Hyperallergic

Is Australian Aboriginal Art Part of the African Diaspora?

Fiona Foley, "HHH" (2004). Courtesy of artist/Niagara Galleries. (via MoCADA.org) I just started reading Toure’s Post Blackness: What It means to be Black Now, which features a number of black artists ...
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 ...
Artnet

Australian Indigenous Art Is Having a Moment. Here’s How It Happened

While Indigenous Australian art is an incredibly broad and diverse term, encompassing a range of First Nations cultures and creators, one intriguing facet is the role art centers in Indigenous ...
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 ...
UVA Today

Australian Artist To Head UVA’s Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection

An artist, educator and writer specializing in Australian indigenous art will be the next director of the University of Virginia’s Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, a search committee announced ...
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 ...
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, ...