Jack Wilkie-Jans
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![First Nations. Image is three coloured hands picking at a multicoloured sphere](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/shutterstock_2180557867-e1699491832233.jpg?w=310)
Calls for a major First Nations arts body
There must be serious efforts to convene a major First Nations arts body so that we are all held to…
![The future of the sector relies on navigating existing challenges. Image: Shutterstock.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/shutterstock_2076224545-e1699503778120.jpg?w=310)
The state of Indigenous art organisations in Gimuy/Cairns
The Indigenous art sector is facing a number of challenges, especially when skills development and skilled Indigenous personnel are at…
![Colonial. Photo: Jill Burrow via Pexels. Green ink dropped into a clear glass of water.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/pexels-jill-burrow-6402528-e1703125997955.jpg?w=310)
On nature painting and colonial narratives
The opportunities for cross-cultural responses to Country are still awkward spaces for artists and galleries to venture into.
![Mob Image: Shutterstock. Illustration of two black side profiles against a green background. One figure has its eyes covered and another has its mouth covered.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/shutterstock_365751773-e1698806761450.jpg?w=310)
Are you an imposter?
Mob are allowed to ask respectful questions about where you come from and who your people are. This is so…
![Melanie Hava. Image is a long painting stretching round three black walls. Painting is of colourful tropical Far North Queensland rainforest.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/IMG_3750-e1698359459949.jpeg?w=310)
Exhibition review: Melanie Hava: Bugan Mungan, Cairns Art Gallery
A must-see nine-metre long painting by one of Tropical North Queensland’s celebrated artists.
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Exhibition review: Heather Wunjarra Koowootha, Cairns Art Gallery
Moving away from her hallmark lithographs to the flora of her Peoples and Country, Koowootha's new series is a must-see.
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Exhibition review: Pantini Kalijarrala Ngatiki, Wapami Kalijarra Wirliyala, Suzanne O’Connell Gallery
Warlpiri sisters Julie Nangala Robertson and Sabrina Nangala Robertson celebrate Country, Culture and heritage with transportive works.
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The "helping" hand of allyship: Indigenous art, authenticity and politics
A look at the fraught disparity between non-Indigenous arts workers and the Cultural obligations of their Indigenous counterparts, as well…
![A sandstone boulder tilts dangerously on the top of the hill. In the background is the sky and a earthy, barren landscape.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/shutterstock_744476725-e1688686909700.jpg?w=310)
Indigenous art centres at the precipice of outdated approaches to funding
We love Indigenous art centres but are we really supporting them the best we can as a sector?