Exploring Australia’s indigenous art in the Northern Territory

I explored Australia’s indigenous art legacy on a trip to the Northern Territory - As the Tate Modern stages a major ...
Yahoo

‘Fairy circles’ stumped scientists, study says. Locals knew the explanation all along

At regular intervals across the Australian desert sit empty, circular patches. These “fairy circles” have long intrigued and bewildered scientists. What causes these dusty polka dots? Why do they ...
Inverse

Aboriginal Researchers Reveal An Untold Story of Australia’s “Fairy Circles”

What are “fairy circles”? They are polka dots of bare earth, regularly scattered across arid grasslands. Scientists first described fairy circles in Namibia in the 1970s, which sparked a global debate ...
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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Contemporary Aboriginal Art

In 1972, with assistance from an art teacher, 11 men formed a cooperative called Papunya Tula Artists. By 1974 the group had grown to 40. Collection of John and Barbara Wilkerson An art movement’s ...