When Shane Smithers was adding traditional symbols to his mural, commuters passing by asked him, "What are you doing?!" The Aboriginal artist says it's because he wasn't painting dots or concentric ...

TWO newly discovered Albert Namatjira works show that the master painter of outback scenes also produced art in the modern dot-painting style more than 20 years earlier than the famed Papunya style.

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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. ASK AMERICANS what they know about Australian art and their thoughts often turn to dot paintings, ochre colours and of course the ...