Modern encounters with the past
Living in Sydney we are in a year of magnificent Oceanic art exhibitions. It is a great time to be developing a greater understanding and hence appreciation of Oceanic art …
Living in Sydney we are in a year of magnificent Oceanic art exhibitions. It is a great time to be developing a greater understanding and hence appreciation of Oceanic art …
by Crispin Howarth Image Caption: Shane James uses the pūkaea (horn) to signal our arrival and that we can approach the wharenui. Image courtesy Mark Tantrum. The National Gallery of Australia is now into …
by Lesley Wengembo Presented at the Sydney Oceanic Art Fair at the National Art School in 2021, updated in 2023 My life as an artist, the challenges I experienced in …
by Krisztina Turza The Ainu (meaning ‘human’ in their native language) are Japan’s oldest indigenous people, and they have survived and maintained their culture from the Late Palaeolithic period through …
25 & 26 February at the One + 2 Artist Studio Balmain, Mansfield Street, Rozelle, NSW. Review by Rita Uechtritz & Margaret Cassidy In many ways the work of two …
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 31 March – 9 July 2023 Image caption: Ivi, Kato Kakala (detail), 2022–23. Installation view, The National 4: Australian Art Now, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2023. ngatu (barkcloth); single-channel …