Dot art is a technique practiced in Australia and other indigenous cultures across the world as a means for storytelling. This art form is now considered a calming and effective way to practise ...

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Gamilaroi/Wiradjuri man Allan McKenzie paints caskets His father taught him art skills in the regional NSW town of Griffith Mr McKenzie encourages other artists to paint caskets But for ...

In the 1970s a striking new art style, popularly known as dot painting, emerged from the remote Aboriginal community of Papunya. It was spearheaded by a small group of male artists, including Clifford ...

Chances are, you said dots. But for Australian artist Brandi Salmon, she hopes to one day see a world where that’s no longer the automatic answer. This NAIDOC Week, Brandi is urging teachers to go ...

When Shane Smithers was adding traditional symbols to his mural, commuters passing by asked him, "What are you doing?!" The Aboriginal artist says it's because he wasn't painting dots or concentric ...

TWO newly discovered Albert Namatjira works show that the master painter of outback scenes also produced art in the modern dot-painting style more than 20 years earlier than the famed Papunya style.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. ASK AMERICANS what they know about Australian art and their thoughts often turn to dot paintings, ochre colours and of course the ...