There is nothing in the world quite like the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA), with an uneasy coexistence between the commercial art world and Indigenous cultural imperatives, writes Henry F. Skerritt.
Indigenous art
The most eye-opening show of Aboriginal art ever
Graphic designer and culture mulcher W. H. Chong looks at ‘Ancestral power and the aesthetic’, an exhibition displaying the first shoots of the now enormous forest of the Aboriginal art industry.
Experts say Garrett’s art resale royalty proposal is a dud
Garrett’s model for the resale royalty scheme has been the subject of bitter opposition from the big end of town – the large auction houses and art dealers. But what about the indigenous artists at the centre of Garrett’s scheme? Bob Gosford reports.
