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Polynesian Art Exhibition Brussels, May-June 2023.

19/03/2023 OAS News

Lempertz, an international auction house with a historical‘Great Exhibition Room’ in central Brussels, is proud to present“Polynesian Art”, a new museum exposition that will run from May25th to June 30th, …

Chau Chak Wing Museum in Sydney.

14/12/2022 OAS News

Ömie nioge (barkcloth). The next exhibition opening on 9 January 2023 in our Ian Potter Gallery celebrates the unique and dynamic barkcloth art movement of the Ömie people of Papua …

Sydney Oceanic Art Fair : 5 November 2022

23/07/2022 OAS News

As a previous or potential participant, the Oceanic Art Society (OAS) cordially invites you to be part of the Sydney Oceanic Art Fair (SOAF) on Saturday, 5 November 2022, 9am to 5pm. VENUE: The …

OAS FORUM – Adelaide, 26 & 27 November 2022

03/07/2022 OAS News

Oceanic Art Society 2022 Forum at the South Australian Museum Australia in the Pacific: Cultures Past, Present & Future The OAS and SAM are pleased to invite you to a …

Uli : Powerful Ancestors from the Pacific

01/06/2022 OAS News

By Jean-Philippe Beaulieu Published in English by Primedia, Belgium 245 x 330 mm 392 pages, hardcover ISBN: 978 29601375 4 5 Featuring the first and only catalogue raisonné of uli figures from central …

Obituaries.

03/04/2022 OAS News

Eric Coote – always reaching for the sky. We acknowledge the recent passing of Eric Coote, one of the founders of the Oceanic Art Society (OAS) in 1995. In the …

APT10, Brisbane : Uramat Mugas.

13/12/2021 OAS News

URAMAT MUGAS: URAMAT STORY SONGS  POSTED BY RUTH MCDOUGALL   ●   22 NOV 2021   Developed in collaboration with Papua New Guinea’s Indigenous Uramat Identity group for ‘The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial …

Latest OAS Journal now available.

01/12/2021 OAS News

See the latest issue of the OAS Journal is available now. Subscribers will be receiving a printed copy in the mail and access is also available online. View or download …

VIDEO PRESENTATION | Dr Barry Craig: New Guinea – what I did and what I saw.

17/01/2021 OAS News

Oceanic Art Society Lecture Meeting 19 September 2018. “I went to New Guinea in 1962 as an Education Officer (‘chalkie’) and asked to be posted to Telefomin where I remained …

A New Year Message from the Oceanic Art Society Committee.

13/01/2021 OAS News

Despite the many trials and tribulations of the year 2020, the OAS has continued to make plans for the future, and we even managed to hold a couple of exciting …

TIWI : Aboriginal Art Exhibition in Melbourne

26/07/2020 OAS News

This exhibition of 153 works from the National Gallery of Victoria’s collection , supplemented by 130 loans of rare historical objects and contemporary works drawn from Australian public and private …

Casoar : Blog on Oceanic Art

22/06/2020 OAS News

Students of Oceanic Art – future curators and academics – from the Ecole du Louvre in Paris banded together in 2019 and launched an association with a fantastic blog which …

HERE : Kupe to Cook Exhibition

22/06/2020 OAS News

The National Maritime Museum in Sydney reopens partially and with social distancing. This exhibition featuring artworks by twenty leading Aotearoa New Zealand and Australian contemporary artists provides a deeper understanding …

A Sea Of Islands – Masterpieces from Oceania at Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden

29/05/2020 OAS News

This wonderful exhibition opened in February 2020 and had to close in March due to Covid. Instead of ending in August 2020, it is now reopened until April 2021. PAA-Europe …

Emmanuel Kasarherou, a Kanak curator at the head of the Musee du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac.

29/05/2020 OAS News

The former director of the Tjibaou Cultural Center in Noumea succeeds Stéphane Martin, who has been in office as president of the Parisian establishment since 1998. By Roxana Azimi, Le …

Chau Chak Wing Museum announces opening.

29/05/2020 OAS News

A new museum at the University of Sydney Opening 18 November 2020 The Chau Chak Wing Museum will unite the University’s Nicholson, Macleay and University Art collections under one roof, …

Uncovering Pacific Pasts

01/05/2020 OAS News

Uncovering Pacific Pasts hosted by: Powered by Heurist site owner Objects Museums Collection locations About Contacts Welcome to Uncovering Pacific Pasts Objects have many stories to tell. The stories of …

10th OAS Forum in Melbourne for a 25th Anniversary.

24/02/2020 OAS News

Update: Due to Corona-Covid19 measures, this event, due to be held in November 2020, has been postponed to an alternative date in 2021. We will try and keep you updated …

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Transformation and Understanding

Tools of Intervention: Re-examining German and Papua New Guinean Art and Histories

The Evolution of the Contemporary Aboriginal Art Market

Ömie barkcloth Exhibition Opening Speech

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