We are the sea: Oceania: The Shape of Time
2023, pages, Maia Nuku, Met Publications, New York, Distributed by Yale University Press. Reviewed by Erin Vink (Ngiyampaa), Curator, First Nations art (local and global), AGNSW Oceania: The Shape of …
2023, pages, Maia Nuku, Met Publications, New York, Distributed by Yale University Press. Reviewed by Erin Vink (Ngiyampaa), Curator, First Nations art (local and global), AGNSW Oceania: The Shape of …
Pātaka art + Museum, Porirua, Aotearoa New Zealand. November 2023 - February 2024. Review by Margaret Cassidy Porirua (Māori: Pari-ā-Rua) is a small city in the Wellington Region of the …
By Krisztina Turza Parcours week saw some unusually soaring temperatures, a contrast to the expected somewhat cool, often rainy September in Paris. This may have also contributed to the celebratory …
Image courtesy Tim Klingender Fine Art. Renowned art dealer and authority on Aboriginal art and passionate fisherman, OAS member Tim Klingender, died in a tragic boating accident on 20 July …
By Philip Jones ‘Provenance’ is a flexible term. Its meaning and its relevance may shift from one context or another. In the art and artefact market it usually refers to …
by Ross Bowden The documentary Cannibal Tours, by the self-described ‘existential anarchist’ Australian film maker Dennis O’Rourke, has had a significant impact on the anthropological world since it was released almost …
by Margaret Cassidy Thirty attendees of the Oceanic Art Society Forum 2023 had the good fortune to join one of three small group tours of the stored Oceanic collections housed …
by Kajetan Fiedorowicz, Melbourne Joost Daalder was born in the Netherlands and studied at Amsterdam, Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities before moving to New Zealand with his wife Truus in 1966 …
What this fascinating and informative exhibition shows is that Pacific Islanders have been visiting the Sydney area since the days of the Endeavour, sharing their rich cultures and artistic practices.
Adelaide lays claim to being at the heart of Australian Aboriginal art with its annual Tarnanthi (come forth and appear) Fair including exhibitions at the Art Gallery of South Australia, other galleries across Adelaide and art fair, featuring the work from over 40 art centres across Australia.
2022, 352 pages, edited by Wukuṉ Waṉambi, Henry Skerritt and Kade McDonald, published by Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA and Delmonico Books, New York, …
This book really is a “must read” for those of us whose interest in Oceanic or any other kind of Indigenous art is primarily aesthetic and not underpinned by much, if any, anthropological or art-history expertise.
by Ross Bowden The documentary Cannibal Tours, by the self-described ‘existential anarchist’ Australian film maker Dennis O’Rourke (Lutkehaus and O’Rourke 1989:435), has had a significant impact on the anthropological world since …
by Neriba Gallasch My deepest respect for the Torres Strait people. Where is the Torres Strait? Who are the Torres Strait Islanders? The Torres Strait is a grouping of many, …
31 May 2023 Steven Gagau, Associate Curator of Bilas: Body Adornment of Papua New Guinea, Australian Museum, Sydney and President Sydney Wantok Association Inc My name is Steven Gagau. I stand …
Dr Michael Mel, Co-curator of Bilas: Body Adornment of Papua New Guinea, Australian Museum, Sydney. I am blessed to see so many of you here and so humble that you could have …
2023, 272 pages, edited by Kevin Conru, Conru Editions, Brussels Reviewed by Crispin Howarth In June, Lempertz Art house and Auction rooms hosted a spectacular exhibition titled Polynesian Art.The exhibition was only …
Cairns Art Gallery, 7 July –22 October 2023 Review by Margaret Cassidy One of the joys of visiting Far North Queensland is to be delighted by the works of a …
At Powerhouse Ultimo, Australia until 31 December 2023 Reviewed by Margaret Cassidy Post-impressionist French artist Paul Gauguin’s images of the Pacific are probably the most well-known of the range of …
by Crispin Howarth Image Caption: Shane James uses the pūkaea (horn) to signal our arrival and that we can approach the wharenui. Image courtesy Mark Tantrum. The National Gallery of Australia is now into …
by Lesley Wengembo Presented at the Sydney Oceanic Art Fair at the National Art School in 2021, updated in 2023 My life as an artist, the challenges I experienced in …
by Krisztina Turza The Ainu (meaning ‘human’ in their native language) are Japan’s oldest indigenous people, and they have survived and maintained their culture from the Late Palaeolithic period through …
25 & 26 February at the One + 2 Artist Studio Balmain, Mansfield Street, Rozelle, NSW. Review by Rita Uechtritz & Margaret Cassidy In many ways the work of two …
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 31 March – 9 July 2023 Image caption: Ivi, Kato Kakala (detail), 2022–23. Installation view, The National 4: Australian Art Now, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2023. ngatu (barkcloth); single-channel …