Myth & Magic: Art of the Sepik River
The long anticipated opening of the National Gallery of Australia’s exhibition, Myth & Magic: Art of the Sepik River.
Crazy Bailers
By Hermione Waterfield. Bailers are used all over the world to scoop the water from the bottom of boats, but those in the Pacific are carved in wood. Objects for …
Oceanic and Aboriginal art in the collection of the Melbourne Savage Club
Lecture Review Lecture by Dr. Ross Bowden, November 15, 2014 Ross Bowden, DPhil (Oxford), taught anthropology at La Trobe University, Melbourne, from 1979 to 1999 and was then a visiting …
Myth & Magic: Sepik Art Coming to the NGA
The countdown for the National Gallery of Australia’s landmark exhibition, Myth & Magic; Art of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, has started with the grand opening date set for …
Senta Taft Hendry
28 January 1924 – 6 December 2014 Last December saw the passing of tribal art collector and adventurer, Senta Taft-Hendry. At 85 years of age she was easily Australia’s oldest …