A New Museum in Adelaide
Read Barry Craig’s account of the Pacific collection at the new Wantok Place Museum in North Adelaide.
Albert Namatjira, Rex Battarbee and the Birth of the Hermannsburg School
By Jim Elmslie | Water colour paintings of the Hermannsburg School are instantly recognizable by their subject matter, form and the delicate hues employed. These landscape paintings of the ranges of central Australia, many near the eponymous Hermannsburg Mission, are distinctively unique.
Nick Mitzevich, Director of the National Gallery of Australia
Bill Rathmell Interviews Nick Mitzevich, Director of the National Gallery of Australia, following news reports of the deaccession of Pacific pieces from the collection.
The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist
Margaret Cassidy reviews 'The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist' - Three Lives in an Age of Empire by Kate Fullagar, Yale University Press, New Haven and London.
OAS responds with flexibility during COVID-19
The worldwide virus lockdown has hit all aspects of art and culture particularly hard. Cultural spaces and gatherings are often run on a low budget and it is hard to …
Navigating for a Place in the Museum: Stories of Encounter and Engagement between the Old and the New from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea
A paper by Dr Michael Mel, Australian Museum. Reviewed by Bill Rathmell Michael Mel, the Manager of Pacific and International Collections at the Australian Museum in Sydney, is well known …