New museum catalogue published in April
Simultanously with the opening of Aboriginal art today! our new museum catalogue will be released. The richly illustrated book entitled Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Dutch collections at AAMU provides an extensive overview of Aboriginal art, based on Dutch collections only, from 1970 until now. It is written by Georges Petitjean, AAMU's curator. It will shed light on art from different regions and art centres as well as individual artists. Also political, historicial and social-economical perspectives are described that had a great influence on the development of Aboriginal art and the way it spread.
Contemporary Aboriginal art, Dutch collections at AAMU will be published in collaboration with Snoeck Publishers in Dutch and English. ISBN 978-90-5349-788-3 (€ 34)
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Other news
- Sunday 29 January: curator's floortalk Heart and Soul
- 10 December: diner with Aboriginal literature at Restaurant Zindering
- 21 December: a new lecture on Aboriginal astronomy by astophysicist Dr Ragbir Bhathal
- Like our Facebookpage and win 2 tickets and a guided tour!
- 4 September: music at the AAMU at the start of the new cultural season!
- 20 and 21 August: Aboriginal film weekend
- Sunday July 10: lecture on Aboriginal astronomy
- 2 and 3 April: National Museum Weekend
- April 6: theatre play Ngapartji Ngapartji at the AAMU
- 26 January: lecture on the ceremonies, culture and art of the Tiwi Islands





