Tag Archives: Howard Morphy

Canberra! Sydney!

Canberra was awesome.  I have to admit I never thought I’d say that. I have to give the credit to our hosts all along the way.  Kristian Pithie warmly welcomed us to the Chapman Gallery with its lovely show of … Continue reading

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Master of Arts: New Work from Howard Morphy

Two weeks ago in Charlottesville I had the great good fortune to receive an advance copy of Howard Morphy’s latest monograph, Becoming Art: exploring cross-cultural categories (Berg, 2007). This new book is like a river stone, its arguments polished by years of … Continue reading

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Howard Morphy at Desert Mob

A few weeks ago I was delighted to receive mail from Howard Morphy, Director of the Center for Cross-Cultural Research at the Australian National University and author of numerous articles on the art and culture of Australian Aborigines as well … Continue reading

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