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A growing collection of Indigenous-led art writing, criticism, and creative thought.
MIMILI WATI, MIMILI WAY
Opinion
MIMILI WATI, MIMILI WAY This is how we rise
Words: Robert Fielding
You Can Ask That!
Opinion
You Can Ask That! Arts industry mob give insight on some of the big questions
Words: Yhonnie Scarce, Kimberley Moulton, Myles Russell-Cook
D Harding: Places
Review
D Harding: Places Dissolving borders at Murray Art Museum Albury
Words: Tristen Harwood
Mapping Country
Review
Mapping Country Charles Jangala Inkamala at Vivien Anderson Gallery
Words: Shanysa McConville
Bilas in the White Cube
Review
Bilas in the White Cube The National Gallery of Australia’s ‘Bilong Papua New Guinea’
Words: Jocelyn Flynn
Murrangurrang (Always)
Poem
Murrangurrang (Always) Weaving ancestral links back and forth, forever
Words: Belinda Briggs
Limuk (Inheritance)
Creative Text
Limuk (Inheritance) Finding kin in the mountains
Words: Alice Skye
Virgin Planning Clinic
Creative Text
Virgin Planning Clinic Everyone remembers their first
Words: Winnie Dunn
D Harding Places 2025
Photo Essay
D Harding Places 2025 Behind the scenes of the MAMA Albury commission
Words: d harding
Indigenous Autonomy and Latin Characters
Essay
Indigenous Autonomy and Latin Characters Going against type.
Words: Leitu Bonnici
The Indigenous Turn
Essay
The Indigenous Turn From the periphery to the global stage
Words: Gerald McMaster
Seeing Ourselves
Essay
Seeing Ourselves The power of critical Blak arts writing
Words: Clothilde Bullen
Welcome to Volume 01
Welcome Letter
Welcome to Volume 01 A new era of Indigenous-led arts criticism
Words: Hayley Millar Baker
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Bob Gibson, Patjantja, 2025

synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 180.0 x 150.0 cm
(c) Bob Gibson, courtesy Vivien Anderson Gallery, Narrm/Melbourne

Ita Tipungwuti, Parlini Jilamara, 2007

earth pigment on canvas, 160.0 x 200.0 cm
(c) Ita Tipungwuti, courtesy Vivien Anderson Gallery, Narrm/Melbourne

Clare Jaque Vasquez, The Haze And The Hush, 2025

acrylic and impasto on stretched canvas, 130.0 x 150.0 cm
(c) Clare Jaque Vasquez, courtesy Vivien Anderson Gallery, Narrm/Melbourne

Charles Inkamala, Glen Helen, Mission Days, 2025

 

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 61 x 61 cm
(c) Courtesy of Vivien Anderson Gallery

Maree Clarke, The Long Journey Home 8, 2024

digital print on photographic paper, 69.0 x 102.5 cm
(c) Maree Clarke, courtesy Vivien Anderson Gallery, Narrm/Melbourne

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