Australia

Chau Chak Wing Museum in Sydney, Australia returned 16 human skulls to Papua New Guinea last week. The human skulls were taken during the 1876-77 expedition of the Rai Coast by Russian scientist Nickolai N. Miklouho-Maclay. He took the…

Billionaire Gina Rinehart has asked the National Portrait of Australia to remove her portrait from the exhibition. The portrait in question was made by Aboriginal artist Vincent Namatjira. It is part of a current retrospective of the…

The Indigenous Art Code in Australia has expelled the APY Art Centre Collective, which is currently facing allegations for allowing discrimation. The Indigenous Art Code (Iartc) is an organization that regulates all matters related to…

The National Gallery of Australia has postponed its major Aboriginal artwork exhibition amidst allegations of tampering by white staff. The museum issued a statement on Wednesday, announcing that the exhibition  Ngura Pulka – Epic…

On Friday, the Art Gallery of New South Wales announced that it will return an 800-year-old temple strut to Nepal. Temple struts are intricately carved pieces that usually depict a god or mythological scene, and are located at the top of…

The National Gallery of Australia announced that it will review 28 paintings by indigenous artists, after allegations of tampering by white art assistants. In early April, The Australian reported that works belonging to artists from the…

Two fabric installations by Do Hu Soh were accidentally damaged at an after-hours party at MCA Australia. On view as part of a survey dedicated to Suh, his first in the Southern Hemisphere, the two works—Hub, 260-10 Sungbook-dong,…

Heavy rains and floods in Australia is impacting all walks of lives, including museums like Bundanon museum in New South Wales, closed just a month after re-opening. The Bundanon Museum has a long history of being affected by natural…

Actor and art collector Steve Martin has helped launched a fund to promote indigenous art culture in Australia. The fund is called National Endowment for Indigenous Visual Arts (Neiva). It was primarily organized by D’Lan Davidson, a…