Exploring Objects and Stories of Oceania
The 50th anniversary of independence of Papua New Guinea has been a great opportunity for Australians to really engage with PNG art both traditional and modern. This theme was at …
Nawian: a creative experience
by Yatha Baram and Nicolas Garnier The large artwork Nawian acquired in June 2025 by the National Gallery of Australia is part of a broad project at the crossroad between …
Sydney Oceanic Art Fair
Sydney Oceanic Art Fair was held on the weekend of 1 and 2 November at Art Leven in Redfern, Sydney. A highly successful Gala Preview and Auction held on the …
I am Gurgun
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, 24 October 2025 – 31 January 2026 Review by Margaret Cassidy Two years in the preparation, this exhibition is a retrospective of fifty years of art …
Sea of Islands: Exploring Objects, Stories, and Memories from Ocean
By Carol E. Mayer, 2025, 226 pages, Museum of Anthropology at University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Review by Margaret Cassidy
OAS 30th Anniversary Lunch
Twenty-five members of the Oceanic Art Society gathered for a thirtieth birthday lunch at the Centennial Homestead, set in the grounds of Centennial Park in Sydney on Sunday 1 February.
Global research and displays
What a wonderful time we have had with community and institutional events to mark the 50th anniversary of independence of Papua New Guinea. As I write this, we are looking …
Flight of the Tiki: Mapping Tiki across Pacific Islands settlement
by Judy Robinson Every voyager harbours a sense of home. In island cultures throughout Polynesia, there exists a spiritual homeland conceptualised as Hawaiki; “to get to the core of a culture, one …