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The Gulf of Papua through the lens and diaries of Kathleen Haddon

29/05/2025

An English Girl in New Guinea: Kathleen Haddon’s Journal and Photographs from New Guinea 1914. Kathleen Haddon, edited by Virginia Lee-Webb and Jonathon Fogel. Hardcover, 192 pages, over 200 B/W photographs. …

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Introducing Judy Robinson

29/05/2025

Long term member Judy Robinson has stepped up in recent months as OAS Secretary and has now been appointed as Treasurer with the resignation of Ian Wamijo. 

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Volume 30 – Issue 2

29/05/2025
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Ka ‘Ula Wena: Oceanic Red

03/03/2025

I am fortunate to be given the catalogue to the groundbreaking exhibition Ka ‘Ula Wena: Oceanic Red, which was held from 25 May 2024 until 12 January 2025 at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu.

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Tiki Collecting: Production, Purpose and Scale

03/03/2025

What is tiki? This exotic word conjures vivid and iconic images. In discussing tiki, questions of production, purpose and scale emerge.

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SEA Art: South East Asian Art

03/03/2025

Ana and Antonio Casanovas have recently published this lavishly illustrated volume which is an indispensable reference companion for all those interested in the aesthetics of the material art of Southeast Asia and Oceania and in the evolution of the earliest known human cultures.

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De ma peinture surgit et survit mon âme [From my painting, my soul emerges and lives on]

03/03/2025

This exhibition’s title, which sounds as much like an urgent need for preservation as it does a victory against oblivion, has left its mark on the minds of all French lovers of contemporary art from Papua New Guinea (PNG).

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BILONG PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Reflecting on 50 years of independence

03/03/2025

BILONG PAPUA NEW GUINEA showcases the National Gallery of Australia’s impressive collection of Papua New Guinean art across diverse media – sculptures, prints, paintings, bark-cloth, and bilums.

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Paradise Palette

03/03/2025

The vibrancy, colour, cultural depth, diversity and life of Australia’s closest neighbour was on show in this exhibition of mostly self-taught artists from Papua New Guinea seen in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy in late 2024.

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OAS Journal Vol30 No1

Volume 30 – Issue 1

03/03/2025
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