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05/13/2026

Proudly sharing our founder and director’s new initiative with the talented filmmaker and storyteller Chris Agnese, founder of Inhapi Studio. Stay tuned for more exciting updates!

05/11/2026

What does it mean to feel at home in a world where so many of us live between places, cultures, languages, and memories?

We are pleased to share a new article written by Özlem Yeni, founder of The Main Gallery and co-founder of Welcome Home Artists Platform.

In this reflective piece, Özlem explores why WELCOME HOME matters now — not only as an artistic platform, but as a cultural response to migration, belonging, memory, and the human need to create meaningful places of connection.

As The Main Gallery, we are proud to be part of this growing journey and to share the thoughts behind a platform that brings artists, communities, and audiences together through art, presence, and shared experience.

Dear you can read the full article here:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/where-memory-becomes-place-why-welcome-home-matters-ozlem-xaxwc/

12/20/2024

We were lucky to catch up with Ozlem Yeni recently and have shared our conversation below. Ozlem, thanks for joining us, excited to have

11/28/2023

Dear Incredible Friends and Fellow Art Lovers

Wow, what an unforgettable day at The Main Gallery on the last Saturday we had! Your presence added an incredible sparkle to our closing celebration. Thank you for sharing that magical afternoon with us, swirling with laughter, stories, and a shared passion for art.

I'm beyond grateful for your unwavering support throughout our journey. Your enthusiasm for creativity has been a guiding beacon, lighting up our world in ways words can't fully express.

As we bid adieu this chapter, remember our love for art remains unshakable. Let's keep our brushes dipped in inspiration, and who knows, our artistic paths might intertwine again someday.

With heaps of gratitude and paint-splattered hugs,

Dr. Ozlem Yeni
Gallery Director, The Main Gallery

A huge thanks goes out to

We want to thank the exceptional companies and individuals who have supported us throughout our journey. Their unwavering dedication and commitment to excellence have played a pivotal role in our success. As we bid farewell to our Adelaide home, we carry with us the memories of these remarkable companies and their invaluable contributions to our success. We wholeheartedly recommend them to anyone seeking quality results and exceptional service.

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We are immensely grateful for JK Leaders, a confidential and independent sounding board led by Julianne Kuhlmann. Their coaching programs, guided by Julianne's expertise and experience, have empowered us to achieve high individual, team, and organizational performance levels.
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We are also thankful for Serkan Kirbaci Media, a skilled photographer who has consistently delivered exceptional results for our photography needs. His time management, work ethic, and creative vision have captured the essence of our exhibitions and events.
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Color On Demand, a premier digital print and design company, has been our trusted provider of high-quality printing services for many years. Their environmentally responsive printing practices, fast turnaround, and competitive prices have made them an indispensable partner.
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Jim's Window & Pressure Cleaning (Glenelg)'s team of experienced and dedicated technicians, guided by Nazariy Luchkovskiy, has always gone the extra mile to ensure that our windows are impeccably clean and presentable. Their attention to detail and use of the highest quality products have been exemplary.
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11/25/2023

The ‘Q***R LIVES: ICONS, COMRADES, AND INTIMATES’ exhibition by Chris Beasley concluded yesterday. We are delighted to bid farewell with this impactful exhibition and the remarkable individuals who were part of it! A special thanks to Chris Beasley for commemorating and honoring the pioneers of the LGBTQI community in South Australia and for their great work to provide a safe space and platform for the LGBTQIA+ community, where artists could freely express themselves, something that didn’t exist at that time.

Raewyn Connell

‘I was born in Sydney during World War II. Grew up in a number of places, including postwar London, the midwest USA, Melbourne twice, but mainly Sydney. The northern beach suburbs in the 1950s, at the time a thin corridor between sea and bush, are what I think of as my childhood home.

I was at university in the Sixties, and joined the student movement, the peace movement, and the Labor Party (they didn't seem incompatible then, when no-one thought of buying nuclear submarines). Then became a university lecturer and a social researcher. My second academic job was at Flinders University, where in the first half of the Seventies I helped to set up a new sociology department. We created an introductory course called "Love and Power in Australian Life" (very popular!), and an upper-year option called "S*x and Age Roles".

In 1976 I became head of a new sociology department at Macquarie University, back in Sydney. We made gender and sexuality one of the three main streams of courses. They became a main field of our research, including studies of gender in schools, sexuality in the HIV/AIDS crisis (in close collaboration with activists and educators in the Sydney gay community), research on masculinities, gender in workplaces and the state, and so on.

I wrote quite a lot on these themes, very often in collaborations. Some of my stuff circulated internationally, particularly the theory of gender, work on the construction of masculinities, and later, the critique of global-North dominance in knowledge work.

The major background influences on my work were the women's movement and the workers' movement, and the feminist and socialist thought they gave rise to. I'm more concerned with social justice than with individual rights, it seems a more powerful and inclusive idea. I've lived with gender contradictions all my life; I made a transition relatively late in life. In global terms, it was incredibly late, since tr*******al women and travestis in major parts of the world can hardly expect to live beyond forty. (Poverty, violence, bad housing, communicable diseases, unrelenting stress...) I think it is really, really important to have a global perspective on gender and sexuality.

What else can I say? My life partner, Pam Benton, died too young; she will be remembered by some of the Adelaide community. Our daughter, Kylie Benton-Connell, is someone I hope you will come to know. I'm retired from the academic job now, but not entirely gone from the barricades.’

Photo by TMG
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11/25/2023

Dear Friends, Collectors, Artists, and Art lovers

It is with a mix of emotions—nostalgia, gratitude, and anticipation—that I share significant news. The Main Gallery is closing its doors as we embark on a new overseas adventure. Though it marks the end of an era, we’re excited for future creative endeavors.

I’m immensely grateful for your support—our loyal collectors, art enthusiasts, subscribers, and followers. While our physical gallery may change, our commitment to art remains unwavering. To commemorate the wonderful moments we've shared, we invite you to join us for a celebration on today 25th November at 2 pm at the gallery. Let's come together to cherish the memories and raise a toast to the future.

As we're on our feet getting ready for the big move, we kindly ask you to bring your own drinks to this casual gathering. Your presence will add joy to this special occasion, and we look forward to sharing laughter, stories, and our love for art. 
With warm regards and gratitude,
Dr. Ozlem Yeni
Gallery Director, The Main Gallery

11/24/2023

LAST TWO DAYS of "Q***R LIVES: ICONS, COMRADES, AND INTIMATES" exhibition by Chris Beasley.

Robyn Archer was born, raised and educated in Adelaide. With no formal training in music, she began performing publicly around twelve years old and through her Enfield High years, also appearing at that time on national TV’s Bandstand in Sydney. Staying in Kings Cross, she encountered gay men and drag queens for the first time and put a name to what she had known about herself since age thirteen. She had no q***r models of any kind before this. Childhood photographs indicate an ongoing predilection for cross-dressing despite the delight in dressing up in the frocks her tailoress mother sewed for her. Robyn has long seen wearing a dress or skirt as costume or drag for her.

She played r***e at University of Adelaide as well as other gigs: her first job post grad was at Hindley Street’s Trocadero Nightclub. After a year in Sydney leagues clubs, she returned home to teach high-school English. While singing at places like the Old Lion, she was invited to play the lead in Brecht/Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins which launched The Space, in the new Festival Centre. Abandoning teaching, she has subsequently earned her keep only from singing, writing songs and shows for the theatre, directing festivals and ultimately in arts leadership roles. She has performed on every continent worldwide, from New York to Yangon, Berlin to Bogota, including a year’s run in London’s West End with her one woman show A Star is Torn.
She has released eleven albums, has had six books published and her plays widely presented. Robyn became the artistic director (first woman) of The Adelaide Festival, followed by the lead creative direction and creation of other major arts festivals.

Her first album The Ladies Choice (1977) included demonstrably q***r material and since then she has been openly supportive of q***r lives, such as hosting (with Nic Enright) the very first television broadcast of the Gay and Le***an Mardi Gras, to the overt le***an and feminist material in her cabaret show, The Pack of Women and more recent performances for the Coming Out Again Salon (Melbourne and World Pride 2023). On June 18, 2023, Robyn brought her show Robyn Archer: an Australian Songbook to the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, celebrating her 75th birthday by giving a two-hour-plus concert to a packed Dunstan Playhouse. The show is playing throughout Australia to standing ovations and rave reviews. It marks a career spanning some sixty years.

Her multiple awards include S.A. Premier’s and JC Williamson Lifetime Achievement, Dame Elizabeth Murdoch Arts leadership, International Society of Performing Arts Citation, and Helpmann Best Cabaret Artist. Robyn is an Adelaide Cabaret Festival Icon, Honorary member of the Australian Academy for the Humanities, Australian Book Review Laureate and Patron of Restless and Brink. She is also an Officer of the Order of Australia, Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France) and Officer of the Crown (Belgium). She holds Honorary Doctorates from six Australian universities including from SA’s three universities.

The Main Gallery, 156 Halifax Street, Adelaide.
Wed to Fri: 12 - 5 pm, Sat: 1 - 5 pm

Photo by TMG
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11/23/2023

Since rain is pouring outside, and it's quiet here, let’s introduce to you a lovely couple from our current exhibition, "Q***R LIVES: ICONS, COMRADES, AND INTIMATES" by Chris Beasley.

The exhibition can be seen until 25 November.

Image shows ( L to R) Perry Beasley-Hall, Jasmine Beasley-Hall and Chris Beasley

Jasmine Beasley-Hall
Jasmine is a research librarian with a deep love of cooking, crafts, and a good book. With a research background in q***r literature, she is inspired by authentic representations of q***r life, love and complex depictions of the self.
Growing up as a le***an in a small working-class town in greater Western Sydney created great personal isolation for Jasmine and pressure to conform to the traditional norms around her. Jasmine's transition to the academic world opened up a new, diverse environment that brought with it a profound sense of liberation, celebration and freedom of identity. Today Jasmine manages the tension between these two worlds—in her full and proud life as a le***an, and her valuing of a quiet life rooted in family and farms.
In her current work, Jasmine advocates for the role of libraries and librarians in providing access to credible and equitable information for all. Jasmine strongly feels that the inclusion of q***r and neurodiverse people is essential to galleries, libraries, archives and museums, ensuring they reflect the true breadth and beauty of the diverse human experience.
In her spare time, Jasmine can be found in the garden and kitchen; or going for a run in her lofty ambition to complete a half marathon. Despite her love of traditional hand and needle crafts, Jasmine is terrified by claymation.

Perry Beasley-Hall
Perry is an evolutionary biologist and entomologist whose research focuses on the hidden world of subterranean insects. Caves and environments like them are the world's largest ecosystem second only to our oceans, but these habitats are consistently forgotten in global conservation efforts, putting them at particular risk of decline in the face of climate change. Perry's research seeks to extract evolutionary insights about insects to contribute to long-term conservation outcomes, including the naming of new species.

Advocating for animals seen as "other" by most people—an attribution which masks expansive beauty and diversity, evokes a parallel with Perry's personal life. As a le***an with a complicated relationship to gender and what it means to be a woman, she has similarly found herself exploring and untangling a myriad of identities to seek her own evolution. Perry strongly feels the intersection of her le***anism and neurodivergent identity informs her sense of gender and self.

Outside of her work, Perry's passion for the environment extends to an interest in climate-friendly urban planning, walkable cities, and a radical re-examination of our car-dependent culture. She is an enthusiast of horror movies, Internet mysteries and nostalgic aesthetics, and is currently making a timid foray into learning how to garden. Despite her love of the environment, she has an irrational fear of shipwrecks.*

The Main Gallery, 156 Halifax Street, Adelaide.
Wed to Fri: 12 - 5 pm, Sat: 1 - 5 pm

First image by
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11/22/2023

"Q***R LIVES: ICONS, COMRADES, AND INTIMATES" exhibition by Chris Beasley.

The exhibition as part of this year’s Feast Festival can be seen until 25 November.

Robert Simms MLC is Co-Leader of the SA Greens in the South Australian Parliament.

He’s previously served as an Adelaide City Councillor, where he successfully advocated for the establishment of the Rainbow Walk in Light Square to celebrate LGBTI law reform.

In 2015, he became the first out gay man to represent SA in the Federal Parliament when he filled a casual vacancy in the Senate. He used his first speech to share his experience of coming out.

During his time as a Senator, he campaigned for marriage equality, the safe schools program, an end to religious exemptions in anti-discrimination laws and for the HIV prevention medication PrEP to be made available on the PBS.

Today, he is one of only two out gay men in state parliament.

The Main Gallery, 156 Halifax Street, Adelaide.
Wed to Fri: 12 - 5 pm, Sat: 1 - 5 pm

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11/22/2023

"Q***R LIVES: ICONS, COMRADES, AND INTIMATES" exhibition by Chris Beasley is finishing soon!

You can visit this inspiring and meaningful exhibition until 25 November.

Image shows ( L to R) Susan Phillips-Rees - Chris Beasley and Isla Roberts

‘…“We’ve been together now for 40 years, and it don’t seem a day too long...”
Neither of us relates to the term “q***r”, and Isla is definitely not a le***an, although she says that her girlfriend Susan, is. That’s me. (More on terminologies below.)

We met when Isla relocated my horse Max. I thought she was happily married with 4 children. I soon realised that she was after me...An odd couple, some thought. Isla the horse matriarch of SA, champion carriage driver, horse psychologist, builder, where I am more inclined to study languages and therapeutic approaches and make fabric art.

Isla is my best friend, my companion, my rock, my greatest fan and she describes me as one of the cleverest and nicest people she has ever met. Isla supports and encourages my creative endeavors, while I continue to support her with horse events—including being the navigator in many occasions—and care.
We continue to share our lives, passions and interests. While we remain close, we are also quite different.

Isla is an icon in the horse and carriage world, comrade to those in need, intimate for many. She is a champion carriage driver as well as a bush architect and builder—using knowledge of early settlers’ methods of construction to extend our house and build the sheds on our property. She has a reputation as the Mylor Strangler…A film about her, titled ‘Isla’s Way’, was released at the Adelaide Film Festival on October 21 of this year. Moreover, a street in the new suburb of Craigburn Farm—that is, Isla Way, has been named after her, to honour her enormous contribution to Pony Club in SA.

As for me, I have always been a cloth merchant at heart, turning the handle of my dear mother’s Singer sewing machine when I was very small, sewing clothes for my little sister and myself since I was 12. My fabric art has featured in numerous exhibitions including shows for FEAST. Shows included embroideries, soft wall hangings, garments of primitive design and most recently contemporary reverse applique—an exciting new development.

A wordsmith, grammar queen and shameless pedant, I love languages and am fluent in French and market Malay. I have enough Italian to get myself into trouble, but not out of it. I have been learning Welsh. I adore the sound of it and how it honours my Welsh parents. Before retirement, I worked in Women’s Health for many years. I studied Narrative Therapy, which changed my life and led to many marvellous conversations.’ Susan Phillips-Rees

The Main Gallery, 156 Halifax Street, Adelaide.
Wed to Fri: 12 - 5 pm, Sat: 1 - 5 pm

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Please email [email protected] for any inquiries.

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