
Transformation and Understanding
OAS Journal | Volume 28 Issue 1
The latest OAS Journal stories.
The latest stories, reviews and more from the Oceanic Art Society Journal – published quarterly.
Tools of Intervention: Re-examining German and Papua New Guinean Art and Histories
by Lisa Hilli In late 2020, I was invited to be part of a curatorial advisory at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Led by former curator of Modern Art, Beatrice von Bormann, …
The Evolution of the Contemporary Aboriginal Art Market
by Adrian Newstead Have you ever wondered how it is that Aboriginal art became an international phenomenon with pieces selling for thousands, even hundreds of thousands of dollars, while indigenous …
Ömie barkcloth Exhibition Opening Speech
This speech was presented by Steven Gagau at the opening of Ömie barkcloth: Pathways of nioge Exhibition, Thursday 9 February at the Chau Chak Wing Museum Steven Gagau speaking at the launch …
Masked Histories: Turtle Shell Masks and Torres Strait Islander People
2022, 215 pages, Leah Lui-Chivizhe, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne University Publishing Review by Stan Florek I opened this book with great anticipation. My interest in Torres Strait Islander culture and …
Ma’ori
2023, 352 pages, Elise Patole-Edoumba & Helene Guiot, La Geste www.gesteditions.com Review by Pierre Laffont Thanks to an alert on the Oceanic Art Society’s Facebook page, I participated in the …
Guraban: Where the Saltwater meets the Freshwater
Hurstville Museum and Gallery – 29 October 2022 to 29 January 2023 Review by Margaret Cassidy At the OAS Adelaide Forum in November 2022 keynote speaker Djon Mundine (Bandjalung) presented …
News
Polynesian Art Exhibition Brussels, May-June 2023.
Lempertz, an international auction house with a historical‘Great Exhibition Room’ in central Brussels, is proud to present“Polynesian Art”, a new museum exposition that will run from May25th to June …
Chau Chak Wing Museum in Sydney.
Ömie nioge (barkcloth). The next exhibition opening on 9 January 2023 in our Ian Potter Gallery celebrates the unique and dynamic barkcloth art movement of the Ömie people of Papua …

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