Sent to the resettlement camp at Papunya, in South Central Australia, to acculturate the Aboriginal children, schoolteacher Geoff Bardon noticed Sent to the resettlement camp at Papunya, in South ...

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 ...

First, Larry Gagosian filled his Madison Avenue premises with work by Australia’s Aboriginal desert painters. Then, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced a new gallery dedicated to contemporary ...

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.

On September 17, the Asia Society in New York will open a unique exhibition showcasing the rich history of Aboriginal Australian bark painting. “Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark ...

Generally overlooked in Art History 101 was the inverse: how European materials and images were repurposed by Indigenous ...

If you’re not looking for it, you might miss a small illustration of the Statue of Liberty in Yolŋu leader and artist Djambawa Marawili’s 2019 eucalyptus bark painting “Americalili Marrtji (Journey to ...

It took nearly 40 years, but an exhibition of groundbreaking Balgo paintings, which helped give birth to the contemporary Aboriginal Australian art movement, is finally on view. Lost for decades, the ...

The bark paintings on view in Gapu-Monuk Saltwater: Journey to Sea Country at the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) in Sydney were pivotal documents in a major case for indigenous sea rights.

Chair in Rock Art Research and Director of the Place, Evolution and Rock Art Heritage Unit (PERAHU), Griffith University Paul S.C.Taçon receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Andrea ...

Knight’s rescue mission salvaged over 100 works, but more than 300 were destroyed. His determination reflects Aboriginal art’s newfound status both in Australia and in the larger art world. Ignored as ...

So-called Gwion figures feature prominently in some Aboriginal artworks. New research shows some of these paintings may have been completed as recently as 12,000 years ago. TimJN1 via Wikimedia ...