Global research and displays
What a wonderful time we have had with community and institutional events to mark the 50th anniversary of independence of Papua New Guinea. As I write this, we are looking …
V30 Issue 4
Flight of the Tiki: Mapping Tiki across Pacific Islands settlement
by Judy Robinson Every voyager harbours a sense of home. In island cultures throughout Polynesia, there exists a spiritual homeland conceptualised as Hawaiki; “to get to the core of a culture, one …
Identifying two previously unattributed Mutuaga spatulas
by Stéphane Duckett Historically the world of tribal art collecting all too often has shown a lack of concern over identifying the authors of the works they collect or trade …
Marina Garlick (1940 – 2025)
by Rita Uechtritz Marina (known to the Uechtritz family as ‘Mia’) was a founding, active, and contributing member of the OAS, an honorary sister to my father and uncle, an …
The Met’s Renovated Rockefeller Wing: A Masterpiece of Scholarship and Museology
by Noelle Rathmell-Stiels On 31 May 2025 the New York Metropolitan Museum’s south side opened its doors to the public after a four-year, $70 million update. The redesign, which spans an …
Papua New Guinea Community Celebrations in Canberra
by Margaret Cassidy Institutional engagement with the local Papua New Guinea community and events to launch exhibitions to mark the 50th anniversary of independence of Papua New Guinea were held …