Unknown vandals recently scratched out two ancient Aboriginal hand stencils at Nirmena Nala rock shelter in Tasmania, in the upper region of the Derwent valley. The damage, which almost completely ...

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 ...

“The Dreaming” isn’t quite the right way to put it. For the Aboriginal people of Australia, the Dreaming was a period when giants walked the earth, forming the landscape as we know it through their ...

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 ...

Aboriginal communities, which historically had no written language, used dots as a visual storytelling method which convey sacred ancestral beings, the relationship between people and the land, and ...

In 1972, with assistance from an art teacher, 11 men formed a cooperative called Papunya Tula Artists. By 1974 the group had grown to 40. Collection of John and Barbara Wilkerson An art movement’s ...

Aboriginal art is far more than just visually stunning patterns — it is one of the oldest continuous forms of cultural expression in the world. Rooted in storytelling, ritual, and identity, Aboriginal ...

On September 17, the Asia Society in New York will open a unique exhibition showcasing the rich history of Aboriginal Australian bark painting. “Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark ...

Makinti Napanangka, Kungka Kutjarra (Two Women), 2001. Synthetic polymer paint on linen. On view at Gagosian, New York City. Rob McKeever, Makinti Napanangka, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, ...

Little has changed in the office of the Aboriginal art dealer Tim Klingender since his death in a boating accident near the heads of Sydney Harbour two years ago, aged 59. The loft space overlooking ...

In 1770, a ship called The Endeavour made land in a lovely cove not yet called Botany Bay, observed by Gweagal men. Spears were waved on one side; shots fired on the other. An Aboriginal man was ...