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 ...

Carlene West, c. 1945-2021, Pitjantjatjara (Pila Nguru) people. Tjitjiti, 2008. Synthetic polymer paint on linen. H. 47.5 x W. 59.5 in. (120.7 x 151.1 cm). Private ...

Just five months after Gagosian Gallery held a groundbreaking exhibition of contemporary Indigenous Australian painting, the auction houses are following suit. On Friday, Sotheby’s held the first New ...

Deutscher and Hackett is a leading auction house in Australia, with offices in both Sydney and Melbourne. Helmed by two founders who come from a background of gallery work and private dealing, this ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In 1971, at a remote government settlement in Australia’s Northern Territory called Papunya, a group of elderly Aboriginal men painted designs from ancestral creation stories onto a ...

Like “No Boundaries, ” a 2015 show at the Pérez Art Museum Miami featuring works by nine male tribal elders, the artworks here are drawn from the collection of Dennis and Debra Scholl, who have ...

Australian-born and Los Angeles-based, Emerald Gruin has cornered a unique market in the contemporary art scene. Her eponymous Gruin Gallery features Australian artists from a diverse array of ...

Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, one of the acknowledged pioneers of the contemporary Australian Aboriginal art movement which emerged at Papunya settlement in central Australia in the early 1970s, died ...

Aboriginal art continues to challenge contemporary art with work that is grounded in history, relevant to our times and, above all, possessing a power that is derived from a shared experience of the ...

The groundbreaking Papunya Tula, Genesis and Genius exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales was the first major retrospective by artists from Papunya in Australia’s Western Desert. Consisting ...

The Inside World: Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Memorial Poles from the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection opened virtually on July 11 at Frost Art FIU. On view until January 10, 2021, the ...

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.