The Aboriginal women paint their breasts and shoulders for ceremonies

each vase becomes a shared canvas

Perfect worn alone or layered

Margaret has been weaving since 2014 and quickly refined her artistic skills to create high-calibre baskets and sculptures

Art Almanac | August 2026 meta-mca-store-catalogue The Aboriginal women paint theirAwards are on their minds each month at Art Almanac. This time, Sasha Grishin a finalist judge for the painting award takes us through the Percivals 2026 and the power of portraiture to restore dignity to the human semblance. Master works are another treat. Victoria Hynes traces the remarkable genesis of a gift in Facing Modernity: Degas to Picasso at Shepparton Art Museum defining figures of European modernism, not seen before in Australia that has