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 […]
Discovering Worlds: transforming the Pacific displays at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum
By Tony Eccles The Royal Albert Memorial Museum is an award-winning[1] local authority-run museum which is based in the city of Exeter, in Devon. The acquisition of ethnographic items started […]
Impressions – Parcours des Mondes Paris
By Krisztina Turza A fine and glorious sunny day welcomed visitors to the 13th Parcours des Mondes art fair on 9 September 2014 in Paris. As excited as one can […]
Bismarck Archipelago Art
Kevin Conru (editor) with photography by Hughes Dubois. Published by 5 Continents, Milan, Italy, 2014. 327 pages. Reviewed by Jim Elmslie. This vast and gorgeous book is a work of […]