Documentary : Maori Marking - Ta Moko Enjoy this short documentary made on occasion of the opening of this amazing exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF3w66aa2VI There is a superb exhibition catalogue available for $39.95 … [Read more...]
Hongi Hika – Brent Kerehona
Hongi Hika - Lecture by Brent Kerehona Thursday 18 July 2019 12:45 – 1:30pm Maori Markings Ta Moko, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Free As part of the United Nations Year of Indigenous Languages, Brent Kerehona, historian and descendant of Hongi Hika (Ngāpuhi iwi, 1772-1828), … [Read more...]
Recording OAS Forum Lectures
Listen to Recording of OAS Forum Lectures https://m.soundcloud.com/artgalleryofnsw/sets/oceanic-art-society-forum … [Read more...]
Tribal Art Fair Sydney 2019
Masks, carvings, weapons, artefacts, jewellery, textiles, books, prints. Genuine ethnographic rarities and collectables from Papua New Guinea, the Pacific, Australia, South East Asia. Great pieces at great prices ! Saturday 17 August. Tribal Art Fair Sydney, organised by the Oceanic Art … [Read more...]
At The Met | ATEA: Nature & Divinity in Polynesia
At The Met Fifth Avenue, New York NOVEMBER 19, 2018–OCTOBER 27, 2019 Exhibitions are free with Museum admission Tickets and information at: www.metmuseum.org Exhibition Overview This exhibition celebrates the creative ingenuity of Polynesian artists who drew from the natural world to give … [Read more...]
Quai Branly : Oceania exhibition
OCEANIA 12 Mar 2019 - 07 Jul 2019 A journey across the Pacific to discover the island cultures and peoples of Oceania. From New-Guinea to Easter Island, from Hawaii to New Zealand, nearly 200 works provide an overview of the art of a continent, passing on both traditions and … [Read more...]
Exhibition at NGA, Canberra – Maori Markings
Māori Markings: Tā Moko Exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 23 March – 25 August 2019 Free Tā moko is the unique Māori art of marking the skin with connecting patterns that tell of prestige, authority and identity. To receive and wear moko is a great cultural … [Read more...]
OAS Forum at AGNSW : Free Sunday 3 February 2019
Art Gallery of NSW Oceanic Art Society Forum: free Sunday events - BOOK ONLINE. Accompanying the two-day Oceanic Art Society forum: Aboriginal and Pacific art: collections and artists, then and now, the Art Gallery of NSW is hosting a day of free events, including a curator tour of … [Read more...]
Stolen Goods Alert : Rare Spear-Thrower Woomera
A Rare and Early Spear-Thrower Woomera. Early 19th Century Australian Aborigine, collected in the Murray River region 1830-1840. The subtly curved body of the thrower has a hand grip of gum and at the opposite end a wood peg attached with gum and fibre. Provenance: From the … [Read more...]
TUMBUNA Sawiyano
Tumbuna Sawiyano http://tumbuna.org Bethany (Betni) Kalk is a Canadian who grew up in Sawiyano village in the West Sepik Region with her missionary parents. Now a Professor of Art and Design in Omaha, she has accepted to come to Sydney in July 2018 to give an OAS Lecture. "Sawiyano: … [Read more...]
