Bill Evans “A complete life”
Bill Evans had an extraordinary life as a father and grandfather; as a Tribal Art and antique rug expert, dealer and collector, and as a friend to a vast and eclectic group of people spread across the globe.
Tibuta – Kinaakiia Ainen Kiribati: Tibuta – Identifies Kiribati Women Exhibition
Bottle Creek Gallery, Pātaka art + Museum, Porirua, Aotearoa New Zealand, 7 October - 11 November 2023. Catalogue published by Te Rabakau Press, 2023.
Chief Paul Yapmunggwiyo Kongi: A Legacy of Knowledge and Artistic Excellence c.1950-2024
Chief Paul Yapmunggwiyo Kongi, clan brother, chief of Mariwai Village and a master artist of the Kwoma people from the Sepik River region in Papua New Guinea has died in the same village where he spent his life serving his community as a teacher, magistrate, and storyteller.
Tiwi Islands objects: Early Dutch Entanglements and Maarten van Delft, 1705
When I mentioned in passing that I had attended the Pacific Art Association Europe annual meeting in Chartres, France, mid December 2023, the editor of this Journal immediately asked what were the highlights
The Yalaku — History and Warfare in the Middle Sepik
2023, 222 pages, by Ross Bowden, published by Sean Kingston Publishing, Canon Pyon, Herefordshire, UK. Review by Barry Craig Vol. 28,4 of the OAS Journal featured a review by Bill Rathmell of …
Te Ra: Navigating Home
Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum, until Sunday 17 August 2025. Review by Margaret Cassidy Navigating Home is definitely the right title for this exhibition of cultural homecoming tucked into …
Enzo Hamel – Lecture
Recovering Indigenous agencies in ethnographic visual archives: Gregory Bateson’s photographs in the Iatmul region. Wednesday 3 April 2024, Sydney.
Mystery Object
By Timothy Pietsch, Manager, Wantok Place, North Adelaide (Museum of Papua New Guinea Artefacts) We have been doing some work at the Wantok Place museum in Adelaide having our collection assessed. …
Fenoga Tāoga Niue I Aotearoa Niue Heritage Journey In Aotearoa
Pātaka art + Museum, Porirua, Aotearoa New Zealand. November 2023 – February 2024. Review by Margaret Cassidy Porirua (Māori: Pari-ā-Rua) is a small city in the Wellington Region of the …