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Indigenous Fashion Projects announce National Indigenous Fashion Award winners
Australia's leading First Nations artists, designers and creatives were recognis...
Phoebe Blogg 5 Aug 2026
Wirriŋga Band to bring Yolŋu rock to CDU Open Day
Legendary Arnhem Land rock group Wirriŋga Band is set to perform at Charles Darw...
Joseph Guenzler 5 Aug 2026
IncarcerNation opens conversation on Indigenous incarceration in Australia
A major exhibition examining Australia's incarceration crisis and its impact on...
Joseph Guenzler 5 Aug 2026
Indigenous creatives kick off Country to Couture in the Top End
Officially kicking off Sunday night, Indigenous Fashion Projects (IFP) celebrate...
Phoebe Blogg 3 Aug 2026
First Nations fashion, textiles take Country to Couture
Indigenous culture's 60,000-plus years of stories are intersecting with high-end...
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 Ŋupan (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
NIMAs back and ready to rock the Darwin Amphitheatre in 2026

The National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs) will return to the Darwin Amphitheatre in Garramilla/Darwin with a live performance bill led by Yolŋu rapper, dancer and artist Baker Boy.

June 23, 2026
'I'm just so happy' - New Darwin Festival artistic director Ben Graetz takes the reins

Arts leader Ben Graetz is returning home to take the helm at the Darwin Festival, making him the only First Nations artistic director of a major arts festival.

June 22, 2026
These Indigenous artists pay $350 a tank and are driving 2500km

In the remote community of Papulankutja in Western Australia, diesel is $4.28 a litre, roughly double the price in capital cities. One of the few sources of income in the community is its not-for-prof...

June 7, 2026
Indigenous university director to paint at Darwin Street Art Festival

Charles Darwin University's (CDU) Casuarina campus is set to become part of the Darwin Street Art Festival for the first time, with three artists transforming campus spaces through new public murals.

June 2, 2026
National Indigenous Music Awards nominations open for 2026

The National Indigenous Music Awards will return to Garamilla / Darwin for its 22nd edition, with nominations now open for First Nations artists across the country.

May 19, 2026
Seabreeze Festival showcases Indigenous talent

The 2026 Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival once again showcased the strength, diversity and creativity of First Nations music, dance and culture, with Indigenous artists playing a major role across the th...

May 14, 2026
Keelan Fejo’s story towers over Darwin as Indigenous Art Trail launches at Darwin Airport Resorts

The Northern Territory's rich Aboriginal culture and creativity will now greet visitors from the moment they arrive in Darwin, with the launch of the new Indigenous Art Trail at Darwin Airport Resorts...

May 14, 2026
First Nations lived experience on display as CDU uses 'art as evidence'

A Charles Darwin University research project is exploring the impacts of climate change is using "art as evidence", alongside traditional data, to convey the lived experience of First Nations communit...

April 9, 2026
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