The term old masters calls to mind a European ideal of classical portraiture and landscape; of artists we readily recall from the pages of our dog-eared high school textbooks. So it is with deliberate ...

The bark painting depicting a barramundi that Namadbara created for Spencer at Oenpelli in 1912 and that he identified in the interview with Lance Bennett in 1967, now in Museums Victoria ...

Asia Society Museum presents Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala, the first major exhibition of Aboriginal Australian bark paintings to tour the United States.

Yinimala Gumana, Wukuṉ Waṉambi, Kade McDonald and Henry Skerritt examine a work by Mathaman Marika at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia. Credit: Dan Addison / UVA ...

The artist, activist and leader of the Madarrpa clan took home the top prize from more than 280 entries and 68 finalists The artist, activist and leader of the Madarrpa clan, Djambawa Marawili AM, has ...

If you’re not looking for it, you might miss a small illustration of the Statue of Liberty in Yolŋu leader and artist Djambawa Marawili’s 2019 eucalyptus bark painting “Americalili Marrtji (Journey to ...

Djambawa Marawili AM is an award winning artist, and a leader of the Madarrpa Clan from the Blue Mud Bay area. He lives at Yilpara on the Laynhapuy homelands, which is about three hours’ drive from ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story includes names of people who have died. Bark painting in Yirrkala is a tradition of some antiquity, but it is also one that ...

This program is appropriate for children 5 years old and above. Join us for an interactive painting program for the whole family, featuring a hands-on workshop and artist demonstration that explores ...

The tree bark is painted with Dong Yong and the Seventh Fairy Maiden at a park in Bo'xing, Shandong province, Oct 12, 2016. [Photo/VCG] A 15-meter-high locust tree which has part of the bark hulled, ...

For students of Australian art and art collectors around the globe, Arnhem Land is synonymous with bark painting: sheets of tree bark carefully prepared as a canvas for painting by Aboriginal artists.