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 ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2025 shaped by culture and community

More than 80 art centres participated in the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, representing more than 1,500 artists from across Australia. Organisers estimate DAAF generates more than $4 million in revenue ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Aboriginal art is making waves overseas – but some major myths need busting

In 2019, British comedian Ricky Gervais was caught up in an art scandal when his Netflix series After Life featured fake Indigenous art hung prominently in the background of a set. The large painting ...
Observer

From Boom-and-Bust to Global Rise: Understanding Aboriginal Art’s Market Revival

A view of “Significant” at D’Lan Contemporary’s Melbourne gallery. Courtesy D'Lan Contemporary, Melbourne. Photo: Gus Davidson A renewed surge of interest sparked by biennials and major institutions ...
Asia Society

Approaching Abstraction: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Across Australia

Carlene West, c. 1945-2021, Pitjantjatjara (Pila Nguru) people. Tjitjiti, 2008. Synthetic polymer paint on linen. H. 47.5 x W. 59.5 in. (120.7 x 151.1 cm). Private ...
Observer

Yasufumi Nakamori On Aboriginal Art Coming to the Asia Society Museum

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 ...
Artnet

An Aboriginal Art Expert Picks the Best 8 Lots by Australian Indigenous Artists Hitting the Block This Week at Sotheby’s

First, Larry Gagosian filled his Madison Avenue premises with work by Australia’s Aboriginal desert painters. Then, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced a new gallery dedicated to contemporary ...
Newsweek

Aboriginal Australian Art Tells the Most Important Ancient Stories

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In 1770, a ship called The Endeavour made land in a lovely cove not yet ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Newly Documented Aboriginal Rock Art Is ‘Unlike Anything Seen Before’

Kangaroos and wallabies mingle with humans, or sit facing forward as if playing the piano. Humans wear headdresses in a variety of styles and are frequently seen holding snakes. These are some of the ...
The Guardian

All Aboriginal art is political: you just need to learn how to read it

Protest through Indigenous works is not just the preserve of city ‘rabble rousers’. The home of land rights is in the bush, and our art reflects this I’ve just spent a week at the Desert Mob ...