The Daily Universe

BYU’s Museum of Art welcomes Aboriginal Australian artists

BYU’s Museum of Art hosted an artist panel to commemorate the "Irrititja Kuwarri Tjungu" exhibition on Oct. 10.
Observer

Why the Sudden Spotlight on Australian Aboriginal Art?

Makinti Napanangka, Kungka Kutjarra (Two Women), 2001. Synthetic polymer paint on linen. On view at Gagosian, New York City. Rob McKeever, Makinti Napanangka, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, ...
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 ...
Artnet

Signaling Growing Market Ambitions, Sotheby’s Is Moving Its Australian Aboriginal Art Sale to New York This Fall

A sale at Sotheby’s New York in November will mark the first time that an international auction house will host a sale of Australian Aboriginal art in the US. Sotheby’s is relocating its annual ...
Observer

From Boom-and-Bust to Global Rise: Understanding Aboriginal Art’s Market Revival

A view of “Significant” at D’Lan Contemporary’s Melbourne gallery. Courtesy D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne. Photo: Gus Davidson A renewed surge of interest sparked by biennials and major institutions ...
NOLA.com

Infinite Possibility: Australian Aboriginal women's art reaches across the miles

Australia — and in particular the vast expanses of desert Australia, far from the cosmopolitan coasts — seems about as far away from New Orleans, literally and figuratively, as you can possibly get.
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.