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Promoting the understanding and appreciation of Oceanic art.

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Oceanic art market in the time of COVID

10/09/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

This edition of the Journal features Barry Craig’s account of the Pacific collection at the new Wantok Place Museum in North Adelaide as well as Jim Elmslie’s story behind the recent sales with remarkable provenance of works from the Hermannsburg school in Central Australia. We’ve introduced a new feature, the President’s Corner, where Bill Rathmell interviewed Nick Mitzevich, Director of the National Gallery of Australia, following news reports of the deaccession of Pacific pieces from the collection.

Filed Under: Cover Story, V25 Issue 3

A New Museum in Adelaide

10/09/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

Read Barry Craig’s account of the Pacific collection at the new Wantok Place Museum in North Adelaide.

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Filed Under: Members Only, Museums, V25 Issue 3

Albert Namatjira, Rex Battarbee and the Birth of the Hermannsburg School

10/09/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

By Jim Elmslie | Water colour paintings of the Hermannsburg School are instantly recognizable by their subject matter, form and the delicate hues employed. These landscape paintings of the ranges of central Australia, many near the eponymous Hermannsburg Mission, are distinctively unique.

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Filed Under: Artists, Members Only, V25 Issue 3

Nick Mitzevich, Director of the National Gallery of Australia

10/09/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

Bill Rathmell Interviews Nick Mitzevich, Director of the National Gallery of Australia, following news reports of the deaccession of Pacific pieces from the collection.

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Filed Under: Interviews, Members Only, V25 Issue 3

The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist

10/09/2020 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

Margaret Cassidy reviews ‘The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist’ – Three Lives in an Age of Empire by Kate Fullagar, Yale University Press, New Haven and London.

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Members Only, V25 Issue 3

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