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Rhoda Roberts. artist, activist, optimist.

‘A champion for Indigenous artists’: Pioneer Rhoda Roberts leaves a huge mark

She brought us a key part of the Olympics opening ceremony and the Welcome to Country. Journalist, actor, theatre maker and activist Rhoda Roberts made a mark.

  • Karl Quinn

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American actor Steve Martin, an avid collector of Aboriginal art, has launched a website on the subject with his friend and fellow collector John Wilkerson.

Steve Martin launches new mission to bring Aboriginal art to the world

The American actor and fellow collector John Wilkerson wanted to “spread the word” about the paintings they love. Increasingly, they feel they’ve accomplished their mission.

  • Michael Koziol
The house that Albert Namatjira built.

Eighty years ago, Albert Namatjira built a house in the desert. Now it has been recreated

A chance encounter with history became the catalyst for a new artistic installation in the National Gallery of Australia celebrating the legacy of the pioneering watercolourist.

  • Linda Morris
The Sapphires cast: Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Miranda Tapsell and Shari Sebbens.

Miranda Tapsell, Deb Mailman and Shari Sebbens reunite for one of our favourite films

The trio will join a handful of actors for a one-off event to revisit the movie, with its writer hoping it will inspire others.

  • Karl Quinn
“Seven Sisters Song”, painted on a road sign, is one of 200 Indigenous Australian artworks on display at the National Gallery of Art.

Largest exhibit of Indigenous art ever shown overseas opens in the US

Many of the artworks on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington had never left Australia before.

  • Michael Koziol
French-Swiss philanthropist and art collector Bérengère Primat visiting artists in the APY Lands in 2021.

Meet the woman who owns Europe’s biggest collection of Aboriginal art

When she walked into a Paris gallery 20 years ago, Bérengère Primat was instantly captivated by what she saw. It was the start of an obsession.

  • Rob Harris
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Sydney Morning Herald and The Age: Artist Regina Pilawuk Wilson’s poses for a portrait in front of her painting Wupun (sun mat) at the Michael Reid Gallery in Washington, DC.  Regina Pilawuk Wilson is carrying a bag she made. photo: Leigh Vogel  15 October 2025

How a tiny gallery created an Australian oasis in ‘crazy’ Washington

The US government shutdown has delayed Australian plans for the biggest ever overseas Indigenous art exhibition. But a small gallery in downtown DC is making the most of it.

  • Michael Koziol
Frances Rings has wanted to be a dancer all her life.

‘Your failures are just as important as your successes’

It is every performer’s nightmare: what if you go on stage … and then forget everything. It happened to Frances Rings – in her first performance, her big break. How she stumbled through it has become a life lesson.

  • Cassidy Knowlton
Jess Mauboy

Jess Mauboy honoured at Indigenous Music Awards

The NIMAs ceremony was held at the Darwin Amphitheatre on Saturday night, celebrating Indigenous musicians from around the country.

  • Gemma Grant
Jessica Mauboy

‘I will never get over being an artist’: Jessica Mauboy joins Indigenous Hall of Fame

The singer rose to fame as a teenager on Australian Idol in 2006. Now 36, she’s embarking on a new era of her already successful career.

  • Gemma Grant