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2 weeks ago | 
nit.com.au | Joseph Guenzler |Phoebe Blogg |Giovanni Torre
Fresh from international touring, King Stringray will headline a bumper line-up celebrating NAIDOC Week at the Art Gallery of New South Wales next month. The Yolŋu surf rock five-piece lead a line-up featuring singer-songwriters Alice Skye and Keanu Nelson for Volume presents: Lightning song on July 9, for what the gallery is billing as a free one-off evening celebrating cutting edge First Nations music in the Naala Badu building.
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2 weeks ago | 
nit.com.au | Phoebe Blogg |Joseph Guenzler |Giovanni Torre
The First Nations economy has the potential for growth to $50 billion annually in the next decade, ANZ has projected in a new co-authored report. The bank launched its own inaugural First Nations strategy (2025-2035), 'Fuelling the Fire' at its Naarm headquarters on Wednesday.
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4 weeks ago | 
nit.com.au | Joseph Guenzler |Phoebe Blogg
A New Zealand flag printed with the words "please walk on me" and laid on the floor of an art gallery has once again been packed away following public outcry, 30 years after protests forced the removal of the same artwork. The Suter Art Gallery in the city of Nelson said on Thursday it had removed the work by Māori artist Diane Prince due to escalating tensions and safety fears.
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4 weeks ago | 
nit.com.au | Joseph Guenzler |Phoebe Blogg
Expansive in scale and its traversing across the continent, traditions and time, '65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art' takes caveat away from how generations upon generations of tradition was once left on the periphery. Featuring more than 400 works, 65,000 Years opened with the return of the University of Melbourne's Ian Potter Museum, Wurundjeri Country on Friday. "It's not Aboriginal art. It's art," co-curator Judith Ryan told National Indigenous Times.
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1 month ago | 
nit.com.au | David Prestipino |Giovanni Torre |Phoebe Blogg
In her former years, Wiradjuri artist Lauren Freestone's dad's house was like "his own little gallery", though she didn't envisage herself going down a similar path - let alone making it her career when faced with a "now or never" moment. Freestone has grown her business - Freestone Art, inspired by her coastal homes and ties to Wiradjuri Country to create one-off original works, canvas pieces, prints and collaborations with other brands.
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1 month ago | 
nit.com.au | David Prestipino |Giovanni Torre |Phoebe Blogg
From June, majority Aboriginal-owned vehicle hire business Waru will grow their work in WA's Pilbara with an international sector heavyweight. Waru deliver tailored vehicle hire solutions across local industry in the region - including mining, defence, private and government sectors, last year winning Aboriginal Enterprises In Mining Energy And Exploration (AEMEE) award for Indigenous New Business of the Year.
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2 months ago | 
nit.com.au | Joseph Guenzler |Phoebe Blogg
Gomeroi rapper Kobie Dee will headline a major Reconciliation Day event on Ngunnawal Country. The Australian Capital Territory has recognised the first Monday after or on May 27, the start of National Reconciliation Week, with a public holiday since 2018. It's the only state or territory in the country to do so. With it, the ACT hosts a public Reconciliation Day event with family-friendly and cultural activities - Kobie Dee to be centre to the celebrations on June 2.
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2 months ago | 
nit.com.au | Joseph Guenzler |Giovanni Torre |Phoebe Blogg
Gamilaroi man Dhinawan Baker has won the 2024 Deadly Funny National Grand Final held on Monday 14 April at Arts Centre Melbourne. The event, part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, was hosted by comedian Mr Kevin Kropinyeri and featured performances by 2024 winners Tyson Walker and Kalah Lovegrove, 2022 winner Ms Janty Blair, and US guest Channel Ali.
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2 months ago | 
nit.com.au | Phoebe Blogg |Joseph Guenzler |Dechlan Brennan
Fremantle Arts Centre will soon unveil new multi-disciplinary exhibition 'It's Always Been Always' - a tribute to Aboriginal women, celebrating their pivotal role as custodians, intrinsic connectors and cultural caretakers. Bringing together a diverse range of small to large-scale works by six acclaimed Aboriginal female artists from across Australia, the exhibition is set to open to the public in May.
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2 months ago | 
nit.com.au | Phoebe Blogg |Giovanni Torre
Operating as a centre for the creative arts and education, for scientific research and a place to explore landscape and engage with First Nations history and culture, Bundanon Art Museum this weekopened applications for its renowned 2026 Artists in Residenceprogram. Established in 1997, the Artists in Residence program is the largest of its kind in Australia.
