A History of Aboriginal Art in the Art Gallery of New South Wales

In this highly original study, Vanessa Russ examines the gradual invention of Aboriginal art within the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Vanessa Russ is Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia.

Introduction 1. "Ghost Habitats": The Dispossession of an Indigenous Nation and the Rise of the British colony in Australia  2. An Early History of Art Gallery of New South Wales - 1871-1940 3. Modernism and An Australian Aboriginal Art Collection - 1940-1971 4. Curatorship in the AGNSW and Australian Aboriginal Art  - 1973 to 1990 5. Australian Aboriginal Art - Inside / Out - 1990 to 2020 Conclusion