Australian art
The destruction of Australia’s ancient Aboriginal heritage
Plus, art under threat in Putin's Russia and George Shaw on Thomas Jones. Produced in association with Christie's
Hosted by Ben Luke. with guest speaker Sophia Kishkovsky. Produced by Julia Michalska, David Clack and Aimee Dawson
Repatriationnews
'A major step forward for Britain’s colonial museums': Manchester Museum returns objects to Indigenous Australians
Move might pave the way for repatriation of sacred artefacts from other UK institutions
War & Conflictarchive
Shaun Gladwell on life in Afghanistan
The Australian artist’s three-week sojourn with troops will form basis of new work
Newsarchive
Shaun Gladwell sets off for Afghanistan as Australia’s official war artist
He is creating video and photographic works to document the conflict
Authenticationarchive
Gallery raid sparks panic over supposed fakes of late artist d’Arcy Doyle
Artist’s widow in marathon authentication exercise
Collectorsarchive
Collector interview: Peter Fay, Australia’s champion of the outsider
The collector of works that are knotty, passionate, perverse and deeply personal talks about his tastes and his gift to the nation
Australiaarchive
Ethnographica or art?
Some European and American museums have bought work by Aboriginal artists but there is no broad base of collectors outside Australia for such paintings and no consensus that this work qualifies as “art”