Artnet

The Market for Aboriginal Art Is Growing Fast. Here Is What (And Who) You Need to Know to Navigate This Dynamic Scene

The global art world is rapidly becoming aware of this market, but there are some pitfalls to know about if you are looking to buy into it. Installation view of the Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally ...
The Financial Times

In praise of Australian Aboriginal art – ‘the oldest surviving culture in the world’

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Steve Martin was astonished the first time he walked into a room full of Australian Aboriginal art. “It was ...
The New York Times

A Ravishing Show of Aboriginal Art, Some in the U.S. for the First Time

The tension between sacred mysteries that must be shielded from outsiders and those that can be revealed animates an exhibition at the Asia Society. By Arthur Lubow The Aboriginal art of northeast ...
Denver Westword

See Aboriginal Art from Down Under at The Denver Art Museum

Discover new vantage points of human creativity through The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art, on view now ...
The Washington Post

A show of Australian Indigenous art should have inspired awe. It’s a mess.

Admirers of Australia’s Indigenous artists have been pushing for a serious, large-scale presentation of their work at a major U.S. museum for decades. The quality of the work undoubtedly warrants it: ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Contemporary Aboriginal Art

In 1972, with assistance from an art teacher, 11 men formed a cooperative called Papunya Tula Artists. By 1974 the group had grown to 40. Collection of John and Barbara Wilkerson An art movement’s ...
UVA Today

Australian Artist To Head UVA’s Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection

An artist, educator and writer specializing in Australian indigenous art will be the next director of the University of Virginia’s Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, a search committee announced ...
The Conversation

Aboriginal art: is it a white thing?

“Aboriginal Art – it’s a white thing” … so Brisbane Aboriginal artist Richard Bell declared in 2002. Bell’s accusation that a white industry controls all aspects of Aboriginal art, even shaping its ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Newly Documented Aboriginal Rock Art Is ‘Unlike Anything Seen Before’

Kangaroos and wallabies mingle with humans, or sit facing forward as if playing the piano. Humans wear headdresses in a variety of styles and are frequently seen holding snakes. These are some of the ...
Newsweek

Aboriginal Australian Art Tells the Most Important Ancient Stories

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In 1770, a ship called The Endeavour made land in a lovely cove not yet ...
The Conversation

Australians’ favourites show Aboriginal art can transcend social divisions and art boundaries

New analysis shows landscape art is the most popular visual art genre among Australians, with Aboriginal art coming in second place, followed by portraits and modern art. But Aboriginal art is more ...