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Held over a week in July each year (in 2025, 6-13 July), this year’s NAIDOC Week marks 50 years of celebrating the history, cultures and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
IMAA hosted 12 senior agency executives as they travelled to Alice Springs for a cultural immersion experience supporting reconciliation and partnership with First Nations communities.The announcement ...
Go beyond the usual tourist spots and discover 8 immersive Aboriginal experiences across Australia, from rock art tours to ...
A new exhibition at the University of Melbourne's Potter Museum will "correct the record" on the rich history of First ...
Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Bark Paintings is the new exhibition at the Asia Society in Manhattan, on Park Avenue and 70th Street. It’s one of my favorite places, not only ...
Three paintings on bark by Nyapanyapa Yunupinu, of the Gumatj clan, are titled “Ganyu’/Stars,” 2018, depicting the nighttime sky. via Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University ...
Drawn from the world’s most important holdings of Aboriginal bark paintings, including the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, the University of Melbourne, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the ...
“ Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala ” opens September 17 at the Asia Society Museum in New York City and will run through January 5, 2025.
If every person in Australia had one Aboriginal painting on their walls, imagine the conversations that would start happening among people who don’t necessarily know much about it.
Yäma Munuŋgirritj, born ca.1920–1987, Gumatj clan. Gurruŋawuy (detail), 1961. Natural pigments on eucalyptus bark Asia Society Museum presents Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark ...
Gina Rinehart, Australia’s wealthiest person, is less than thrilled about a recent painting of her being exhibited at one of Australia’s largest art museums. But her reported attempts to get ...
I’m An Aboriginal Woman With Chinese Heritage — Here’s What It’s Like I grew up being aware of my Southern Chinese heritage. In my grandparents’ house, there were dot paintings next to ...