Battarbee became a mentor, teacher and friend to Namatjira. During an eight-week painting expedition, Battarbee showed Namatjira skills such as how to mix colours, use brushes, apply washes and ...

Cubillo, senior curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art at the National Gallery­ of Australia, read the story at 6am. Despite the early hour, she says, “I shared it [immediately] with the ...

The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...

The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...

SYDNEY -- A pair of "ghost gum" trees in Australia's outback made famous in watercolors by Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira have been destroyed in a suspected arson attack, shortly before they were ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Indigenous artist Vincent Namatjira won Australia's most prestigious art prize on Friday, the first time an Aboriginal painter won the portraiture competition since its inception ...

Australia's most prestigious award for portraiture has been won by an Aboriginal artist for the first time in its 99-year history. Vincent Namatjira, 37, claimed the annual Archibald Prize for a ...

In Paris for a residency, the award-winning artist is challenging historical depictions of First Nations people and reclaiming his power. Western Arrernte artist Vincent Namatjira will present his ...

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).

Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne The 2020 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman ...