A young white artist who was abused on social media for selling Aboriginal-style dot paintings has apologised and admitted she was guilty of 'cultural appropriation'. Jessica Poland, who sells art in ...

A new exhibition at the State Library of Western Australia is challenging the gift-shop stereotype and is showcasing the breadth and modernity of Aboriginal fashion and design. Bibbullmun Bardi — ...

Dot art is a technique practiced in Australia and other indigenous cultures across the world as a means for storytelling. This art form is now considered a calming and effective way to practise ...

A Northern Territory politician says teaching tourists to dot paint is cheapening Aboriginal art. The Member for MacDonnell, Alison Anderson, says Aboriginal art lessons at the Alice Springs Desert ...

In the 1970s a striking new art style, popularly known as dot painting, emerged from the remote Aboriginal community of Papunya. It was spearheaded by a small group of male artists, including Clifford ...

Aboriginal art is art created by Indigenous Australian people. It includes works done in a variety of ways, including leaf paintings, wood carvings, rock art, sculpture, ceremonial clothing, and sand ...

TWO newly discovered Albert Namatjira works show that the master painter of outback scenes also produced art in the modern dot-painting style more than 20 years earlier than the famed Papunya style.

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Beige Dimer is an aspiring doctor and third-generation Aboriginal dot artist. The Wongatha/Ngadju Mirning woman has been selected as one of the eight finalists in the Miss NAIDOC Perth program ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. An American naturalist visiting central Australia in 1972 saw the first dot painting by the now famous Clifford Possum at Papunya and ...

The tiny Aboriginal settlement of Papunya was the birthplace of dot painting. Now daughters and granddaughters of past artists fuel an artistic renaissance In the remote Northern Territory community ...