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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
Djilpin Arts Arrives at Melbourne's Federation Square
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2014-05-22 13:16:08
Walk with Us: Djilpin Arts, the Northern Territory’s globally recognised Aboriginal Corporation located at the remote Beswick (Wugularr) community on the south-west border of Arnhem Land, brings a rich and ancient tapestry of indigenous culture to Federation Square in Melbourne...» Read More
ABORIGINAL ARTIST WINS BIG BULGARI PRIZE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2014-04-17 00:19:44
Anyone who bought a painting by Daniel Boyd (via the Ros Oxley9 Gallery) will have had their taste and wisdom confirmed by this week's announcement that he's taken out the third Bulgari Art Award worth $80,000, and delivered his stunning...» Read More
THE SHADOW KING/LEAR
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2014-02-03 12:07:57
An ebullient black King Lear in a white suit arrives regally on high and breaks into a “We have survived” rap. Where are we? In Joan Littlewood's Stratford East? Barrie Kosky's Berlin? Or Michael Kantor's Malthouse Melbourne? In fact, the...» Read More
GUDIRR GUDIRR/GOOD GOOD
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2014-01-16 23:00:28
This solo work of dance theatre from Broome brought back such happy memories of the first appearance of a confident Josie/Ningali Lawford from The Kimberley in 1997, I was almost as blissed-out as performer/creator Dalisa Pigram was at the end...» Read More
Jeremy Eccles
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2014-01-01 00:04:01
Jeremy Eccles has written for the Aboriginal Art Directory since its inception and loves the opportunity to share his experience of the Indigenous cultural world with its dedicated audience. A migrant from Margaret Thatcher's Britain, Jeremy first encountered Australia's Aborigines...» Read More
SYDNEY FESTIVAL BLACKS UP
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-12-19 18:05:20
There was a time after the great Olympic Dreaming Festival of 1997 when I thought the case had been made for all Australian multi-arts festivals to incorporate a serious Indigenous element in their programming as a matter of course. Apart...» Read More
Transformations: early bark paintings from Arnhem Land
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2013-10-09 16:42:55
Early works that embody a significant transition in Indigenous art practice will be on display in Transformations: early bark paintings from Arnhem Land, at the Ian Potter Museum of Art. The paintings, many of which have never been previously exhibited, are...» Read More
MYSTERY ROAD
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-10-05 13:46:57
Has the brilliant Ivan Sen watched 'No Country for Old Men' just one too many times? For this ultimate omnimath, the Indigenous writer/ director / cinematographer/ editor/ composer who totally captured the anomie of life on the endless plains west...» Read More
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNIE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-07-13 14:50:28
The power of TV to educate and change minds is nowhere more apparent than in the new 4-part ABC TV series beginning on Sunday night. 'First Footsteps' will, hopefully achieve what the balefully accusatory 'First Australians' series failed to do...» Read More
Dr Yunupingu Dies
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2013-06-28 18:11:09
Aboriginal Art News wishes to pay tribute to the late Mandawuy Yunupingu, who died in Yirrkala, NE Arnhemland on June 2nd aged 56. He had been fighting end-stage renal disease and had undergone dialysis for several years. This is...» Read More
An Indigenous Celebration of 40 Years of Cultural Links with China
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2012-12-21 15:47:21
The 40th anniversary year of Gough Whitlam establishing diplomatic links with Mao's China has just come to an end with the closure of an exhibition of Indigenous photography in Beijing. Intriguingly, none of the publicity mentioned its exclusively Aboriginal origins...» Read More
Obituary: HARRY (HJ) WEDGE 1957 – 2012
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-11-12 12:11:57
Harry Wedge’s politically and emotionally charged work challenged perceived ideas about contemporary Indigenous art and Indigenous peoples’ experience of living in urban Australia. His aesthetic encompasses stories and humorous anecdotes from his childhood at Erambie Mission at Cowra, in the...» Read More
TJUKURRTJANU GOES TO PARIS
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2012-10-08 15:25:06
The big NGV exhibition Tjukurrtjanu – Origins of Western Desert Art ( 'Aux Sources de la Peinture Aborigene') opens in the Musee du quai Branly today. It's the first Australian art show at the museum – which opened...» Read More
SPRING IS 28% INDIGENOUS
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-10-05 11:47:02
Jeremy Eccles The Museum of Contemporary Art looks for the young and hopeful in art every Spring – thanks to the Jackson Family sponsorship in memory of their daughter Belinda, who died too young at 29. Curators of Primavera have mainly...» Read More
Crossing Cultures in the US
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2012-09-21 18:32:09
America is having a far better year than Australia in terms of its experience and appreciation of our Indigenous art. First there was the Kaplan/Levi Collection on show in the Seattle Art Museum; now, across the country in New Hampshire,...» 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
AGNSW 'S TENTATIVE REHANG
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2012-07-20 19:12:05
Almost three years ago, I reported here about the strange and wonderful arrival of the Art Gallery of NSW's iconic Pukumani Poles in its so-called Colonial Courts – perfectly placed in chronological terms, but utterly challenging beside the best efforts...» Read More
Australia's ancient Aboriginal rock art to be catalogued
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-04-07 18:22:47
Australia's greatest ancient Aboriginal rock art detailing kangaroos, turtles and humans on boulders in the remote Pilbara area will be studied under a US$1.1 million deal announced Monday. Tens of thousands of the indigenous works, which are scattered over the mineral-laden...» Read More
Artprice Predicts Stronger Australian Art Market
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2012-01-26 16:09:15
Aboriginal art occupies a special place in Australia and 3 of the 6 artists in the Top 10 auction results are Aborigines. One of the three Aboriginal artists in Australian contemporary art ranking, Dorothy NAPANGARDI , has enjoyed strong demand since...» Read More
BARRKU! Treasures from a Distant Land
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-12-21 15:57:45
Harvey Art Projects is proud to present BARRKU, Treasures from a Distant Land opening this Christmas in Sun Valley, Idaho. This will be Buku-Larrnggay's first exhibit of stunning ceremonial poles and bark paintings in the United States, and it will...» Read More
TJUKURRTJANU – THE ORIGINS OF WESTERN DESERT ART
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-11-18 11:06:53
There's a tremendous tension around at the moment between those who want to show Aboriginal art as 'great contemporary art' and those who want to try to understand its mysteries and complexities. And this is sadly all-too-apparent in the yawning...» Read More
Brisbane to host Australian Performing Arts Market
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2011-11-09 09:30:53
The Australia Council for the Arts announces that Brisbane Powerhouse has been awarded the tender for the Australian Performing Arts Market 2014, 2016 and 2018. The Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) is a biennial performing arts market for artists and programmers...» Read More
CIAF 2011
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2011-08-23 10:55:26
The third edition of the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, enjoyed by about 15,000 people in the balmy setting of Cairns in the Spring revealed the constant state of evolution that is Queensland's indigenous art scene. Prime amongst the developments was the...» 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
‘No si hijomiono’o jabesi soré jajivo’ (We are painting the designs of our ancestors)
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-12-18 19:44:41
ReDot Fine Art Gallery is proud to welcome a very special exhibition of barkcloth art from the Ömie artists of Mount Lamington in Oro province, Papua New Guinea. An artistically groundbreaking event for ReDot Fine Art Gallery, this exhibition has...» Read More
FIRST AUSTRALIAN ART FOR FIRST AUSTRALIAN SAINT
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-10-17 12:17:29
Aboriginal artworks sent from Catholic missions in the north and west of Australia earlier last century are on display at the Vatican’s Ethnological Museum in Rome to coincide with today's canonisation of Mary MacKillop. And their presence was celebrated with...» Read More
Cultural capital war flares on new front
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-10-17 02:59:17
Some interesting developments for future Indigenous Art museums.... Premier Bligh thinks differently as far as indigenous art is concerned. In revealing early plans to The Age to build a major gallery devoted to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art in Queensland...» Read More
NEW PARADIGM IN CANBERRA
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-10-03 19:28:19
Prototype, precedent, templet, archetype, scantling, paradigm...so reads my Roget's Thesaurus – which I think gives you the drift of my thinking regarding the importance of recent events in Canberra. No – not on the Hill, where Tony Abbott seems determined not...» Read More
ABORIGINAL ART: THE SONGLINES
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-09-13 19:33:52
ARTS D’AUSTRALIE • STÉPHANE JACOB has great pleasure in inviting you to its new exhibition ABORIGINAL ART: THE SONGLINES Opening Wednesday September 8, 3 pm to 9 pm Galerie SEINE 51 - 51 rue de Seine, Paris 6ème Showing from September 9 to September...» Read More
Aboriginal art at Parcours des Mondes
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-29 22:14:17
Paris-based dealer and Australian Indigenous Art specialist, Stéphane Jacob, will exhibit works by several of Australia´s most admired and innovative Contemporary Aboriginal Artists at this year’s “Parcours des Mondes” the world’s leading international tribal art fair which will take place...» Read More
From boomerangs to didgeridoos, Aboriginal art is a huge part of Aussie culture.
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-08-29 22:11:24
Aboriginal paintings and crafts often hang in souvenir shops and art galleries around the country. But over the past few years fake Aboriginal art and craft has been brought in from overseas. As Kirsty explains this wave of cheap imports has...» Read More
Aboriginal Art the Theme of "Hot Rock Dreaming", the New Thriller from Writer Martin Roth
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-07 16:38:46
Alice Springs and the world of Aboriginal art form the background to “Hot Rock Dreaming”, the second novel from Martin Roth starring private detective Johnny Ravine. Australia’s most famous Aboriginal painter is dead - supposedly killed when a heavy object tumbled...» 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
Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art – Now
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-05 20:30:22
Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art – Now July 9 – August 31, 2010 Sante Fe, NM- Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art in association with Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, will present the inaugural biennale exhibition, Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art – Now. This exhibition presents new...» Read More
National Gallery launches Indigenous jobs push
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-01 21:52:16
Indigenous artists are a strong presence on the Australian and international art scenes, but their voices are almost silent when it comes to leadership roles in many of the country's public and private galleries. In a bold bid to inject change...» Read More
National Gallery launches Indigenous jobs push
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-07-01 17:12:31
Indigenous artists are a strong presence on the Australian and international art scenes, but their voices are almost silent when it comes to leadership roles in many of the country's public and private galleries. In a bold bid to inject change...» Read More
The Owen and Wagner Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-24 20:53:49
For Immediate Release June 2010 Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Announces the Owen and Wagner Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art The Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College is pleased to announce an important private gift of contemporary Aboriginal art. Will Owen...» Read More
Hood Announces Major Gift of Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-06-21 20:44:31
The Hood Museum of Art has announced a private gift of more than 300 works of contemporary Aboriginal art. The collection donated by Will Owen and Harvey Wagner makes the Hood one of the foremost repositories of contemporary Aboriginal Australian...» Read More
Sublime Works by Sally Gabori to Open at The Gallery in Cork Street
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-05-24 23:56:32
LONDON.- With her expressive brushstrokes, tactile layering of paint and expert use of colour, the work of Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori can be described as truly sublime. Jennifer Guerrini Maraldi Art (JGMart) and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, in conjunction with Mornington...» Read More
Australasian Arts Projects Presents The Utopia Story The art and artists of Utopia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-04-19 12:20:33
Australasian Arts Projects is a regionally focused arts production company, newly established to entertain, inform and educate the general public about art, artists and artistic practice. Initially based in Singapore, Australasian Arts Projects is delighted to present its first event...» Read More
Museum Victoria: 2010 Lecture Series, Indigenous Cultures Department
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2010-03-21 15:16:03
When: 1pm – 2pm, last Tuesday of every month, February to November, 2010 Where: The Discovery Centre, Lower Ground Floor, Melbourne Museum The Indigenous Cultures Department of Museum Victoria is launching a monthly lecture series in February 2010 entitled Culture and History....» Read More
A TRIBAL WORLD ON VIEW
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-03-13 16:46:31
I was drawn to this gorgeous and important book, 'We Are One' by the prospect of Damien Hirst – the English artist infamous for his crazy concepts like a floating shark or a diamond encrusted skull – sharing his...» Read More
INDIGENOUS IMAGE WINS NATIONAL PORTRAIT PRIZE
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2010-03-05 10:10:50
Mr Andrew Sayers, Director, National Portrait Gallery yesterday announced the winner of the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2010 as Scott Bycroft for the work titled Zareth. VISA has generously sponsored the exhibition and will provide the winning prize money of $25...» Read More
Stunning patterns emerge from circles, dots, lines
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-11-26 15:34:20
It was not until the second half of the 20th century that Aboriginal art gained true international recognition. This is staggering, especially when considering the long history and rich culture of Indigenous Australians; but the explanation is simple. Not until...» Read More
Fine Tribal, Aboriginal Art & International Antiquities
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-10-31 17:50:42
This is to announce our forthcoming auction. The sale will include over 200 lots: Early Indian, Chinese, Southeast Asian, Natural History, Roman, Islamic, Indus Valley, Gandharan, Khmer, art and antiquities. Art and Artefacts from, Australian and Oceania. Highlights include 17th Century...» Read More
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SPEAKEASY
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-09-08 12:06:52
OPENING: 25 September, 6 - 8pm Free Admission Gallery 4A’s upcoming group exhibition profiles Asian-Australian history entangled with an Aboriginal history of Australia. Recently returned from representing Australia at the Venice Biennale, Brisbane-based artist Vernon Ah Kee will present work and curate an...» Read More
Wayne Quilliam 2009 NAIDOC ‘Artist of the Year’
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-08-26 07:10:59
Wayne Quilliam 2009 NAIDOC Artist of the Year Aboriginal photographer/videographer and artist Wayne Quilliam has been awarded what is considered one of the most prestigious Australian art accolades: 2009 NAIDOC Aboriginal Artist of the Year. Wayne is considered one of Australia’s most...» Read More
2009 Aboriginal Artist of the Year Wayne Quilliam
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-07-20 15:01:44
Aboriginal photographer/videographer and artist Wayne Quilliam has been awarded what is considered one of the most prestigious Australian art accolades: 2009 NAIDOC ‘Artist of the Year’. In front of more than a thousand people at the Brisbane Convention Centre Wayne accepted...» 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
Venice Reflux: Doctorin' The Tardis
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-16 22:08:20
All that is missing from Gladwell's imagery is a large monolith and some token Aboriginals with a spear and shield. Vernon Ah Kee rises from the pages of The Australian to create an interesting debate with his 'Commissioner': "The problem...» Read More
Interview with Leon Paroissien and Bernice Murphy
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-05-10 06:27:03
Interview with Leon Paroissien and Bernice Murphy This is an excerpt from the interview which looks at Aboriginal art only. The full interview can be found at the url below. The interview was made in 2006. In the Perspecta exhibition organised by...» Read More
International Art Fair coming to Singapore this November
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-04-10 12:55:56
SINGAPORE, April 10, 2009 Singapore is set to stage the Singapore International Art Fair 2009 (SIAF2009), an international art fair where art galleries around the world gather under one roof to showcase their artworks this coming November at the Singapore...» Read More
Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-01-22 06:54:20
Exhibition of some of the earliest and rarest paintings by Indigenous Australian artists; artists to visit Ithaca and create “ground work” The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University presents Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya,...» Read More
Fine Tribal, Aboriginal Art & International Antiquities
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2009-01-13 07:52:06
Over 100 lots: Early India, Chinese, Southeast Asian, Islamic, Indus Valley, Gandharan, Khmer, art and antiquities. Art and Artefacts from, Australian, Oceania, and Africa. The highlights include;*Early Indian sculpture from Rajasthan dating 10 - 12th Century AD.*An outstanding collection of...» Read More
Tjungu Palyaku Walka Nyuwana (New Works From Tjungu Palya)
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-12-27 13:40:45
The ReDot gallery is proud to welcome the 1st ever show in Asia for the exciting works of APY Lands’ Tjungu Palya. Tjungu Palyaku Walka Nyuwana (New Works from Tjungu Palya), will showcase the very best from this relatively...» Read More
Aboriginal artworks reflect history spanning 40,000 years
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-16 08:02:08
Visitors to Pace Gallery in Petaling Jaya have a chance to see examples of these artworks, which had been especially brought in from Australia and will be on display until Nov 21. Appreciating her peer: Maida Stewart standing next to...» Read More
Beyond The Dots: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-01 00:57:07
The exhibition is titled “Beyond The Dots: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art” and is organised by Tjala Aboriginal Art and Asia Promote Ventures with the support of the Australian Trade Commision and the Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry. It features 20...» Read More
Intricate dots from Australia
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-11-01 00:53:09
From Nov 7 to 21, art lovers can discover the best of Aboriginal Australian art, characterised by its colourful and intricate dot patterns, at Pace Gallery in Jalan Kemajuan, Petaling Jaya. The exhibition is titled “Beyond The Dots: Contemporary Australian...» 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
Dennis Nona in Berlin
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 2008-09-15 11:47:38
The German curators at the Martin Gropius Bau in Berlin are claiming an exhibition of comparable significance to the famous French Third World exhibition, Les Magiciens de la Terre in the 1980s for 'Tropics, Views from the Middle of the...» Read More
The power of optimism
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-12 16:34:02
IF Tony Ellwood had not gone through a personal crisis during his first year as director of the Queensland Art Gallery, maybe he would still have chosen optimism as the theme of this summer's exhibition of contemporary Australian art. This...» 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
Alick Tipoti and Dennis Nona exhibit in Berlin and London
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-04 14:18:32
Leading Torres Strait Islander artists, Alick Tipoti and Dennis Nona will see their work in major exhibitions in Berlin and London this month. Nona’s monumental six metre linocut, ‘Yawarr’ has been included in the exhibition, ‘The Tropics, Views from the Middle...» Read More
The Colour Black: Photographic Exhibition by Leading Aboriginal Artist Wayne Quilliam"
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-03 16:51:22
The Colour Black' photographic exhibition by leading Aboriginal photographer Wayne Quilliam is certain to evoke a wide range of emotions by people who visit this stunning collection of work when it opens at Alliance Francaise in Canberra on November 14. http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/q/qphotography/>Quilliam,...» Read More
ARTSingapore expects October event to tap into continuing demand momentum for contemporary Asian work
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-02 19:53:55
The Bangkok Post reports on ARTSingapore: After having successfully introduced some relatively unknown artists from across Asia over the past few years, ARTSingapore is gearing up for its next annual event in early October, with the hope that other artists...» Read More
ARTSingapore expects October event to tap into continuing demand momentum for contemporary Asian work
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-09-02 19:53:55
The Bangkok Post reports on ARTSingapore: After having successfully introduced some relatively unknown artists from across Asia over the past few years, ARTSingapore is gearing up for its next annual event in early October, with the hope that other artists...» Read More
The 8th ARTSingapore is the Largest Contemporary Asian Art Fair
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-23 08:06:43
Australian Aboriginal Art will be represented in this years ARTSingapore, with Ballan and Pannan Galleries participating in this enormous contemporary art fair in Singapore this October. The most anticipated Asian contemporary art fair will be here once again to set the...» Read More
DARBY JAMPIJINPA ROSS - Make it good for the people
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-20 20:00:35
Queensland College of Art, Griffith University invite you and your friends to DELL Gallery @ QCA for the launch of a special collaborative project: DARBY JAMPIJINPA ROSS Make it good for the people OPENING 6-8PM Friday 22nd August 2008 SPECIAL GUESTS: Otto Sims, Chair of...» Read More
Fine Tribal, Aboriginal Art & International Antiquities
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-04 02:24:20
It is with pleasure that I announce our forthcoming auction. The sale will include 10th - 12th Century Indian sandstone sculpture, superb Gandharan antiquities, important 12th - 13th Century Khmer sculpture; rare Chinese, Southeast Asian, Near Eastern and Classical antiquities;...» Read More
Durmmu Arts
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-08-01 23:47:49
Durrmu Arts launched a great new website, http://www.durrmu.com.au/ in late March this year. Durrmu Arts, the Peppimenarti community art program, is renowned for its fine, contemporary art production, including acrylic painting and fibre work. Senior artist Regina Pilawuk Wilson (winner,...» Read More
Melbourne Art Fair 2008
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-30 07:45:14
Melbourne Art Fair is the leading art fair and public exposition in the Asia Pacific region and one of Australia's most significant exhibitions of contemporary visual art. Established in 1988, the Melbourne Art Fair is held biennially at the historic Royal...» Read More
MICHAEL NELSON JAGAMARA: FROM THE STUDIO major survey to open at fireworks gallery
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-07-30 07:17:47
FROM THE STUDIO, a comprehensive survey exhibition of MNJ’s Brisbane studio based 1996-2008 practice will open on Tuesday 12 August and will continue to Saturday 27 September. Doug Hall, in the exhibition catalogue Foreword states: “Michael Nelson Jagamara’s most traditional paintings...» Read More
Utopia: the Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye - The National Art Center, Tokyo
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-28 07:51:26
Some beautiful works by Emily Kame Kngwarreye and a review of exhibition 'Utopia: the Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye' by Scott Rothstein from Art Found Out. Quoted from the post: The galleries in The National Art Center, Tokyo are cavernous. The spaces...» Read More
Jean Baptiste Apuatimi with James Bennett
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-06-25 07:57:09
Discover the paintings of Jean Baptiste Apuatimi with James Bennett, Curator of Asian Art in the exhibition Tuesday 1 July...» Read More
Samantha Hobson - Ngayu Aalmana Ngaachi Ngatangku - Growing up with Cuontry
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-03-29 14:37:52
Samantha Hobson was born in 1981 at Lockhart River, Cape York, the northern most settlement of Eastern Australia. She began painting with the Lockhart River Art Gang at the age of 17, producing paintings of the land and reef that...» Read More
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Announces Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2008-02-02 10:59:29
(Media-Newswire.com) - Ithaca, NY—The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University presents Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya, which will be on view at the Museum beginning in January 2009. “Drawn from a private collection, these...» Read More
The Art Newspaper: Aboriginal art dealers fight back
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-10-09 13:01:08
Red Sand Art Gallery sues journalists who accuse them of defrauding indigenous artists In mid July in the massive modernist Supreme Court in Darwin, a frail Aboriginal man with a shock of grizzled white hair and beard took the witness stand...» Read More
NYC: Gallery Reception - Utopia Aboriginal Exhibition
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2007-07-11 01:23:32
Details on "NYC: Gallery Reception - Utopia Aboriginal Exhibition" Advance, the American Australian Association and Robert Steele Gallery invite members to a special reception to view the Australian Aboriginal art exhibition New Work From Utopia. Named by German settlers immigrating to...» Read More
Outback journeys unearth the mystical stories of Dreamtime
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2006-09-11 03:23:57
Outback journeys unearth the mystical stories of Dreamtime Publication: South China Morning Post, 10 September 2006 Author: Jade Lee-Duffy There’s more to Aboriginal art than a few dots and squiggly lines. That’s what the founder of Beijing Blue art gallery, Bridget Dewar Uebel,...» Read More
Powerful growth of Aboriginal art
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 2005-11-06 07:44:47
International Herald Tribune Powerful growth of Aboriginal art All about Earth and the people on it Susan Gough Henly Sunday, November 6, 2005 Quoted from the article: With the opening next year in Paris of the Musée du Quai Branly, focusing on the art and culture...» 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
Down Under
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 1993-11-10 23:45:38
Deurle, Belgium, 1993 Museum Dhont-Dhaenens. “Down Under” Aboriginal art brought Belgian artist Danny Matthys into our gallery while he was “artist in residency” at the Art Gallery of NSW. This joint exhibition was the result. “I was moved not only by the remarkable...» Read More
