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Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Celebrates 20 Years with $4.87 million in sales for First Nations Art Centres
The 20th anniversary Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) has celebrated two decade...
Phoebe Blogg 29 Oct 2026
Applications open for 2027 Country to Couture runway
Country to Couture, an empowering community celebration of storytelling through...
Phoebe Blogg 15 Oct 2026
Landmark Larrakia culture centre officially opens
Darwin's Larrakia Cultural Centre was officially opened at the weekend, a month...
Callan Morse 13 Oct 2026
RMIT fashion enterprise program partners with Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Foundation for 2026 Pathways Program
The DAAF (Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Foundation) Pathways Program is a capacity...
Phoebe Blogg 10 Aug 2026
Fair marks 20 years as crowds show up for authentic art
A record flood that devastated Merrepen Arts hasn't stopped the centre mounting...
Liz Hobday (AAP) 10 Aug 2026
From Renaissance dreamscapes to digital ceremony: 2026 Telstra NATSIAA winners revealed

A Renaissance-inspired dreamscape, handwoven dillybags made from British Museum maps, and a digital recording of Tiwi song and dance are among the works recognised in Australia's leading First Nations...

August 7, 2026
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair opens to the public

The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) has officially returned for 2026. Now in its 20th year, the internationally recognised art fair held an impressive opening ceremony on August 6, featuring perform...

August 7, 2026
First Nations exchange brings together artists from around the world

First Nations practitioners working across textile, customary adornment and fashion have come together from across Australia, Aotearoa / New Zealand and Turtle Island / Canada through a Creative Austr...

August 6, 2026
Indigenous Fashion Projects announce National Indigenous Fashion Award winners

Australia's leading First Nations artists, designers and creatives were recognised on Larrakia Country on Wednesday as the 2026 National Indigenous Fashion Awards (NIFA) celebrated excellence in Indig...

August 5, 2026
Wirriŋga Band to bring Yolŋu rock to CDU Open Day

Legendary Arnhem Land rock group Wirriŋga Band is set to perform at Charles Darwin University's Casuarina Open Day on Saturday, August 8.

August 5, 2026
IncarcerNation opens conversation on Indigenous incarceration in Australia

A major exhibition examining Australia's incarceration crisis and its impact on First Nations people has opened at the Northern Centre for Contemporary Art in Darwin as part of the 2026 Darwin Festiva...

August 5, 2026
Indigenous creatives kick off Country to Couture in the Top End

Officially kicking off Sunday night, Indigenous Fashion Projects (IFP) celebrated a landmark moment on Larrakia Country as Country to Couture wrapped up the first of its newly expanded two-night sched...

August 3, 2026
First Nations fashion, textiles take Country to Couture

Indigenous culture's 60,000-plus years of stories are intersecting with high-end fashion on the runway in impeccable style. Indigenous designers and models are centre stage in the Northern Territory f...

August 3, 2026
Senior artist Regina Pilawuk Wilson named Female Elder of the Year at Darwin NAIDOC awards

Senior Ngan'gikurrungurr artist and cultural leader Regina Pilawuk Wilson has been named Female Elder of the Year at the Darwin NAIDOC Gala Ball and Awards Ceremony.

July 21, 2026
Sharing cultures, one powerful story: Gapu Ŋupan brings Yolŋu and Taiwanese knowledge to the stage

Some performances entertain. Others carry something much deeper. Gapu ÅŠupan (Chasing the Rainbow) is one of those rare works born from relationship, cultural responsibility and years of shared le...

July 21, 2026
NATSIAA returns with major showcase of First Nations art

The 2026 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) will open in Darwin this weekend, with three First Nations artists, curators and cultural leaders named to judge th...

June 26, 2026
Darwin Street Art Festival delivers eight new artworks and two new Indigenous Art Precincts

Darwin's streets have become even more colourful following the completion of the 2026 Darwin Street Art Festival (DSAF), marking a decade of transforming the city through public art.

June 26, 2026
A full circle moment: Ben Graetz returns home to lead Darwin Festival

There is something powerful about our people coming home. For proud Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander man Ben Graetz, being appointed the next Artistic Director of Darwin Festival is more than ano...

June 26, 2026
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