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 ...

Jo McDonald receives funding from Australian Research Council. She is affiliated with the Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists Inc and the Australian Archaeological Association.

“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 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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Siobhan McHugh and Ian McLean received funding from the Australian Research Council to investigate transcultural practices in Indigenous contemporary art. Margo Neale, Senior Indigenous Curator at the ...

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 ...