Lani Auvita Scott – OAS Forum 2025
The Living Thread: Cultural Continuity for the Next Generation https://youtu.be/fURJ168gzUs . . . This content is restricted to subscribers only. For access, become an Oceanic Art Society member or login …
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Eric Kjellgren – OAS Forum 2025
Country of A Thousand Faces: The Human Form in the Arts of Papua New Guinea https://youtu.be/UqmCF9A3C4Q . . . This content is restricted to subscribers only. For access, become an …
Chris Boylan & Caroline Sherman – OAS Forum 2025
The Bigger Picture: Local adaptations to global influences in contemporary PNG arts https://youtu.be/o4SwcyehR3Y . . . This content is restricted to subscribers only. For access, become an Oceanic Art Society …
Deveni Temu & Lesley Wengembo – OAS Forum 2025
Evolution of PNG contemporary art https://youtu.be/VqA7ihB51qk . . . This content is restricted to subscribers only. For access, become an Oceanic Art Society member or login to your account.
Crispin Howarth – OAS Forum 2025
Bilong Papua New Guinea: Curating the Exhibition https://youtu.be/DFp9tyn4ec8 . . . This content is restricted to subscribers only. For access, become an Oceanic Art Society member or login to your …
Anna Edmundson – OAS Forum 2025
Living Archives: Celebrating 50 Years of Papua New Guinea’s Independence https://youtu.be/uZHOmH2aXOI . . . This content is restricted to subscribers only. For access, become an Oceanic Art Society member or …
Melanesian Lullaby
The Pacific Cultures Gallery enters hibernation as collections receive conservation care, while the South Australian Museum collaborates with Pasifika communities to reimagine its future displays.
Mutuaga and the Kwato Mission
Mutuaga, a master carver from Papua New Guinea, gained recognition through the Kwato Mission and established trade routes, fostering the promotion of his art and cultural identity.
Plumes from Paradise
The "Plumes from Paradise" exhibition at Musée Quai Branly explores the cultural significance of birds of paradise in Papua New Guinea and their influence on Western art, history, and fashion.
Ernst Heinrich: An Extraordinary Collector
The book "Ernst Heinrich: An Extraordinary Collector" chronicles the life and legacy of Ernst Heinrich, highlighting his significant contributions to collecting Oceanic art in 20th-century Europe.
Multiverse: Brian Robinson
The Newcastle Art Gallery showcases Brian Robinson's "Multiverse," a major exhibition featuring his linocut prints, sculptures, and digital animation, celebrating Torres Strait Islander culture and creativity.
Living Archives: The F.E. Williams Collection and PNG’s 50th Independence Anniversary
September 16, 2024, marked the 50th anniversary of Papua New Guinea’s independence from Australian administration. To commemorate this milestone, the National Archives of Australia embarked on multiple projects connecting our collections to PNG communities both in Australia and overseas.
Where Taiwan Meets the World – Contemporary Museology of Oceania
You have to travel to the southeast of the island of Taiwan, to Taitung, to see this remarkably up-to-date Museum of Prehistory. But for Oceanic arts, culture and anthropology buffs, it is very much worth the effort.
Living Art Papua New Guinea
The title of this book summarises so simply but accurately the contents of this important book that was launched at the Oceanic Art Society’s XIII Forum “Papua New Guinea Art: Past, Present, Future” in Canberra celebrating Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) arts.
Nawian: a creative experience
by Yatha Baram and Nicolas Garnier The large artwork Nawian acquired in June 2025 by the National Gallery of Australia is part of a broad project at the crossroad between …
Sydney Oceanic Art Fair
Sydney Oceanic Art Fair was held on the weekend of 1 and 2 November at Art Leven in Redfern, Sydney. A highly successful Gala Preview and Auction held on the …
I am Gurgun
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, 24 October 2025 – 31 January 2026 Review by Margaret Cassidy Two years in the preparation, this exhibition is a retrospective of fifty years of art …
Sea of Islands: Exploring Objects, Stories, and Memories from Ocean
By Carol E. Mayer, 2025, 226 pages, Museum of Anthropology at University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Review by Margaret Cassidy
OAS 30th Anniversary Lunch
Twenty-five members of the Oceanic Art Society gathered for a thirtieth birthday lunch at the Centennial Homestead, set in the grounds of Centennial Park in Sydney on Sunday 1 February.
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 …
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 …
OAS Speaks – Ian McNiven
International Connections: 3000 years of shared object histories between Australia and New Guinea.
Professor Ian McNiven