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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
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...
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...
Liz Hobday 7 Jun 2026
Indigenous Fashion Projects unveils Country to Couture 2026 designer line up
Presented in partnership with Indigenous Fashion Projects, the highly anticipate...
Phoebe Blogg 24 Mar 2026
Fundraising appeal aims to empower next generation of Indigenous art, fashion storytellers

This Christmas the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) Foundation is inviting Australians to help empower the next generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytellers in art and fashion thr...

December 2, 2025
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair opens expressions of interest for 2026 event program

Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair has announced expressions of interest for next year's public program are officially open. Calling all First Nations Art Centres, artists, performers, dancers and creatives...

November 17, 2025
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair celebrates a record-breaking year in sales for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Centres

The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) has already achieved a record breaking $5.1 million in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art sales this year, a milestone across the Fair's 19-year history, w...

November 3, 2025
Culture as Capital: Ikuntji Artists take Indigenous design to the world

In Haasts Bluff, a remote community in the Western Desert, art is transforming into economic power. Ikuntji Artists, the first art centre established in the Western Desert in 1992, has launched Ikuntj...

September 2, 2025
Mimmim x TATIA: Sunset Healing shines on Larrakia Country

Under the lights of the Darwin Convention Centre on Larrakia Country, something truly special unfolded this month. As part of the 10-year anniversary of Country to Couture, a dream eight months in the...

August 26, 2025
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair opens to the public

Returning for its 19th year, the internationally recognised Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair has opened to the public. Commencing on Friday, the largest national event of its kind is free to attend and offe...

August 8, 2025
Clair Helen Parker awarded top gong at National Indigenous Fashion Awards

Clair Helen Parker, an individual designer of original fashion apparel who has excelled both creatively and commercially, received the Fashion Designer Award at the National Indigenous Fashion Awards...

August 8, 2025
National Indigenous Fashion Awards winners announced

Indigenous Fashion Projects announced the winners of this year's National Indigenous Fashion Awards as part of Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Foundation's annual program of fashion, art and cultural event...

August 7, 2025
Leading First Nations organisations bring strong NSW presence to Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair

A significant contingent of NSW Aboriginal artists will be represented for the first time at the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair this week, thanks to the efforts of the Aboriginal Culture, Heritage & A...

August 6, 2025
Rowland takes head stylist reins at Country to Couture

Wiradjuri and Waiben Island man Lindyn Rowland has been appointed head stylist of Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair's 2025 Country to Couture runway.

August 6, 2025
Fashioning the future: Cissy Gore-Birch and the rise of Kimberley Style

Fashion isn't just fabric; it's identity, power, and memory stitched into something you can wear. For Cissy Gore-Birch, OAM and a Jaru and Gija woman with strong ties to Balanggarra, Bunuba, and Nyiki...

July 10, 2025
"Our wildest dreams come true”: Over $50,000 raised to bring remote art centres to Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair

More than $50,000 has been raised through the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Foundation's urgent travel appeal, nearly triple their original goal.

July 4, 2025
High travel costs threaten remote Indigenous artists’ participation in 2025 DAAF

Every year, more than 75 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art centres undertake the long and often challenging journey to participate in the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair on Larrakia Country.

June 18, 2025
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