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Art Gallery of South Australia AGSA Kaurna yartangka yuwanthi. AGSA stands on Kaurna land. Opening Hours
The Gallery is open daily 10am to 5pm (closed 25 December).

Founded in 1881, the Art Gallery of South Australia is home to one of Australia's great art collections, housed in one of Adelaide's most beautiful buildings. Located at the heart of Adelaide's cultural boulevard, North Terrace, between the South Australian Museum and University of Adelaide. Admission
General admission to the Gallery is free. Charges apply for some exhibitions. Parking
Parking is available opposite the Gallery in the Wilson’s Carpark on North Terrace. Restaurant & Shop
The Restaurant is open every day from 10am to 4.30pm. To make a booking call 08 8232 4366. The Gallery Shop is open from 10am to 4.45pm every day. For enquiries call 08 8207 7029.

Congratulations to Leigh Robb, Curator of Contemporary Art, on her appointment as CEO/Director at Ngununggula in the Sou...
21/10/2026

Congratulations to Leigh Robb, Curator of Contemporary Art, on her appointment as CEO/Director at Ngununggula in the Southern Highlands in NSW.

Leigh has been an integral part of the curatorial team at AGSA for the past ten years, developing the collection of contemporary Australian and international art, working closely with artists, curating critically acclaimed exhibitions, and producing major publications.

AGSA exhibition highlights include the 2020 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Monster Theatres; Versus Rodin: Bodies across space and time; and the beloved red room of Chiharu Shiota: Absence Embodied. Leigh curated the UNSW Galleries touring survey exhibition of James Tylor which is currently at AGSA until 1 November.

📸 Leigh Robb with Kangkura-KangkuraKu Tjukurpa - A Sister's Story by the Ken Family Collaborative, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; photo: Saul Steed, © Ken Family Collaborative/Copyright Agency

EXTENDED DATES 🎉🎉 Due to popular demand, Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition has been extended until 15 November 2026 - ...
19/10/2026

EXTENDED DATES 🎉🎉

Due to popular demand, Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition has been extended until 15 November 2026 - with an additional week to see masterpieces by the most influential European and American artists of the 19th and 20th centuries.

The closing weekend will also feature the final Monet to Matisse Friday Nights event of the season on 13 November with a vinyl DJ set by Aaronak, French-inspired bar and late night exhibition access.

Book your tickets here: https://bit.ly/4eo4bkp

📸 Meaghan Coles

17/10/2026

Surveying over a decade of James Tylor’s practice, Turrangka…in the shadows brings together the most comprehensive selection of his unique daguerreotypes, expansive digital photographic series and hand-made Kaurna cultural objects.

See his works on display in Galleries 8-11 until 1 November 2026. Free entry.

🎥 Johanis Lyons-Reid

In the final two months of his life, Vincent van Gogh settled in Auvers, a small country town north of Paris, where the ...
15/10/2026

In the final two months of his life, Vincent van Gogh settled in Auvers, a small country town north of Paris, where the surrounding landscape became a powerful source of inspiration.

During this brief period, he produced an extraordinary 74 recorded works, many depicting the region’s wheatfields and the rhythms of the summer harvest.

In Wheat Fields with Reaper, Auvers, van Gogh captures the warmth, movement and atmosphere of the countryside. At the centre of the composition, a reaper works among the golden wheat, reflecting the artist’s enduring admiration for the dignity and authenticity of rural life.

Alive with summer light and rich painterly texture, the work reveals how van Gogh transformed the natural world into an expression of human emotion.

See this work in real life at Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition until 8 November. Get tickets: https://bit.ly/4eo4bkp

🎨 Vincent van Gogh, Wheat Fields with Reaper, Auvers, 1890

Building on ten years of extraordinary artistic and cultural achievement, we are excited to unveil the next chapter of t...
13/10/2026

Building on ten years of extraordinary artistic and cultural achievement, we are excited to unveil the next chapter of the acclaimed Tarnanthi Festival, announcing Noongar curator and artist Zali Morgan as Artistic Director.

Today’s appointment coincides with the announcement of major new partnerships with the South Australian Government and BHP. The South Australian Government will be recognised as Principal Partner of the Tarnanthi Festival through a $4 million investment over four years.

The first program highlights for the 2027 Tarnanthi Festival have also been revealed, including the major survey exhibition Yunupiŋu: Seven Sisters, developed in collaboration with Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre and the Yunupiŋu family; and, Melting Point: Wati Wai!, an ambitious project developed by Mimili Maku Arts and initiated by Yankunytjatjara artist and cultural leader Robert Fielding and the Mimili Maku Wati Studio.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4jl0QH2

Curated by Andy TT and Calum Hurley, soft will be presented at AGSA as part of Adelaide Design Week, bringing together A...
08/10/2026

Curated by Andy TT and Calum Hurley, soft will be presented at AGSA as part of Adelaide Design Week, bringing together Australian designers and makers in an evolving exhibition that explores materiality, tactility, and the everyday.

Through artworks, objects and encounters, soft seeks to invite new connections and ways of seeing, while considering the quiet gestures of care and meaning that shape our relationship with the things we live alongside.

softies
AMALGAME studio, Bel Williams + Claire Markwick-Smith, Bindi Nimmo, Dean Toepfer, Drew Abrahamson, Em Franklin + Miles Dunne, Indigo Tolhurst, Janice Cui, Jay Jermyn, Jesse Wakenshaw, Lotte Schwerdtfeger, Marlo Lyda, New Instance, Penny Fisher, Phillip Nielsen, Riley Stone, Studio Tops, Tom Graham and Tom Summers.

⌛ Thu 15 Oct - Sat 17 Oct, 11.30am-5pm
đź“Ť AGSA Donors Lounge
🎫 Free with bookings - reserve your spot: https://bit.ly/4j6s7wN

Photos: Dean Toepfer

Sir Hans Heysen OBE was born on this day 149 years ago, 8 October 1877, in Hamburg, Germany.One of South Australia's gre...
08/10/2026

Sir Hans Heysen OBE was born on this day 149 years ago, 8 October 1877, in Hamburg, Germany.

One of South Australia's greatest artists, Heysen is remembered for his celebration of gum trees as giants of the bush. Through his paintings, Australians came to see them as he did.

Two works on display at the Art Gallery of Australia show Heysen’s mastery as a landscape painter, and each captures something of his growing status as an artist through the size of the trees he painted.

Mystic Morn, painted in 1904 when Heysen was still an emerging artist, depicts young saplings among which cattle are wandering. It won him the Wynne Prize for landscape painting that year – the first of nine times he would claim the prestigious prize.

Nearby, Red Gold, painted in 1913 after Heysen had established his reputation as an artist, features two monumental gums towering over a track at Hahndorf, where Heysen had recently moved to live and work.

In the spirit of painting in the open air, make sure you check out En Plein Air SA - a self-guided painting trail across iconic South Australian locations, including Heysen The Cedars, as part of Nature Festival. Register now: https://bit.ly/4xv6HNM

🖼️ 1. Hans Heysen, Red Gold, 1913. 2. Hans Heysen, Mystic Morn, 1904.

As part of Adelaide Design Week, join us for a special Tuesday Talk with iconic South Australian furniture designer and ...
07/10/2026

As part of Adelaide Design Week, join us for a special Tuesday Talk with iconic South Australian furniture designer and maker, Jon Goulder, in conversation with Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, Rebecca Evans.

Goulder is both a designer and a talented furniture maker - a rarity in the Australian and international design community. His 'Broached Goulder chaise lounge' (2019-20), made in collaboration with textile artist Liz Williamson, is a beloved part of AGSA's collection.

🕧 Tue 13 Oct, 12.30pm
đź“Ť Radford Auditorium
🎟️ Free, no bookings required

Photos: 1. Jon Goulder, 2. Jon Goulder and Liz Williamson, Broached Goulder chaise lounge from the Broached Goulder collection, 2019-20, Adelaide.

06/10/2026

With ninety-six works to discover in Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition, choosing a favourite is no easy task. AGSA's Deputy Director Emma Fey shares three of her favourite works from the exhibition.

Which work has caught your eye? Share your favourite in the comments.

Only a few weeks left to see Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition before it closes on 8 November. Book your tickets now: https://bit.ly/4eo4bkp

Paris had long been the centre of the art world - but the twentieth century was about to change that.As artists, ideas a...
03/10/2026

Paris had long been the centre of the art world - but the twentieth century was about to change that.

As artists, ideas and movements travelled beyond Paris, new approaches to art emerged across Europe and the United States. From Expressionism and Dada to Abstraction, artists were finding new ways to respond to a rapidly changing world.

Explore this shift in Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition, on at AGSA until 8 November 2026.

Buy tickets online: https://bit.ly/4eo4bkp

🎨 1. László Moholy-Nagy, Am2, 1925. 2. Hans Hofmann, Night Spell, 1955. 3. Ilya Bolotowsky, Untitled, 1936–37. 4. Josef Albers, Homage to the Square: White Setting, 1959. 5. Charles Sheeler, Variations in Red, 1949.

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