Aboriginal art sells fast at Desert Mob
Desert Mob is fast becoming one of the must do events for anyone serious about Aboriginal art. Based in Alice Springs, the two day event brings together artists from 35 community based Aboriginal art...
View ArticleDes Art in the Park
There was a frenzy of buying and selling as over a thousand people gathered to pick up an art bargain at Des Art in the Park.
View ArticleDogs and Art.
Gloria might be an art expert, but her passion at the end of the day is the camp dog situation.
View ArticlePainting desert blooms. 2007 Desert Festival.
Every year in September, native flowers open their faces to the Central Australian spring sunshine.
View ArticleYunupingu portrait wins Archibald
Guy Maestri's portrait of Indigenous singer Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu wins this year's Archibald Prize.
View ArticleLawn Sailors 4. Bargain decorating
Suzanne Visser advises lawn sailors on home decorating tips with second-hand goods.
View ArticleArt changing perceptions
Indigenous artist Tommy Crow has come from Central Australia to the Central Highlands to celebrate one of Australia's renowned art families.
View ArticleRecession brings new opportunities for Aboriginal art centres
While the economic downturn has hurt some central Australian art centres, it could provide new opportunities for the Aboriginal art industry
View ArticleOther Side Art
"It's like looking at a diary of my life", says artist Trevor Nickolls of his current museum exhibition
View ArticleIndigenous art bound for China
Long Jack Phillipus Tjakamarra sits in front of his work Making Spears at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra on November 27, 2007. Tjakamarra's work will be part of an exhibition of...
View ArticleTales of Whitegate
Local artist Rod Moss has written a book documenting his close involvement with residents of Whitegate town camp
View ArticlePainting the MacDonnell Ranges
From the heights of Mt Sonder to the sandy creek beds, Ron Talbot captures the beauty of the East and West MacDonnell Ranges
View ArticleTown camp artists retain pride
Amy Napurulla is one of two NATSIAA finalists who depicted their town camp homes in their paintings.
View ArticleVale Mona Byrnes OAM
The funeral of one of Central Australia's most colourful identities was held on Wednesday, with over 100 people spilling out of the small chapel to pay their respects.
View ArticleAnd the winner is, Jimmy Donegan
The winner of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander award has been announced in Darwin today. South Australian artist Jimmy Donegan won the prestigious award for his work on two stories...
View ArticleDesert Mob - Artists preview
It's opening night of the 20th Desert Mob Exhibition in Alice Springs. But before the gallery owners, the agents and the collectors surge through the doors, there's a little sneak preview for the artists
View ArticleArt + Soul
The new three part series on Aboriginal Art debuts tonight on ABC1. Directed by Warwick Thornton and presented by Hetti Perkins, the journey begins where else but in Central Australia...
View ArticleAlice Springs art dealer sues ABC
A Four Corners story on the Aboriginal art industry in 2008 has seen a defamation case initiated against the ABC by Central Australian man Stephen Nibbs.
View ArticleFrom Melbourne Cup to the desert
Calstock, the colonial property located just outside Deloraine, produced two Melbourne Cup winners in the 1880's. It is a guest house today, and is currently hosting an exhibition of Central Australian...
View ArticleRoad trains become giant Aboriginal artworks
Three semi-trailers covered in the colours of the desert and depicting the traditional stories of Uluru have started crossing Australia.
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