Indigenous art
Project to put art on the moon seeks Indigenous music recordings
The Lunar Codex has partnered with the estate of Canadian Ojibway artist Norval Morrisseau to collect contemporary and traditional music that will be sent into space in 2025
Anishinaabe artist Nico Williams wins Canada’s top art prize
The Montréal-based artist, known for his intricate sculptural beadwork, received the C$100,000 Sobey Art Award for 2024
Montclair Art Museum reimagines its Native collection
“Interwoven Power” uses a fresh curatorial lens to change the way viewers engage with Indigenous art
Avoiding the mistakes of the past: symbolic sculptures by Indigenous artists unveiled at site of historic Canadian battlefield
The permanent sculptures by Chief 7IDANsuu James Hart and Wendat Nation artist Ludovic Boney were unveiled in Québec City’s Cap Diamant on Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Cree artist Kent Monkman commissioned to create large outdoor work for new Toronto art trail
The Lassonde Art Trail will launch along the city’s waterfront in 2026
Anishinaabe artist Rebecca Belmore wins the Audain Prize, one of Canada’s top art awards
The annual prize, which honours an artist based in British Columbia, comes with C$100,000 cash
‘At Tate Modern, I want us to take real risks’: director outlines her plans to borrow rather than buy some works of Indigenous art
Karin Hindsbo, director of the London gallery for the past year, wants it to be a ground-breaking institution. She discusses plans to raise annual visitor numbers to six million and for a free festival to mark next year’s 25th birthday
The late Dakota artist Mary Sully in four key works at the Metropolitan Museum
What does “Native Modernism” mean?
‘You’re right! This is Native land’: New site-specific sculptures in Maine centre Indigenous experiences and relationships with the land
At the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, sculptures by Anna Tsouhlarakis and Shane Perley-Dutcher are part of a push to advocate for environmental and social justice
Alex Janvier, visionary First Nations artist based in Canada, has died, aged 89
A prolific painter helped open doors for contemporary artists at a time when Indigenous art was often confined to ethnographic museums
The Indigenous artist brightly patching up a Toronto expressway
Nico Williams has created a series of colourful interventions along an elevated highway that cuts through the city centre
After meeting with Pope Francis, Canada’s Justin Trudeau reiterates call for return of Indigenous artefacts from Vatican Museums
Last spring Pope Francis said “this is going on, with Canada”, but since there has been little movement on repatriation
Will Indigenous artists see a Venice Biennale boost at Art Basel?
Hopes are high that the fair will capitalise on the biennial's focus on under-represented groups, in particular from the Global South
Forge Project art space in Upstate New York transitions into a non-profit
The Indigenous social-justice art initiative has transferred ownership as part of an organisational restructuring
Brazil reflects on ‘five centuries of invasion’ with all-Indigenous Venice pavilion
Artists focus on the legacy of colonialism and the ongoing challenges their people face
US pavilion features first Indigenous artist to have solo show
Jeffrey Gibson mixes Native American motifs with modern materials to investigate issues of identity and history
Tate's new Indigenous art fund taps into theme of Venice Biennale
Project opens with four-year backing from AKO Foundation to acquire Sámi and Inuit art from Northern Europe
A major squawk-ing point: Māori parrot-feather cloak set to be star exhibit at Perth Museum
Following painstaking conservation, the delicate piece will go on show at the Scottish museum in its newly opened building, a £27m conversion of the Edwardian former city hall
Neon work in Whitney Biennial features unexpected ‘free Palestine’ message
The biennial’s curators were unaware of the statement in a work by Demian DinéYazhi’ prior to the exhibition preview
16 new archaeological sites identified in Brazil’s Tocantins state
Newly discovered rock art, including human and animal footprints, is thought to have been created 2,000 years ago
Eight artists and curators receive Canada’s Governor General’s Award
This year’s winners of the prestigious Canadian honour include the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona and Saskatchewan-based curator Michelle Jacques
‘The things we make are time machines’: Cannupa Hanska Luger on his PST Art exhibitions
In three exhibitions in Southern California this September the artist imagines future worlds for Indigenous peoples — and allows children to create their own world with Velcro
Ekow Eshun on the power of Black figuration and his new London show
Plus, 100 years of the Surrealist manifesto and Tonita Peña’s Eagle Dance
Fondation Cartier strengthens partnership with Sydney Biennale and appoints new First Nations curatorial fellow
The celebrated Australian Indigenous artist Tony Albert has been named as the inaugural recipient of the fellowship
Phillips's selling show of contemporary Indigenous art reflects surge in curatorial interest
Collectors’ enthusiastic response to 'New Terrains' exhibition is latest signal that the market is finally catching up
A new wave: spate of UK exhibitions signal growing recognition for Inuit and Sámi art
Shows in London, Southampton and St Ives are introducing a wider audience to the work of artists from the far north
Second curator of Indigenous art departs the Art Gallery of Ontario amid ongoing scandal
Taqralik Partridge, an associate curator of Indigenous art since 2022, has stepped down while the Toronto institution is still reeling from the sudden ouster of Wanda Nanibush
Artists, writers and cultural workers sign open letters criticising Art Gallery of Ontario over departure of Indigenous art curator
Wanda Nanibush's departure has been linked to a leaked letter accusing her of “posting inflammatory, inaccurate rants against Israel”
Inuvialuk artist Kablusiak wins Canada’s top art prize
The 2023 Sobey Art Award went to the Calgary-based artist, who is known for her wide-ranging, multidisciplinary approach that incorporates and reimagines Inuk traditions
Rashid Johnson and Dyani White Hawk make new works for Whitney Museum restaurants
The museum's revamped dining areas include lush installations by Johnson and White Hawk that blend interior and exterior spaces