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Australian Indigenous Art Market Surges Forward

2017 reports including TEFAF’s Art Market Report 2017 and ArtTactic’s Global Market Outlook for 2017, indicate an optimistic increase in global art markets for the start of 2017. In particular, several key international exhibitions in 2016 focusing on Indigenous Australian artists, have seen a tangible resurgence in the demand for... read more

national indigenous art triennial

In May 2017 the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra launched the long-awaited National Indigenous Art Triennial, titled Defying Empire. This major exhibition surveyed the contemporary practice of 30 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from across the country, responding to the 50th Anniversary of the 1967 Referendum through a... read more

small business tax deduction for art

Until the end of the 2015/2016 financial year, artworks purchased by Australian small businesses are eligible to receive a tax refund. The following announcement was made by the Federal Treasurer on Budget night, 12 May 2015: All small businesses may be entitled to receive an immediate tax deduction for any... read more