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CHRISTIAN DISPLACES THE CARDINAL
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-03-22 20:15:15
A portrait of one of England’s most important religious figures - Cardinal Henry Newman, beatified by Pope Benedict in 2010 - has been placed in storage to make way for an Aboriginal artist's self-portraits. It's all happening in the 400...» Read More
FUTURE IS PERFECT FOR CHRISTIAN THOMPSON IN SINGAPORE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2012-09-13 21:52:18
A former British colonial army barracks which was one of the last places to hold out against the Japanese during the Fall of Singapore in 1942 has been converted by the Singapore government into an art centre, which opens this...» Read More
Thomas Ray Ahwang
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-11-07 09:48:55
THOMAS RAY AHWANG At Pandanus Gallery, Palm Cove Saturday, 14 November, 2009 from 2 – 5pm Thomas is a Torres Straits Islander born in December, 1974. A precocious child, primary school did not satisfy his yearning and craving to learn, establishing a...» Read More
Seattle Museum to Return Aboriginal Object, Without Being Asked
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-03 09:34:58
In 1970, Seattle Art Museum (SAM) founder Richard Fuller purchased an Australian Aboriginal sacred object that the museum has never shown. Now it’s being returned, even though no one has asked SAM to do so. The person responsible is SAM's African...» Read More
On the go…presenting Mukurtu
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-04-06 22:47:38
Kimberly Christen posts about some exciting upcoming presentations in the United States, including: Perceiving the Landscape in/through Western Desert Acrylic Paintings A Safe Keeping Place: Shifting Museum Spaces and Embedded Aboriginal Cultural Protocols and Museums 2.0: Virtual Repatriation and Indigenous Digital...» Read More
Drawn to a primitive urge
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-01-12 03:52:48
The Age Drawn to a primitive urge Gabriella Coslovich January 12, 2008 Quoted from the article: Onians is one of more than 300 international experts descending on Melbourne this week for what is considered the "olympics" of the art historians' world. Although another sporting event...» Read More
Mixing of cultures is far from black and white
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-01-12 03:50:23
The Age Mixing of cultures is far from black and white Gabriella Coslovich January 12, 2008 Quoted from the article: PHILIP Batty, a one-time art teacher at the Aboriginal community of Papunya in the Western Desert, recently received an unexpected call from a former student. The...» Read More
