Aboriginal Art Directory Ethics
About the Aboriginal Art Directory
The Aboriginal Art Directory stems from creative vision and ideas as public property, a public space for everyone to have a shared experience. The Aboriginal Art Directory will grow from collective and shared efforts.
The Aboriginal Art Directory operates under the following practices:
- All listings on the Aboriginal Art Directory are free
- We list all Aboriginal art centres, galleries, online stores, museums, and self representing Aboriginal artists. We do not exclude listings
- We support the Industry in promoting provenance and provide comprehensive, positive information about Aboriginal art centres and galleries that excel in promoting and selling legitimate and authentic artworks
- We believe that transparency is the best online approach to demonstrating best and worst practice
- We work with the industry, and welcome feedback and comments from any organisation or person
- We do not take fees or commissions for any referral or sale generated through the Aboriginal Art Directory and its materials
- We will continuously improve the quality of our content and search capabilities to assist researchers and buyers to make informed decisions when purchasing Aboriginal art
We support Aboriginal art centres and galleries that adhere to an ethical code of practice and provenance. We strongly support Aboriginal art centre's that are members of:
We acknowledge galleries that adhere to the NAVA Code of Conduct and are members of:
For buyers and sellers of Aboriginal Art we have a series of resources that provide excellent information on authenticity and ethics. We recommend all buyers view our resource on Aboriginal art authenticity and browse our Aboriginal Art Directory Resources and Buyers Resources section for more information.
Last modified: May 2, 2008 2:45 PM
