The MacDonnell Regional Council expresses concern over a series of break-ins and vandalism in the remote community of Papunya, about 240 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs.

Australia’s Western Desert Art Movement Turns 50 Since 1972, hundreds of artists have painted under the guidance of Papunya Tula, one of the most respected players in the world of Indigenous art ...

The southern aspect of Haasts Bluff, simplified by light and distance into the purplish-blue tones replicated and made famous by Namatjira, dominates the approach to Papunya. When I drive through the ...

A small computer room in Papunya is helping draw in a generation of children who missed out on schooling during the petrol-sniffing years. Volunteers are helping teach locals who have very little ...

Papunya Tula: 50 years since wood off-cuts inspired tectonic shift. John McDonald Art critic. March 25, 2021 — 4.22pm. March 25, 2021 — 4.22pm. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save ...

ALMOST four decades ago, in the remote western desert community of Papunya, senior Aboriginal men began painting their traditional designs. Swiftly, insistently, the art map of Australia changed.

Several pieces are tied to such art centers, specifically Spinifex Arts Project and Papunya Tula Artists. Spinifex Artists Men’s Collaborative , Mulaya (2014). Est. $50,000–$70,000.

Papunya, a town neglected and manipulated, should weigh heavily on the national conscience. As reported in this newspaper last week, this community 280 kilometres west of Alice Springs has been ...

The name “Papunya” may confuse visitors as this not an exhibition of the 1970s Papunya Tula movement, but rather a celebration of the artistic renaissance that has occurred at Papunya, north ...

Papunya was an indigenous community established by the government in central Australia, where, in 1971, a white schoolteacher named Geoffrey Bardon encouraged men versed in ritual painting to ...