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

Admirers of Australia’s Indigenous artists have been pushing for a serious, large-scale presentation of their work at a major U.S. museum for decades. The quality of the work undoubtedly warrants it: ...

Museum of Contemporary Art bets on Indigenous art to woo ticket-buying public

The MCA says it will also reintegrate the gallery into the “rhythm of the city” with a range of initiatives -- including free ...
Artnet

Australian Indigenous Art Is Having a Moment. Here’s How It Happened

While Indigenous Australian art is an incredibly broad and diverse term, encompassing a range of First Nations cultures and creators, one intriguing facet is the role art centers in Indigenous ...
Artnet

As Interest Surges in Indigenous Australian Art, Market-Making Gallery Readies Third Location

Global attention to First Nations art is on the rise, with numerous institutional exhibitions and climbing auction prices. Last week, at Frieze in London, visitors could also see work by a key First ...
Hyperallergic

Journeying Beyond Western Time in Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Art

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In 1971, at a remote government settlement in Australia’s Northern Territory called Papunya, a group of elderly Aboriginal men painted designs from ancestral creation stories onto a ...
Asia Society

Cross Currents: Collecting Australian Indigenous Art With Respect and Resonance

Join Asia Society for a profound and timely conversation that builds upon the momentum of our critically acclaimed exhibition Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from ...
Indianapolis Monthly

Newfields Brings Art From Down Under To The Lume

Installation view of The Lume Indianapolis featuring Connection: Land, Water, Sky—Art & Music from Indigenous Australians in the IMA Galleries, May 9, 2025–February 2026. Visitors can expect to see ...
The Indianapolis Star

Newfields' Lume will reopen in May with Indigenous Australian art

The newest iteration of Newfields' Lume will immerse patrons in the art of Indigenous Australia. Starting May 10, 120 projectors will beam the work of more than 100 contemporary artists from across ...
WVXU

Cincinnati Art Museum exhibit highlights contemporary Indigenous glass artists

Glass artwork created by Indigenous artists is on display now through early April at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass comes to Cincinnati from The ...
The New York Times

Indigenous Australian Art Takes Center Stage at TEFAF Maastricht

This year’s fair will include a booth dedicated solely to First Nations Australian art, from bark paintings to works by Emily Kam Kngwarray. By Will Higginbotham In a first for TEFAF Maastricht, ...
AOL

I explored Australia’s indigenous art legacy on a trip to the Northern Territory

It was an hour after I had left the Utopia Art Centre, in remote, central Australia, when our van turned off the bumpy dirt track and into the bush. We were in the Northern Territory, one of the ...
The Conversation

What do white staff do in remote Indigenous art centres?

Una Rey is editor of Artlink. In April, The Australian published the results of a four-month investigation into white staff “interference” at Tjala Arts, a member of the APY Arts Centre Collective of ...