Adam Knight attends Gina Rinehart’s honorary doctorate.

Mrs Rinehart said she was honoured to be awarded an honorary doctorate by Bond University, Australia first private, not-for-profit university, for her contribution to the mining sector, public policy debate and the national economy. More info: http://www.miningnews.net/storyView.asp?StoryID=801819936 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/rinehart-doffs-cap-to-honorary-degree/story-e6frgcjx-1226768063817 http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/business/mining-magnate-gina-rinehart-backs-federal-resources-minister-senator-ian-macfarlanes-promining-stance/story-fnjc2dm2-1226767685195            

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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2014 Aboriginal Benefits Foundation Gala Dinner & Fundraising Art Auction

Extra tables had to be brought in for a sold out crowd of Aboriginal Art enthusiasts which filled the Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Hall for another very successful Aboriginal Benefits Foundation Gala Dinner & Fundraising Art Auction. Celebrating its 10th year, over $200,000 was achieved, assisted by the generosity of collectors such as Ray […]

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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 […]

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Judy Napangardi Watson Mina Mina Jukurrpa 2009 acrylic paint on linen 183 x 122 cm 2523/09

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 […]

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