The maliwawa image collected from the aboriginal Namunidjbuk estate in the Wellington Range of Australia depicts a macropod. (Courtesy of Paul Taçon, Griffith University) The maliwawa image collected ...
Multiple archaeologists and Indigenous art experts refuted posts online claiming to feature an Aboriginal painting depicting the Wandjina -- a rainmaker spirit -- in Western Australia. The image of a ...
Barak was an Aboriginal leader who witnessed the signing of the controversial 1835 Batman Treaty. He made many works during ...
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 ...
On September 17, the Asia Society in New York will open a unique exhibition showcasing the rich history of Aboriginal Australian bark painting. “Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark ...
SYDNEY, Australia — A painting by Australian indigenous artist Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri sold at auction for a record $2.1 million, Sotheby’s said. “Warlugulong,” painted in 1977, is regarded as ...
When any compelling new way of picturing the world shivers into being, it can’t help but enthrall us. Think what it is like to see the early Cubist paintings by Braque and Picasso, or the very first ...
The $104 million centre is envisioned “as an immersive cultural hub that will showcase Aboriginal creativity through art, ...
Construction for a scrapped gallery in Alice Springs has been green light by the local development consent authority, as the ...
When University of Washington professor Margaret Levi first went to Australia in 1984, her focus was on a book about tax policy she was researching. What she didn’t expect was that the country would ...