Hogarth Galleries has shut shop. Which is a bit sad as I used to enjoy going there once in awhile and they also had decent newsletters. Here are a few paintings from recent newsletters. The first painting below is from the Northern Territory and is a "desert painting". The paintings below that are from Cape York. Samantha Hobson was a well known part of the original Lockhart River Gang (she was successful enough to leave the Gang and work on her own and often paints more contemporary themes) while Denise Fruit, also from the same region, was shown as a part of an exhibition called Old Girls, Young Grandmothers.
Separately, the design collaboration between aboriginal and Kashmiri artists appears to be flourishing. Saw plenty of crewel work cushions, papier mache boxes and the like in the better tourist shops yesterday. No idea about its authenticity though Better World Arts, whose label appears on the products, presumably has some kind of check.
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