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Stephen Pigram honoured for lifetime contribution to First Nations music
The Pigram Brothers have helped shape the sound of modern Broome. Their music ha...
Natasha Clark 2 Jun 2026
Creative Australia announces First Nations Arts and Culture Awards recipients
Creative Australia has announced this year's recipients of the First Nations Art...
Phoebe Blogg 29 May 2026
Wadjan artist Helen McCarthy Tyalmuty to present a major solo exhibition at Kate Owen Gallery
Following the success of her recent Alice Art Prize win, acclaimed Wadjan artist...
Phoebe Blogg 27 May 2026
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair to launch Mark Makers Talks and Masterclasses Program in 2026
The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair is inviting audiences to move beyond observation...
Phoebe Blogg 27 May 2026
Torres Strait Islander artist Brian Robinson's largest ever solo exhibition opens at Newcastle Art Gallery
The reimagined Newcastle Art Gallery is opening three new exhibitions this month...
Phoebe Blogg 26 May 2026
Indigenous authors, illustrators and publishers star at Australian Book Industry Awards

Indigenous authors and publishers are prominent among those who were honoured on Thursday night at the 2026 Australian Book Industry Awards. The Awards were presented by Books+Publishing (B+P), in par...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 22, 2026
Tarnanthi Festival celebrates a deadly decade with national touring exhibition

The Art Gallery of South Australia's renowned Tarnanthi program will embark on a nationwide tour from 2026-28, stretching from Boorloo to Rockhampton, through a showcase of ground-breaking works by co...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg May 13, 2026
Vincent Namatjira returns to Archibald shortlist with bowling self-portrait

Five years after becoming the first Aboriginal artist to win the Archibald Prize, Western Aranda artist Vincent Namatjirahas returned as a finalist with a self-portrait centred on ten-pin bowling and...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark May 6, 2026
Saltbush Country arrives in Broken Hill

Audiences in Broken Hill will experience the works and insights of a group of South Australian Aboriginal women artists when visual arts exhibition Saltbush Country continues its tour this month.

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg May 6, 2026
Healing, identity and lived-experience: The Torch opens major exhibition 'Confined 17'

Among the hundreds of artworks on the walls at The Torch's major annual exhibition are stories of healing, journey and lives truly changed. They're also stories brought forward within a stark reality...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross May 5, 2026
First Nations artists among finalists in prestigious Hadley's Art Prize

Several First Nations artists are among the finalists in the Hadley's Art Prize announced on Tuesday. Works of the 27 finalists in the esteemed $100,000 acquisitive landscape prize will be presented i...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg May 5, 2026
Indigenous artworks adorn new university campus in Boorloo / Perth

Edith Cowan University recently unveiled two significant public artworks by Indigenous artists at its new ECU City Campus in Boorloo / Perth.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 28, 2026
BARKAA to headline BLAK NITE 2026

One of Australia's most influential First Nations artists, BARKAA, will headline BLAK NITE 2026 at Carclew on Friday night, anchoring a one-night festival that brings together music, culture and commu...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 27, 2026
Queensland's Regional Artist of the Year, Djawarray, to headline CIAF 2026 Opening Night

Cairns Indigenous Art Fair has congratulated Djabugay and Western Yalanji songman Djawarray (Bertie Riley) on being named 2026 Regional Artist of the Year at the QMusic Awards, ahead of his headline p...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 27, 2026
Garma 2026 theme - Bukmak (Everyone) - an 'expression of unity and a celebration of diversity'

The Yothu Yindi Foundation has announced the theme for the 26th annual Garma Festival: 'Bukmak' (Everyone), "an expression of unity and a celebration of the diversity of modern Australia".

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 27, 2026
Walmajarri artist John Prince Siddon unveils his largest work ever for The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia has unveiled the 2026 Circular Quay Foyer Wall Commission, Worra Munga! Ernie and Bert Dreamtime voice by Walmajarri artist John Prince Siddon - the largest wo...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Apr 27, 2026
D Lan Galleries and Pace Gallery to present Emily Kam Kngwarray in New York

D Lan Galleries, in collaboration with Pace Gallery, will present Emily Kam Kngwarray: The Turning Season, a major survey of one of Australia's most significant artists, on view in New York from May 1...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Apr 22, 2026
Indigenous visual arts sector to receive federal funding boost

Eighty-five activities delivered by First Nations art centres, fairs, regional hubs and industry service organisations across Australia will receive funding from federal government, it was announced o...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Apr 21, 2026
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