A list of links to sites that we think will enhance your understanding and appreciation of Australian Aboriginal Art and Culture:
1. Firstly, two links to the Australian National Gallery of Art's site. The gallery located in Canberra has an extraordinary collection of Aboriginal Art, with a realtively small space allocated to it's display. The institution has curated and put on display a number of important exhibitions over the years.
a. An interactive tour through The Aboriginal Memorial - a collaborative work was created between 1987-88 by 43 artists from the Ramingining community, Arnhem Land. One of the most moving acts of curation ever in an Australian institution.
b. A discussion of the work of Emily Kngwarreye, one of our favorite artists. Click on the link to Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Art and you'll make your way there.
2. The Kluge-Ruhe Collection of Aboriginal Art at the University of Virginia, one of the bset private collections Australian Aboriginal Art ever assembled. As part the University of Virginia, the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection has undertaken a full program of rotating exhibits, public lectures, research on the collection, and education programs for children and adults.
3. The Aboriginal Art Museum in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The first museum of its type anywhere in Europe, argually anywhere in the world. An institution devoted specfically to Australian Aboriginal Art with a permanent collection. Unfortunately the text is in Dutch.
4. Aboriginal Art Books available at amazon.com . Recommended reading would be Aboriginal Art (Art & Ideas) by Howard Morphy the best read on the ideas behind Aboriginal art practice and Aboriginal Art (The World of Art) by Wally Caruana former Curator of the NGA, thge book is now somewhat dated over view of a broad range of styles of Aboriginal art, sort of an Aboriginal Art 101 course in a book. Beware some titles in this section or bogus. I'll gladly send feedback on any titles as I've read them all. Email me at curator@aboriginal-art.com
5. AIATSIS, the Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Studies, if you have serious research to do on Aboriginal cultrural topics this site is an invaluable archival resource.