By Jim Elmslie Oceanic Art means different things to different people. Made by indigenous peoples for traditional cultural and utilitarian practice, artefacts are now prized by many people far removed […]
New Guinea: What I Did and What I Saw
Wednesday 19 September – OAS Lecture, 6:30pm, Australian Museum. Barry Craig will be presenting an illustrated talk on: New Guinea: What I Did and What I Saw I went to […]
Ninth OAS Forum in Sydney
Aboriginal and Pacific art: Collections and artists, then and now. OAS in conjunction with the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Australian Museum, 1-3 February 2019 After the stunning […]
Aesthetics of New Guinea Art – Part II
Lecture by Michael Hamson, Savage Club, Melbourne, 21 October 2017 This article continues on from Part One which appeared in the last edition of the OAS Journal where Mr. Hamson […]
The Sam and Sharon Singer Collection of Oceanic Art
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 […]