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 …
Tim Klingender (1964 – 2023)
Renowned art dealer and authority on Aboriginal art and passionate fisherman, OAS member Tim Klingender, died in a tragic boating accident on 20 July 2023 while fishing with his friend …
Parcours 2023 Subjective
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 …
Research and Discoveries
This edition sees the publication of a major article by Senior Curator of Anthropology at the South Australian Museum, Philip Jones, extending his lecture at the 2022 OAS Forum held …
Shield shifts: redefining provenance in north-eastern Australia
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 …
Oceanic Art experiences
Image Caption: Speakers at the 2023 OAS Forum in Melbourne. Image: Margaret Cassidy. Australian members have experienced a rich range of Oceanic Art experiences in recent months. A major highlight was …
Representation and misrepresentation in ethnographic film: the case of Cannibal Tours — Part II
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 …
Museums Victoria Storage Facility
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 …
Joost Daalder (1939 – 2023)
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 …