Statement from Telstra Art Award Winner - 15 August

On behalf of Makinti Napanangka, Papunya Tula Artists would like to thank the judges for their wonderful acknowledgement of Napanangka’s vital contribution to Australian art. View statement (pdf 10Kb)

Silver Jubilee Telstra Art Award Winners Announced - 15 August

Makinti Napanangka from Kintore in the Northern Territory has been awarded Australia’s premier Indigenous art prize at the 25th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. View media release (pdf 56Kb)

Silver Jubilee Telstra Art Award Opens in Darwin - 13 August

The Silver Jubilee 25th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award will open at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) in Darwin this Friday 15 August. View media release (pdf 52Kb)

25th Silver Jubilee Telstra Art Award Judges Announced - 12 August
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) Senior Curator of Aboriginal Art and Material Culture, Franchesca Cubillo today announced Hetti Perkins and Judy Watson as judges at this year’s 25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. View media release (pdf 45Kb)

Gatapangawuy Dhawu - Buffalo Story - 11 August

For the first time ever a 3D installation consisting of a traditional bark painting with an accompanying film has been entered in this year’s 25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. View media release (pdf 54Kb)

2007 Prize Winner Angelina George enters 25th Telstra Art Awards - 11 August

Winner of the 2007 Telstra Art Award General Painting category, Angelina George, has entered another beautiful landscape piece in this year’s 25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. View media release (pdf 55Kb)

Childhood Memories Continue to Inspire Artist - 7 August
Acclaimed Yolgnu artist Gulumbu Yunupingu’s entry in this year’s 25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Garak the Universe, continues on with her universal theme, which is inspired by childhood memories of her father’s night timestories at the family camp of the seven sisters and other ancient mythologies. View media release (pdf 55Kb)

Precious Timor-Leste Artefacts Arrive in Darwin - 16 July
His Honour Mr Tom Pauling AO QC, Administrator of the Northern Territory joined Mr Diamantino (Dino) Ribeiro, President of Darwin’s Portuguese and Timorese Social Club to inspect a shipment of precious Timor-Leste artefacts being unpacked by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT). View media release

Territory Artist Pays Homage to her Love of Weaving - 15 July
Territory artist Karen J Mills entry in this year’s 25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award was influenced by Indigenous weaving, memories of hand-knitted woollen garments and Western abstract art. View media release (pdf 53Kb).

Sneak Peek at artwork shortlisted in Silver Jubilee Telstra Art Award - 9 July
A sneak peek at one of the artworks selected for this year’s 25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award reveals an installation by Danie Mellor, featuring a gilt framed blue and white landscape with an audience of native animals, including a gold mosaic kangaroo. View media release (pdf 58Kb).

Indonesian Ceramic Pieces Arrive at MAGNT - 24 April
A total of 199 fragile ceramic pieces have just arrived at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) in preparation for the second triennial Arafura Craft Exchange Trajectory of Memories, Tradition and Modernity in Ceramics which opens in July. View media release (pdf 31Kb)

Museum Conservation Workshop for Tropical Climates - 21 April

A series of conservation workshops at the Eastern Indonesian Provincial Museum (UPTD Museum Daerah Nusa Tenggara Timur), in Kupang, West Timor, Indonesia have just been delivered by staff from the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT). View media release (35Kb)

Exit Art People's Choice Award Winner - 21 April

The Department of Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts (NRETA) is pleased to announce that the 2007 Exit Art People’s Choice Award has been won by Myra Gorey for her work titled ‘Ltyentye Apurte Landscape’. View media release (pdf 30Kb)

Building Our Museums Sector - 18 April

Arts and Museums Minister Marion Scrymgour today announced the Government would develop a ten year plan for the museum sector. View media release

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