A show of Australian Indigenous art should have inspired awe. It’s a mess.

The Stars We Do Not See” at the National Gallery of Art tells — and muddies — one of the most fascinating stories in 20th ...
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 ...
PBS

Aboriginal Australian artists are having a moment in the U.S. These women are at the forefront.

Almost exactly a year ago, walking through the Seattle Art Museum with my uncle, I stopped cold in front of a piece of art called “Munurru,” or “Rough,” by Aboriginal Australian artist Galuma Maymuru.
Artnet

An Aboriginal Art Expert Picks the Best 8 Lots by Australian Indigenous Artists Hitting the Block This Week at Sotheby’s

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 ...
The Digital Universe

BYU’s Museum of Art welcomes Aboriginal Australian artists

Marlene Nampitjina speaks about her art with MOA visitors. Nampitjina shared stories about her family and their connections to her art. (Emmeline Blythe) BYU’s Museum of Art hosted an artist panel to ...
Los Angeles Times

Colgate University to return aboriginal artwork to Australia

A collection of artwork by aboriginal Australian children that was given to Colgate University in 1966 is being voluntarily returned to Australia. The upstate New York school said Tuesday that it ...
Artnet

$2 Million Aboriginal Art Auction Pays Off for Sotheby’s London

The first-ever sale of Aboriginal art at Sotheby’s London on June 10 was an unexpected success, bringing in over $2 million for 75 lots. The auction was mostly drawn from the collection of Dutch ...
Los Angeles Times

Johnny W. Tjupurrula; Popularized Aboriginal Art

SYDNEY, Australia — Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, an influential artist whose work helped popularize aboriginal art and later sold for record prices at auction, has died. Tjupurrula died Feb. 12 in ...

APY Art Centre Collective sues The Australian's publisher for defamation seeking $4.4m payout

The truth behind claims of "white hands on black art" will be tested in the SA Supreme Court as one of the country's ...