This family’s traditional Aboriginal Australian artwork has helped convert ‘whole communities’ to The Church of Jesus Christ ...
Discover how Indigenous art from less than 1,000 years ago could reshape what we know about the Tasmanian tiger’s disappearance from mainland Australia.
A stash of more than 800 mysterious drawings has been revealed for the first time, rewriting the timeline of Aboriginal art ...
As with Navajo blankets, Japanese Zen ensō paintings, Gee’s Bend quilts and much more, the similarity between Australian aboriginal painting and modern Western abstract art is mostly superficial. All ...
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 ...
Asia Society Museum presents Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala, the first major exhibition of Aboriginal Australian bark paintings to tour the United States.
Carlene West, c. 1945-2021, Pitjantjatjara (Pila Nguru) people. Tjitjiti, 2008. Synthetic polymer paint on linen. H. 47.5 x W. 59.5 in. (120.7 x 151.1 cm). Private ...
Buying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art can be meaningful, but how do you know if it's real and ethical? Fake art is ...
The bark paintings in Gapu-Monuk Saltwater: Journey to Sea Country at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney were pivotal documents in a major case for indigenous sea rights. These ...
“The Dreaming” isn’t quite the right way to put it. For the Aboriginal people of Australia, the Dreaming was a period when giants walked the earth, forming the landscape as we know it through their ...
Generally overlooked in Art History 101 was the inverse: how European materials and images were repurposed by Indigenous artists. That 1941 MoMA show was full of ancient Native objects, along with ...