Artnet

The Market for Aboriginal Art Is Growing Fast. Here Is What (And Who) You Need to Know to Navigate This Dynamic Scene

The global art world is rapidly becoming aware of this market, but there are some pitfalls to know about if you are looking to buy into it. Installation view of the Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally ...
CNN

Aboriginal culture dates back 80,000 years. Now it’s going global

Editor’s Note: Traders highlights the business of global trading by showcasing extraordinary individuals worldwide who are trading goods and services across borders. Share the Aboriginal Art that ...
Artnet

Actor Steve Martin Amassed a Stellar Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art at Warp Speed—and Now You Can See It at Gagosian

With a hand from actor, comedian, and noted collector Steve Martin, Gagosian is shining a spotlight on Indigenous Australian painters—which could mean big things for this sector of the art market.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australia's Indigenous art industry is worth a quarter of a billion dollars, so why do artists only end up with a fraction of the profits?

Aboriginal art is becoming a big business, with both Australian consumers and tourists wanting to take home a memento from Down Under. In 2019-20, $250 million worth of Indigenous art and crafts were ...
The New York Times

A Ravishing Show of Aboriginal Art, Some in the U.S. for the First Time

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 ...
The Financial Times

In praise of Australian Aboriginal art – ‘the oldest surviving culture in the world’

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Steve Martin was astonished the first time he walked into a room full of Australian Aboriginal art. “It was ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Art Gallery of South Australia’s Tarnanthi festival puts Aboriginal voices at its centre and shows institutions a path forward

Julie Gough is worried she's the gloomy one amongst the festivities. "You know, do you really invite that cousin to the party? Because I'm the one that's the reminder." The trawlwoolway artist has ...
Phys.org

New Holocene Aboriginal rock art style identified in recent study

A recent study conducted by Dr. Ana Paula Motta and her colleagues, in collaboration with the Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation, has identified a new mid-to-late Holocene rock art style in ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Contemporary Aboriginal Art

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 ...