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War Art and Ritual: Visit to Bill Evans’s Shield Collection

31/05/2021 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

Reviewed by Bill Rathmell Whenever I go to an art gallery or museum show, I buy the catalogue (or I don’t) on the basis of the “wow” factor of the display. I usually also choose an object that I would like to acquire and display in my home (if I had the chance). In April, […]

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Filed Under: Collections, Members Only, V26 Issue 2

Notes on Dumont d’Urville

10/12/2019 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

One of the early French navigators whose collection will be viewed in La Rochelle on the OAS Pre-2020 Parcours Tour of South West France. By Pierre Laffont Dumont d’Urville survived three circumnavigations of the earth including through the then-unchartered waters of the South Pacific. He named many locations previously unknown to Europeans, most of them with a […]

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Filed Under: Collections, Members Only, V24 Issue 4

Masterpieces of Oceanic Art from the Todd Barlin Collection during OAS Forum February 2019

23/12/2018 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

by Todd Barlin A passion for collecting over 40 years will showcase not only Oceanic Art but also Artworks from SE Asia, Tibet and Japan. The small group tours will […]

Filed Under: Collections, V23 Issue 4

The Elizabeth Pryce Collection on Centre Stage in Paris

23/12/2018 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

Elizabeth Pryce and Dee Scott

Elizabeth (Beth) Pryce is well known to Oceanic art lovers throughout Australia and around the world. A founding member of the OAS and inaugural Secretary, Elizabeth is one of the […]

Filed Under: Collections, V23 Issue 4

The Sam and Sharon Singer Collection of Oceanic Art

24/08/2018 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

Based on a presentation by Sam Singer at the OAS Savage Club Forum, 2017 I want to thank OAS for bringing all of us, scholars, collectors, museums, dealers, and auction […]

Filed Under: Collections, V23 Issue 3

Jens Bjerre – Danish Adventurer

05/03/2018 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

by Leif Birger Holmstedt At the end of the Second World War the Danish travel ban ceased and the door had opened to the wider world. Jens Bjerre, a budding […]

Filed Under: Collections, V23 Issue 1, Volume 23

The Art of Warfare in Papua New Guinea

08/09/2017 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

By Clémentine Débrosse, Pacific Arts volunteer, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Traditionally, warfare was one of the most important actions of a man’s life in Papua New Guinea. It was […]

Filed Under: Collections, V22 Issue 4

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