On December 2, Will Owen unexpectedly passed away in his sleep.
https://aboriginalartandculture.wordpress.com/2015/12/26/in-memoriam/
Having thoroughly enjoyed Vivien Johnson’s previous book, Once Upon a Time in Papunya, her attempt to chronicle the rise of Papunya Tula Artists, I didn’t really think twice when Rosina Di Ma...
https://aboriginalartandculture.wordpress.com/2015/11/15/streets-of-papunya/
Dr. Margo Smith, Director of the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection at the University of Virginia has been awarded the Order of Australia for her work promoting Aboriginal art and culture in th...
https://aboriginalartandculture.wordpress.com/2015/05/31/margo-smith-am/
Readers who followed this blog for a long time know already of my admiration for John Carty’s work. John is an anthropologist trained at the Australian National University under Howard Morphy...
I just saw this news release, and I may be late to the party, but I wanted to share the great news that Will Stubbs from the Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre has been given the Australia Council Visua...
https://aboriginalartandculture.wordpress.com/2015/03/09/will-stubbs-wins-aca-award/
A coupe of months ago, when I asked Glenn Manser to report on Desert Mob, he told me that he’d really like to write a piece for me on Vincent Namatjira. Last week, I received the article I’...
https://aboriginalartandculture.wordpress.com/2014/11/09/the-namatjira-legend-lives-on/
Guest post by Glenn Manser
https://aboriginalartandculture.wordpress.com/2014/09/28/desert-mob-is-alive-and-doing-rather-well/
Lots of people wait all year to go to Alice Springs for Desert Mob. I, sadly must rely on the kindness of–well not strangers–but rather old friends who bring Desert Mob to me. Thanks to t...
https://aboriginalartandculture.wordpress.com/2014/09/21/desert-mob-2014-a-photographic-gallery/
It’s festival season in Darwin again. Gallerists Matt Ward (Outstation Gallery) and Paul Johnstone (Paul Johnstone Gallery, formerly known as CCAE) have brought back the Salon des Refusés fo...
https://aboriginalartandculture.wordpress.com/2014/08/08/salon-des-refuses-returns/
Note: We recently spent a few weeks in Europe and finally had the chance to visit the Aboriginal Art Museum Utrecht. What follows is a preview of a piece that I wrote for publication elsewhere...
https://aboriginalartandculture.wordpress.com/2014/07/26/aboriginal-art-museum-utrecht/