Kyra Mancktelow: Gubba Up
In a broadcast given for the 2021 churchie emerging art prize, where she was a Special Commendation winner, Mancktelow reflected on the absence on First Nations histories in her own schooling in this country. Here, she stated that “I’m putting this art in the world for people to view, and see, and have an understanding […]
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Fiona Foley
Fiona Foley is an artist from the Wondunna clan of the Badtjala nation, whose acclaimed arts practice has been widely exhibited across Australia and internationally for over thirty years. Now a distinguished academic at Griffith University, her latest book Biting the Clouds (2020) weaves rigorous research with art to examine legacies of harmful legislation, disrupting […]
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Nyapanyapa Yunupingu
Intrinsic to Nyapanyapa Yunupingu’s practice is her innovative media and highly individual painterly expression that she describes as ‘mayilimiriw’ – meaningless.
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Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards
This year, Yolŋu artist Djambawa Marawili AM is the winner of the Telstra Art Award for his piece Journey To America (2018). Made of natural pigments on stringybark, the work reflects on Marawili’s recent travels throughout the United States promoting Yolŋu philosophy. It depicts the iconic Statue of Liberty, along with five different states of […]
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Yhonnie Scarce
Yhonnie Scarce is a Kokatha and Nukunu artist who employs the medium of glass to dazzling effect
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Indigenous Art – Where Is It Going?
What Indigenous art needs most is a major exhibition in a world art capital, says John McDonald.
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Nancy Kunoth Petyarre
A survey exhibition of Nancy Kunoth Petyarre charts the spirited styles and stories for which this senior artist was renowned.
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Richard Bell
In Issue 44, Richard Bell takes us into his studio and talks about his provocative 2019 Venice Biennale proposal
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The Koorie Art Show
The annual Koorie Art Show showcases the diverse talent of Victoria’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists
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Indigenous Australia in Berlin
Claire Dalgleish reviews the exhibition ‘Indigenous Australia’ at Berlin’s me Collectors Room
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MCA Announces John Mawurndjul National Tour
The works of master bark painter John Mawurndjul will tour the country in a major MCA exhibition.
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Indigenous Printmaking
Jeremy Eccles discusses the development, politics and complexities of indigenous printmaking in Issue 39.
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Richard Bell | Dredging up the Past
Richard Bell’s most recent body of paintings spotlights the disempowerment of Indigenous Australians and the politics of Aboriginal emancipation.
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