28:50
Joel Fine Art Important Australian & International Art auction 16 October...» Read More
23rd Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award 11 August 2006
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-08-12 05:52:39
The 23rd Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, open to all adult Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander artists, aims to showcase the very best Indigenous art from around the country. The Telstra Award of $40,000 is awarded to...» Read More
National Indigenous Times: Near record price for Aboriginal artwork
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-08-11 07:25:32
A painting by Aboriginal artist Rover Thomas depicting the destruction of Darwin by Cyclone Tracy has set a near record price at auction in Melbourne last week. The 1986 work, Bugaltji, Lissadell Country, sold for $660,000 at Sotheby’s 10th Aboriginal art...» Read More
The Age: Pictures from home
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-07-27 13:17:35
An article by James Cockington in The Age previewing the upcoming Sotheby's Aboriginal Art exhibition. The article follows the trend of dramatically increasing prices and the large proportion of international buyers. From the article: Starter guide $6000+ For those who prefer a more authentic...» Read More
Aboriginal art in Paris: In your dreaming
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2004-10-11 14:26:43
A select slice of Paris’s art collecting elite gathered at elegant rooms on Avenue Matignon earlier this month for auction house Christie’s first-ever exhibition of Australian Aboriginal art. Thirty or so works on preview had been selected especially to tempt...» Read More
20th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award 16 August 2003
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2003-08-16 03:58:39
20th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award 16 August 2003, the winner was Richard...» Read More
Papunya Tula - the birthplace of contemporary Australian Aboriginal art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2001-08-25 07:41:39
The groundbreaking Papunya Tula, Genesis and Genius exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales was the first major retrospective by artists from Papunya in Australia’s Western Desert. Consisting of 150 works by over 50 artists, the exhibition provided...» Read More
