Tag Archives: Exhibitions

Crossing Cultures at the Toledo Museum of Art

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

“You’ve captured the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy,” his father said with some pride. Of all the memorable things I heard during the past weekend when Crossing Cultures opened at the Toledo Museum of Art, that is the quotation that … Continue reading →

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Crossing Cultures / Toledo Museum of Art Slideshow

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

Here is a selection of photographs of the installation of Crossing Cultures from the Toledo Museum of Art, shot on the opening day, April 12, 2013.  I wasn’t able to capture every angle and image and artwork included in the … Continue reading →

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The Last Great Art Movement of the 20th Century

Posted on April 7, 2013 by

I got buzzed and felled by a mean (and I mean mean) intestinal flu bug this week, so I’m lying low on all fronts.  Just two brief topics to note this week: Robert Hughes’s assessment that Aboriginal art is the … Continue reading →

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Papunya Tula, Alice Springs

Posted on February 3, 2013 by

The catalog for Unique Perspectives: Papunya Tula Artists and the Alice Springs Community (Araluen Arts Centre; Papunya Tula Artists, 2012) is deceptively slim in size, a mere 96 pages that is, however, packed with vivid color and equally vivid memories. … Continue reading →

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“Crossing Cultures”: the catalog in review

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

A little over two years ago, Kathy Hart, then the acting Director of the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College (following Brian Kennedy’s departure for the Toledo Museum of Art) asked me for suggestions for authors for the catalog … Continue reading →

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Arts at Dartmouth: Stephen Gilchrist and Black Arm Band

Posted on December 23, 2012 by

Celebrations of Indigenous Australian art and culture are continuing at Dartmouth College throughout the run of the Crossing Cultures exhibition, and today I’m delighted to share with you another video of one of the events.  As part of the Faculty … Continue reading →

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Papunya Tula: Celebrating 40 in Style

Posted on November 25, 2012 by

Celebrations in Alice Springs are underway.  The annual Papunya Tula Artists November exhibition at the Todd Mall gallery opened on November 16 with the usual round of speeches, good food (from the looks of the party pictures posted on the … Continue reading →

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Papunya Tula: Celebrating 40 at Araluen

Posted on November 25, 2012 by

In addition to the exhibition at the Papunya Tula gallery, there’s a major retrospective of the company’s work at Alice Springs’ Araluen Arts Centre.  Curator Stephen Williamson has produced some spectacular shows at Araluen Galleries in recent years, including the … Continue reading →

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American Eyes on Aboriginal Art

Posted on November 18, 2012 by

Earlier this week the Hood Museum of Art posted a video to YouTube from the opening weekend ceremonies for their exhibition of contemporary Australian Aboriginal art, Crossing Cultures.  It’s a lovely short introduction to the show.  There’s plenty of shots … Continue reading →

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The Djang’kawu Come to America

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

Last weekend we were back at Dartmouth College to hear Howard Morphy deliver the Montgomery Endowment Lecture as part of the fellowship that has him and his wife, Frances, in residence at the College this semester.  He chose as his … Continue reading →

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