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Margaret Carnegie – A significant Aboriginal Art Collector
Great collector of art and teller of our tales By Philip Jones August 9 2002 Margaret Frances Carnegie Writer, art collector 1910 – 2002 “Margaret Carnegie,” wrote John Reed in 1962 , “is shooting like a meteor through the art world, buying right and left.” Carnegie herself averred that she bought paintings as if they […]
Great Article – The Economist – Drawing from the mists of time
http://www.economist.com/node/133469 The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia is the only museum in the United States dedicated to the exhibition and study of Australian Aboriginal art. Our mission is to advance knowledge and understanding of Australia’s Indigenous people and their art and culture worldwide. Working with living artists, international scholars and arts […]
Melbourne Festival 2015 – Press Release – Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi
After being nominated by Adam Knight Fine Art, Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi has won selection to transform a Melbourne tram into dynamic public artwork as part of Melbourne Festival’s 2014 visual arts program. “Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi – eldest daughter of acclaimed artist Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, internationally renowned in her own right – Gabriella takes her […]
Desert Mob 2014 – Tangentyere Artists Exhibition Opening “Selfies”
Friday September 5th 2014. It was wonderful to see the newly refurbished Tangentyere Artists studio filled with an equally refreshing display of unique Indigenous art. The exhibition “Selfies: representations of self by Town Camp artists” was a bold display of Selfie styled portraits that captured the personalities and environments of the Tangentyere Artists. The opening […]
GFC thoughts…
Its bewildering to hear the echo’s of Indigenous art doomsayers as we continue to climb out of the dark cave known as the Global Financial Crisis. Negative attitudes are becoming tiresome and appear to be mainly present in those far removed from the inner sanctum of Indigenous art. No one can deny there has been a significant slowdown–shall […]
Sydney Art Month Aboriginal Art Talk by Adam Knight at SBS TV Headoffice
Sydney Art Month Aboriginal Art Talk by Adam Knight at SBS TV Head office
Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi at studio
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri Smashes World Aboriginal Auction Record
Video © Adam Knight, 2007 Further Reading: www.abc.net.au/news/2007-07-25/clifford-possum…record…/2512732 http://www.news.com.au/national/clifford-possum-art-sells-for-24m-record/story-e6frfkp9-1111114031762 www.smh.com.au/news/arts/aboriginal…record…/1185043149747 http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/24m-for-possum-painting-that-once-fetched-1200/2007/07/24/1185043120918.html
Perpetual Benefactor status
Adam Knight was a proud recipient of ‘Perpetual Benefactor’ status at the Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Adam pictured below with Chairman Kerry Watson and Life Benefactor and Chairman of the City Gallery Patrick Corrigan. Other Perpetual Benefactors recognised on the night:- Dr Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Tom and Sylvia Lowenstein; Evan Lowenstein; Adam Micmacher; Ken […]
