Down under, on the other side of the world, is a form of artistic expression that is as far away in culture as it is in miles. Yet, it speaks a message that seems to be hitting close to home in a ...

The global art world is rapidly becoming aware of this market, but there are some pitfalls to know about if you are looking to buy into it. Installation view of the Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally ...

The Aboriginal artist Emily Kam Kngwarray spent her entire life in the remote Utopia region of Central Australia, and when she started painting in the late 1980s, in her 70s, women in her community ...

Aboriginal communities, which historically had no written language, used dots as a visual storytelling method which convey sacred ancestral beings, the relationship between people and the land, and ...

The tension between sacred mysteries that must be shielded from outsiders and those that can be revealed animates an exhibition at the Asia Society. By Arthur Lubow The Aboriginal art of northeast ...

In 1972, with assistance from an art teacher, 11 men formed a cooperative called Papunya Tula Artists. By 1974 the group had grown to 40. Collection of John and Barbara Wilkerson An art movement’s ...

Almost exactly a year ago, walking through the Seattle Art Museum with my uncle, I stopped cold in front of a piece of art called “Munurru,” or “Rough,” by Aboriginal Australian artist Galuma Maymuru.

More than 200 coloured fit balls buried in the sand will recreate the Aboriginal dot painting Water Dreaming by artist Jangala 'Shorty' Robertson as part of this year's Sculpture by the Sea exhibition ...

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Jenna Lee is a Filipino-Chinese-Japanese-Irish-Scottish-Larrakia artist. Out of respect, Larrakia Jenna Lee says she 'could never and would never' attempt dot painting. Lee shared that her cultural ...