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'A #whitewashing of minds': the mania and myth of #GeoffreyBardon and the painting men of #Papunya

Geoffrey Bardon and the Painting Men of Papunya on Tuesday 24 Nov at #RoseReadBookshop in Summer Hill, NSW.

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'A whitewashing of minds': the mania and myth of Geoffrey Bardon and the painting men of Papunya
giramondopublishing 'A multi-layered book about intercultural agency and theft, who gets to tell whose stories and how a template of white saviour/hero mythology has long formed a narrative opacity - a sort of settler state cataract - over the Papunya art story... Art Mania brings compelling new perspectives and nuance!
For Guardian Australia, Paul Daley writes a longform feature on Kitty Hauser's first biography of Geoffrey Bardon, the man who effectively invented the origin story of Aboriginal painting, with himself as chronicler, hero and martyr.
Hauser will be in conversation with Daley on Art Mania:
Geoffrey Bardon and the Painting Men of Papunya on Tuesday 24 November at Rose Read Bookshop in Summer Hill, NSW. RSVP via the @therosereadbookshop website.

November 3, 2026 at 11:21 AM