The groundbreaking Papunya Tula, Genesis and Genius exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales was the first major retrospective by artists from Papunya in Australia’s Western Desert. Consisting ...

Since 1972, hundreds of artists have painted under the guidance of Papunya Tula, one of the most respected players in the world of Indigenous art Anthony Ham | Freelance writer In July 2021, Beyonce ...

After 50 years, the Papunya Tula Art Movement has carved out a deep niche in Australian art history, but the settlement itself was a desolate place born from a long history of misunderstandings and ...

Papunya Tula, or dot painting, grew from humble beginnings in a remote settlement, saw its glory days in the 1970s and 1980s, and survived a dark period as the 'carpetbagging capital of the desert'.

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 ...

The breadth and depth of creativity in the exhibition, Streets of Papunya: the re-invention of Papunya painting, which has just begun its national tour at UNSW Galleries in Sydney, is a revelation of ...

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 ...

A recent post on Beyoncé's Instagram has turned the spotlight — and the pop megastar's 193 million followers — on a rich history of Indigenous art. Since the post was made last week, it's been liked ...

A new book and website tell the story of a small group of Aboriginal artists from Australia who changed the face of global art history – and the resources were produced by the only museum dedicated to ...

Seismic shifts occur infrequently on the cultural landscape, and the works produced at such rare moments accrue mystique over and above their individual artistic merit. The 220 early Papunya boards ...

What does it take to distil half a century of art history into a single 280-page volume? “Thousands of kilometres, hundreds of hours, and decades of archives,” says Henry Skerritt, curator at the ...

I was prompted to write this review for two reasons. I was struck by two different but complementary exhibitions at the 8 Hele in Mparntwe Alice Springs. Now in its ninth edition, this year’s Sydney ...