Tag: Indigenous people

  • 25th Biennale of Sydney – Rememory

    Central to this biennale are First Nations voices and the diverse diasporas that shape contemporary Australia, but there is one canvas in particular that is worth travelling across the world to see

  • Indigenous Histories

    This vast and varied show celebrating the work of indigenous artists from North and South America, Oceania, and the Nordic region is a joy

  • Wayne Eager – interview: ‘In Central Australia, I was mesmerised by the bright light and colour in the wide, open landscape’

    A three-month stay in Central Australia with his partner, the artist Marina Strocchi, turned into a 30-year sojourn. Eager talks about working with Indigenous people to further their art and witnessing a transformation in the art market’s view of Aboriginal…

  • Jonathan Jones: Untitled (Transcriptions of Country)

    Jones collaborates with recent migrants to Australia to show how the culture and practices of its Indigenous people can be shared across nations, as they explore the plants, animals and artefacts taken from the continent by a French scientific expedition…

  • Stepping Softly on the Earth

    Twenty artists, mostly non-western and indigenous, consider how dam projects, diamond mining, monoculture and other human interventions have affected their lands and way of life

  • Biennale of Sydney 2022: Rīvus

    With rivers and wetlands at its thematic centre and Australia’s First People key, the 2022 biennale asserts that sustainability must no longer be a theme, but an action. This is art that packs a powerful political punch  

  • Climate in Crisis: Environmental Change in the Indigenous Americas

    This exhibition documents the hardships faced by Indigenous people from across the Americas as a result of climate and environmental changes – and should be a salutary tale to us all