Saturday, April 26, 2003

ABC 7.30 Report: Row erupts over copyright of Namatjira's artworks.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: In Australia, Modern Aboriginal Art is a Hot Commodity.

Thursday, April 24, 2003

A start is a start. Today I set up the template and settings for the main blog and the museum,the event and the about page. Looks like work! Way to go!

Monday, July 01, 2002

New York Times Kumantjay Possum, a Painter of Aboriginal Masterworks: He cleared the paths to artistic and economic success that many indigenous painters have followed since the 1970's by invoking sources and spiritual beliefs thought to be many thousands of years old.
The Spokesman-Review.com Famed Aboriginal artist retreats into anonymity when he dies
The Advertiser A rich legacy in the ancient dot art
Times Online also has an obituary.
ABC News Online orbituary for Clifford: "We have just lost one of the greatest which basically spells the end of an era."Aboriginal artist dies in Alice Springs
Sydney Moning Herald: The decision by media outlets not to name one of the great dot art masters of Papunya who has died in Alice Springs shows how sensitivity s has blossomed Sensitivity gives media a good name
Saturday afternoon on the Victoria Market in Melbourne: Red Elvis: A different kind of Aboriginal Art!
One of Australia’s most important artists. Times Online Obituary
Yahoo! runs a story as well: Aborigine Painter Dies in Australia
Who the hell is Sotherbry's? Kumantjay Tjapaltjarri's features in Sotherbys art auction
International Herald Tribune Obituary Kumantjay Possum, leading Aboriginal artist in Australia. How many typos can you spot?

Thursday, June 27, 2002

The "Money Manager" previews this week's Sotheby's auction: Dots and kangaroos

Wednesday, June 26, 2002

Biographies AAIA (picture removed),

Jinta Art,

Aboriginal Desert Art Gallery (more to come...)
Very good article in The Age, Melbourne: Master of the Dreaming
Kumantjay Tjapaltjarri's obituary in the British Independent: Aboriginal artist of rare gifts
CNN's obituary: Aborigine painter dies in Australia
The Guardian has the same story as CNN: Aborigine Painter Dies in Australia