From left to right: “Untitled (Wall with Doorway),” 1966, Alfred Young Man; “Crow Stripes No. 7,” 1967, Carl Tubby; “Nez Perce IV,” 1966, Carl Tubby Credit: Brian Chilson Just as Indigenous scholars ...

Who invented modern art? Or, more specifically, abstract art? We all know the answer. It was the free-thinking American and European painters of the mid-20th century, heroes like Mark Rothko, Jackson ...

The bark paintings in Gapu-Monuk Saltwater: Journey to Sea Country at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney were pivotal documents in a major case for indigenous sea rights. These ...

The Australian Cultural Fields: National and Transnational Dynamics project discussed in this article was supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council (DP140101970).

Jesse Littlebird’s paintings conjure ancient prophecies and symbols knitted through the mysteries of Abstract Expressionism. Born in Santa Fe, the artist hails from both Laguna and Kewa pueblos and ...

Admirers of Australia’s Indigenous artists have been pushing for a serious, large-scale presentation of their work at a major U.S. museum for decades. The quality of the work undoubtedly warrants it: ...

THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART IS SHOWCASING 100 YEARS OF CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ART. THE EXHIBITION IS CALLED AN INDIGENOUS PRESENT AND IT INCLUDES NEW COMMISSIONS AND WORKS BY 15 ARTISTS.

NEW ORLEANS — Despite the million-dollar auction price for works by Aboriginal Australian artists in 2007, the controversy about whether or not Australian Aboriginal art should be included in the ...

Join 24,000 of your neighbors and stay in tune with the Triangle. This wasn’t a misty, benighted Met of yore. It was 2017. “How can this continent’s first inhabitants be so late to receive recognition ...

Knight’s rescue mission salvaged over 100 works, but more than 300 were destroyed. His determination reflects Aboriginal art’s newfound status both in Australia and in the larger art world. Ignored as ...

Evolving toward resistance and circumnavigation of the colonial gaze, the show places artists from different generations and regions into dialogue that rarely occurs within Western institutions.

Often the experience of walking through a major gallery’s Indigenous art wing has felt like visiting a beautifully preserved time capsule.