Nangara at 30
“These are Old Testament works”, extolled Geoff Henderson, himself a long-time dealer in Aboriginal art, and now the master of Sydney’s Kate Owen Gallery in Rozelle. He’s talking about a Read More
Rhoda Roberts 1959-2026
A great leader of First Nations and Australian culture in the person of Rhoda Roberts AO has died far too young after a brave fight against a rare ovarian cancer. Read More
Rememorable Biennale
The headlines will probably all be about the Palestinian element to this Sydney Biennale – the 25th by the way – simply because of the person who is its Artistic Read More
Song and Dance
The poet Lionel Fogarty was born on 25 December 1957 at Cherbourg Aboriginal Reserve in south-east Queensland, and died last month aged 68. A Yugambeh man from the area south Read More
Ngurrara Canvas for Sydney
The Sydney Biennale’s Artistic Director, Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi has announced her full program, saying: “Rememory is shaped by artists and cultural practitioners who understand memory as something living—where history Read More
Ursula Does Nina
Eunice Kathleen Waymon was intent on becoming a classical pianist, studying at the famous Julliard School of Music in New York. But when she tried to move on to the Read More
Canberran Delights
Canberra, of course, is more than the National Gallery of Australia, whose National Indigenous Triennial is going to be a first port-of-call for any serious afficionado of FN art. Right Read More
Dharug Dance
The Sydney Festival certainly got off to a terpsichorean start last week with the Sydney Morning Herald coming out on Monday with no fewer than three different dance reviews. Two Read More
Triennial Tricks
Is that all there is to see? That’s pretty much how I felt upon emerging from the seven salles of this 5th National Indigenous Triennial at the National Gallery of Read More
A Milestone Year?
Christmas wishes from the First Nations Arts & Culture team at Creative Australia (the old Ozco) in the words of Franchesca Cubillo, Executive Director. It’s interesting to see what the Read More
Christmas is a’Coming In
This may well be my last outing before the Nativity, so it makes sense to furnish you with some offerings that are perhaps a match for the traditional gold, frankincense Read More
Art & Money
So, we’re talking a total of $10.2m spread across two First Nations art fairs and one potential court case settlement involving the APYACC. The good news is that both the Read More
The NGV Goes to Washington
Mr Albanese Goes to Washington, and all is well with the world? Well, not quite. We may have the possibility of some submarines and some certainty about digging up our Read More
“Towering Cultural Knowledge” at Birrundudu
One of the most exciting and challenging of the many First Nations books on art or culture that have come my way has been intriguing me for days as I Read More
Tarnanthi at Ten
I’m confident that Adelaide is the place to be this weekend with the important Tarnanthi Festival opening at the Art Gallery of SA, the art market adding a commercial element, Read More
Two Down, One Up?
The curse of the cultural centre continues apace. Much, once suspects to its great relief, the Finocchiaro CLP Government in the Northern Territory has now found an excuse to dump Read More
Kunmanara Presley 1940s-2025
Spinifex Arts Projects in remote Tjuntjuntjara has shared the sad news that the fine artist Kunmanara Presley has died. Here’s director Brian Hallett’s obituary: Kunmanara (Patju) Presley was born in Read More
AACHWA’s Our Business Forum 2025 at Spinifex Hill Studios
Aboriginal Art Centre Hub of Western Australia (AACHWA) has announced the return of Our Business: Aboriginal Art Centre Forum 2025 to take place on Kariyarra Country/Port Hedland, in partnership with Read More