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Katchafire recruits Emily Wurramara for new version of ‘Giddy Up’
Māori roots reggae band Katchafire will team up with Warnindhilyagwa artist Emil...
Joseph Guenzler 26 Aug 2026
‘A feeling you will never forget’: Australia’s top First Nations artists celebrated at NATSIAA
"It's a feeling you will never forget. "Dr Shannon Brett, guest curator of the 2...
Natasha Clark 10 Aug 2026
From the Central Desert to the Torres Strait: DAAF celebrates 20 years
This year's Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair gathered more than 75 stalls from Aborigi...
Natasha Clark 10 Aug 2026
Seven Indigenous Literacy Foundation books selected for inaugural global IBBY-UNESCO Collection
Seven books published by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation have been selected f...
Phoebe Blogg 8 Aug 2026
From Renaissance dreamscapes to digital ceremony: 2026 Telstra NATSIAA winners revealed
A Renaissance-inspired dreamscape, handwoven dillybags made from British Museum...
Natasha Clark 7 Aug 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
Homegrown Bidgy Fest brings a world of music to remote community

Malanga Elder MJ Jadai sits in a garden outside an art centre in Bidyadanga, a remote Aboriginal community 200 kilometres south of Broome, as women swap brightly coloured clothes and children debate w...

July 30, 2026
Kalumburu students’ boab artwork to feature in new book

Students in Kalumburu, a remote East Kimberley community, are shaping a new book drawn from local stories and the towering presence of one of the town's largest boab trees.

July 30, 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
Grassroots communities share storytelling to preserve environmental treasures

A cross-cultural storytelling project facilitated by the University of Newcastle is amplifying the voices of climate-facing communities and deepening understanding of the environmental and cultural si...

July 18, 2026
The paintings that became a road home for Warlpiri artists

Senior Warlpiri Elders have reunited with two landmark paintings crafted nearly forty years ago in Yuendumu, a remote Aboriginal community 290 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs.

July 17, 2026
Marninwarntikura Women’s Resource Centre marks NAIDOC Week with night market

Dozens gathered in the garden of Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre in Fitzroy Crossing, a remote Kimberley town, as dusk fell for a NAIDOC Week night market and open mic.

July 9, 2026
Artback NT delegation strengthens First Nations cultural connections with Taiwan

Art has always been one of the oldest ways First Nations peoples have carried knowledge across generations. It holds language, culture, history and identity, connecting people long before borders were...

July 7, 2026
Country painted by renowned artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye gains native title recognition

Traditional Owners from eight groups are set to have their native title rights formally recognised over more than 4,000 square kilometres of country in Central Australia, including the birthplace of r...

July 6, 2026
New Arts and Culture Hub opens in remote Kimberley community

On the far edge of Western Australia's Kimberley coast a vision held by Bardi Jawi Elders has become reality, after the Ingarlgalandij Arts and Culture Hub opened its doors in the remote community of...

June 22, 2026
Artback NT to lead First Nations delegation strengthening Northern Territory ties with Taiwan

Artback NT will lead a First Nations International Partnerships Bi-lateral Delegation to Taiwan this June, bringing together arts and cultural leaders from the Northern Territory and Taiwan to strengt...

June 18, 2026
Bluey translated into Yolŋu Matha for landmark NAIDOC Week initiative

The world's favourite blue heeler family will soon be speaking Yolŋu Matha, with the ABC announcing the hit children's series Bluey will be broadcast in a First Nations language for the first tim...

June 17, 2026
Community-built Ardyaloon art and culture hub prepares to open on Bardi Country

We are lucky with the wind today," Bardi man Russell Davey says, as women to his left carve etchings inside a light-filled warehouse. It is one of five buildings — including two studios, a galle...

June 17, 2026
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