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

The Stars We Do Not See” at the National Gallery of Art tells — and muddies — one of the most fascinating stories in 20th ...
Hyperallergic

Journeying Beyond Western Time in Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Art

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In 1971, at a remote government settlement in Australia’s Northern Territory called Papunya, a group of elderly Aboriginal men painted designs from ancestral creation stories onto a ...
Artnet

Actor Steve Martin Amassed a Stellar Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art at Warp Speed—and Now You Can See It at Gagosian

With a hand from actor, comedian, and noted collector Steve Martin, Gagosian is shining a spotlight on Indigenous Australian painters—which could mean big things for this sector of the art market.
Asia Society

Asia Society Museum presents Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala

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.
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 ...
WBUR

New Harvard Art Museums Show Gives Voice To Indigenous Australian Artists

Stephen Gilchrist, the Australian studies visiting curator at the Harvard Art Museums, in front of Vernon Ah Kee’s text-based vinyl work "many lies" (2004), during preparation for the exhibition ...
PBS

Aboriginal Australian artists are having a moment in the U.S. These women are at the forefront.

Almost exactly a year ago, walking through the Seattle Art Museum with my uncle, I stopped cold in front of a piece of art called “Munurru,” or “Rough,” by Aboriginal Australian artist Galuma Maymuru.
Asia Society

Creation Station: Aboriginal Australian Art

Discover Aborigines’ dreamtime art and the importance of the kangaroo in Australia’s history. Indigenous Australians have been expressing their world through paintings on rocks and bark for thousands ...
The Conversation

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

The Australian Cultural Fields: National and Transnational Dynamics project discussed in this article was supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council (DP140101970).
Hyperallergic

Australian Aboriginal art

These paintings, filled with traditional abstract Aboriginal iconography denoting nature, spirits, and a way of life that has been passed down for generations, are a wonder. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In 1971 ...
The New York Times

Indigenous Australian Art Takes Center Stage at TEFAF Maastricht

This year’s fair will include a booth dedicated solely to First Nations Australian art, from bark paintings to works by Emily Kam Kngwarray. By Will Higginbotham In a first for TEFAF Maastricht, ...
Courthouse News Service

Kangaroo Painting Australia’s Oldest Aboriginal Rock Art

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 ...