The painting, "Budgerigar Dreaming," was a gem, a beatific riot of bird tracks on a shimmering field of white dots. Ronnie Lawson ... the contemporary Aboriginal art movement sprang to life.

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.

Ms Watson-Trudgett adds that dot-painting only emerged in the 1970s with the Western Desert art movement from Papunya , a small Aboriginal community northwest of Alice Springs. It was here that ...

The Aboriginal artist says it's because he wasn't painting dots or concentric circles ... Despite this, he says dot art has spread across Australia and now drowns out other traditional visual ...

Dot paintings were just the tip of the iceberg at the 2024 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA), where $190,000 was awarded to Australia’s most exceptional ...