Oceanic Art Society
Promoting the understanding and appreciation of Oceanic art.
Solomon Islands – Re-enchantment and the Colonial Shadow Exhibition See linked article Dr. Diana Young, Director, University of Queensland Anthropology Museum, assembled the following notes on some of the more …
Australian National University, 27-28 January 2017. Review by Michael Gunn The ANU Humanities Research Centre, in partnership with the Centre of Collective Biography of Archaeology in the Pacific and the …
By Ruth McDougall, Curator, Pacific Art, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Geographically, the mainland of Papua New Guinea lies just 3.7 kilometres from the island of Saibai …
Richard Aldridge has produced a series of short documentaries on the art and culture of Papua New Guinea. These can be viewed on Youtube (see below for web address). In …
Lecture to Oceanic Art Society, Sydney, 14 September 2016. Report by Jude Philp In 1875 Maino of Mowatta welcomed William John Macleay’s Chevert expedition party to his village, and introduced …
By Krisztina Turza, TurzaArt Tribal Gallery A short and subjective review of this year’s Parcours des Mondes. Short, because it will only focus on the art items via the many …
By Barry Craig, Ron Vanderwal and Christine Winter, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, 281 pp. Review by Peter McCabe “Me been talk with you now, now you give three good feller cheers …
Interview with Jim Elmslie, at the NGA Myth + Magic Exhibition, Canberra, August 7 2015 JE: How did you get to Cambridge? AM: I had some good mentors. When I …
At what date the Macleay family started collecting objects made by peoples from the Pacific islands is not known. But living in Sydney from the 1830s certainly gave them opportunity …
Lecture to Oceanic Art Society, Sydney, 20 June 2016. Report by Robin Hodgson On Monday 20 June 2016, in the Annexe of the Australian Museum, our visiting lecturer, Mark Blackburn …
