Personal experiences and personal passions are a common theme in this edition. Everyone who attended his fascinating lecture for the Oceanic Art Society in October 2021, would be aware of the passion … [Read More...]
Journal Content

The Baining – A Night to Remember
by Harold Gallasch It was to be a night like no other. It all started with a late afternoon drive from Kerevat, and the Lowlands Agriculture Experiment Station where I had been working for some years … [Read More...]

The APT10 Experience
Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) until 25 April 2022 Reviewed by Krisztina Turza APT10 Objective The highly anticipated 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art … [Read More...]

Tattooed History: The Story of Mokomokai
2021, 180 pages, Robert K. Paterson, 5 continents www.fivecontinents.com Reviewed by Crispin Howarth Every once in a while, a publication comes along which deep dives into a specific Pacific subject. … [Read More...]

Pacific Views
Photography gallery, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney. Until 24 July 2022. Reviewed by Bill Rathmell and Margaret Cassidy Time flies and passes, and only our death manages to catch up with … [Read More...]

Balgo: The Creative Country
2021, 396 pages, John Carty, UWA Publishing Crawley WA Review by Margaret Cassidy While in my final term break of my undergraduate degree in Art History in 1986 I visited the Adult Education Centre at … [Read More...]
Latest News
Photos from PNG 1875-1949 – Jan Hasselberg.
See Jan Hasselberg discuss photographs from New Guinea, 1875-1940, and his efforts to uncover collections from around the world. Register to attend this seminar at the Australian … [Read More...]
Obituaries.
Eric Coote - always reaching for the sky We acknowledge the recent passing of Eric Coote, one of the founders of the Oceanic Art Society (OAS) in 1995.In the early years of the Society, its committee … [Read More...]

VIDEO PRESENTATION | Dr Barry Craig: New Guinea – what I did and what I saw.
Oceanic Art Society Lecture Meeting 19 September 2018. “I went to New Guinea in 1962 as an Education Officer (‘chalkie’) and asked to be posted to Telefomin where I remained until 1965. I returned … [Read More...]