| Reviewed by | Introduction | Full Review |
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| Joe Fyfe artcritical.com January 2009 |
One of the most singular collections of recent and contemporary aboriginal art in Australia. The book memorializes the best painters Australia has ever produced. Until a long overdue survey show hits these shores, this volume appears the most definitive substitute ... read full review |
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| Gillian Serisier Artist Profile October 2008 |
Undoubtedly the makers of this very fine book had at hand one of the best collections of Australian Aboriginal art in Australia... read full review | |
| Carmel Dwyer ArtWorld Aug/Sep 2008 edition |
The indigenous collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty ... read full review | |
| Will Owen Aboriginal Art & Culture: An American Eye August 22, 2008 |
I want you to buy this book, and I will tell you why ... read full review | |
| Jeremy Eccles Art Monthly Australia August 2008 |
Beyond Sacred - The Laverty Collection of Indigenous art in print and on exhibition ... read full review |
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Will Owen |
The Lavertys ‘Beyond Sacred’ is an extraordinary book, the record of a collection assembled over two decades that includes some of the finest examples of Indigenous art from the Western Desert, the Kimberley, and the Top End, and Rothwell lauds the vision of the Lavertys in presenting their collection ... read full review | |
Katrina Strickland |
The creators of two new books hope to expand understanding of an art movement that's estimated to be worth up to $500 million a year. ... read full review | |
| Nicolas Rothwell The Australian May 31, 2008 |
Exemplary collectors, the Lavertys are drawn to Indigenous work of profound beauty. At Brisbane's World Expo in 1988, in front of a series of large Western Desert canvases, the seeds of one of Australia's great collections of modern indigenous art were sown. ... read full review |