A young white artist who was abused on social media for selling Aboriginal-style dot paintings has apologised and admitted she was guilty of 'cultural appropriation'. Jessica Poland, who sells art in ...

Gamilaroi/Wiradjuri man Allan McKenzie paints caskets His father taught him art skills in the regional NSW town of Griffith Mr McKenzie encourages other artists to paint caskets But for ...

Little did he know his Aboriginal dot paintings would lead to people across the nation wanting commissioned pieces. “I’m just blown away by the requests and they’re huge artworks too, I’m doing a ...

In what has been described as Australia's most brutal drought on record, the nation's farmers have been struggling to stay afloat, resorting to selling livestock and putting down whatever remains.

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Make a spiral sponge by rolling the kitchen sponge up and securing it with an elastic band. Make another spiral sponge by wrapping it around a toilet roll and securing it with an elastic band. Your ...

In the 1970s a striking new art style, popularly known as dot painting, emerged from the remote Aboriginal community of Papunya. It was spearheaded by a small group of male artists, including Clifford ...

Aboriginal dot paintings have inspired Australian mathematicians to find a new way of seeing how building foundations fail. The researchers presented two images that visualise the behaviour of ...

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Chances are, you said dots. But for Australian artist Brandi Salmon, she hopes to one day see a world where that’s no longer the automatic answer. This NAIDOC Week, Brandi is urging teachers to go ...

Little did he know his Aboriginal dot paintings would lead to people across the nation wanting commissioned pieces. “I’m just blown away by the requests and they’re huge artworks too, I’m doing a ...