indigenous art
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Nicholas Forrest
Today, April 29, marks the launch of a unique project that will see a giant work of art by Australian Aboriginal artist Lena Nyadbi installed on the roof of the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris. To be revealed on June 6, the 700 square-metre installation will be...
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Nicholas Forrest
Selling the art collection of former tax lawyer Ross Clarke and his wife Rona Clarke in Brisbane was always going to be a gamble for Melbourne-based Mossgreen Auctions. Although the couple are based in Queensland and are well known in their home state,...
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Nicholas Forrest
Big hART, Australia’s leading arts and social change company, has launched an iPad/iPhone app that allows users to paint watercolours on their phone in the style of contemporary Aboriginal watercolour artists such as Albert Namatjira, Elton Wirri, Kevin...
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Nicholas Forrest
Tiwi artist Timothy Cook has won the $40,000 29th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award with a very traditional, natural pigment painting titled Kulama depicting the designs applied to the bodies of men during the coming of age...
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Nicholas Forrest
On show at the National Gallery of Australia until the 22nd of July, unDisclosed: the 2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial is an invite-only exhibition featuring the work of 20 Aboriginal artists from regional, remote and urban communities across Australia...
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Nicholas Forrest
Adelaide based auction house Theodore Bruce Auctions took another step into the big league last week when their 12th June Australian Aboriginal and Oceanic Art sale produced results that rival those of the bigger Australian auction houses.Carefully curated by...
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Nicholas Forrest
Sotheby’s Australia produced a solid result with their June 5 Important Aboriginal Art sale held in Melbourne. A clearance rate of 59% and a sale total of $1,167,450 (hammer price) was good news even though the sale total was below expectations."These...











