Aboriginal Art Blog

I’ve had quite a few people ask me how Betty Mpetyane is since she has moved to Hetti Perkins Aged Care here in Alice Springs just a few short months ago.Betty, as some of you would know, is one o … read more

The Northern Territory has been relatively free of Covid until lately, with a few cases occurring up around the township of Katherine. This resulted in a few good rules introduced for visiting Abor … read more

If you spend a little bit of time reading about Aboriginal art, it won’t take long to come across the Utopia art movement. As one of the most influential communities of independent artists in Aus … read more

Born in the early 1920s, Minnie Pwerle was one of the most significant artists to come out of the community of Utopia and its world-renowned art movement. Alongside the equally impressive work of Em … read more

First Nations peoples of Australia have been studying the sky for tens of thousands of years and this is reflected in their artwork, whether that work is on canvas, engraved in rock formations or pa … read more

How Old Is Aboriginal Culture? Although it is well acknowledged that Aboriginal culture is ancient, with historical evidence pointing to Aboriginal people arriving in Australia 50,000 years ago … read more