Art Gallery of South Australia

Gallery in Adelaide Art Precinct South Australia Australia

http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au

The Art Gallery of South Australia holds one of Australia’s finest art collections, housed in one of Adelaide’s most beautiful historic buildings. It is centrally located on leafy North Terrace between the South Australian Museum and the University of Adelaide, and has been an important cultural focus since its establishment in 1881, only forty-five years after the first European settlers arrived.

The Elder Wing, the original building, was designed in 1897 and opened in early 1900. In 1936 the two level Melrose Wing was added, another wing at the back of the Gallery opened in 1962, and the West Wing extensions, which doubled the size of the Gallery, opened in March 1996.

The new West Wing houses collection display space, the temporary exhibitions gallery, Bookshop, and Restaurant. There are several areas available for hire which are suitable for a variety of functions, including a lecture theatre.

The Art Gallery is located on leafy North Terrace approximately half way between Kintore Avenue and Frome Road between the South Australian Museum and the University of Adelaide.

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Address
North Terrace
Adelaide Precinct
Adelaide South Australia
5000
Australia
Postal Address
Art Gallery of South Australia North Terrace ADELAIDE South Australia 5000
Australia

Opening Hours
The Gallery is open every day of the year from 10am - 5pm except 25 December (Christmas Day). The Gallery Bookshop is open from 10 am until 4.45 pm
Price
There is no charge to visit the Gallery's permanent collection, however entry fees do apply to some temporary exhibitions.
Wheelchair Access

Yes

Email

agsa.info@artgallery.sa.gov.au

Phone
(61 8) 8207 7000

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Recent acquisitions of Australian and international art. Some of the works included explore the representation of race: from African–American artist Kara Walker’s screenprint Emancipation Approximation scene #5, to British-born, Trinidad-based artist Chris Ofili, whose prints Black Kiss represent the Biblical story of Judas betraying Christ with a kiss in the Garden of Gethsemane.

Contemporary Australian and International Art

Doreen Reid Nakamarra was an extremely talented artist and a highly regarded ambassador for the Pintupi people. This display pays tribute to her and the other Pintupi women artists who are gaining worldwide recognition for their unique and sophisticated style of painting.

A Tribute to Doreen Reid Nakamarra

This display pays tribute to the beauty and artistry of the book, presenting works that are vital to its historical development. From early austere woodcut illustrations of the northern Renaissance to elaborate plates produced by artists in private presses of the early twentieth century, the works comprise three kinds of book-related artwork: illustration, bookplates and artists’ books.

Ex Libris: The Printed Image and the Art of the book

Tracey Moffatt: narratives

Candid Camera: Australian Photography 1950s–1970s

Reflections of the Lotus: The Art of Thailand, Burma and Laos

This flagship visual arts event of the Adelaide Festival of Arts, assembles 22 of the nation’s most innovative and exciting contemporary artists and artist groups, to present a wondrous and unsettling vision of our world, where mystery and the unknowable wrestle with order and reason.

2010 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Before & After Science

Bravura examines Australian contemporary decorative arts in the twenty-first century from the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia, including acquisitions from the Maude Vizard-Wholohan Art Prize Purchase Awards 2009. The exhibition encompasses the practices of textiles, ceramics, glass, furniture, metalware and jewellery by Indigenous and non-Indigenous practitioners.

Bravura: 21st Century Australian Craft & Design

Man looking into mirror shaving

The recent acquisition of a group of photographs by Adelaide-born photographer Robert McFarlane provided the impetus for a new display of portrait photographs in gallery 6.

Artistic Personalities

Drawn from the Gallery’s collection, this fascinating new display brings together key examples of Australian printmaking from the last two decades.

Contemporary Australian Prints

The Asian Art galleries present a new and exciting view of the Art Gallery of South Australia’s collections and testify to its growing reputation as one of the leading collections of Asian art in Australia. Even the regular visitor to the Art Gallery is certain to be astonished by the range of works of art from the permanent Asian collection, first established just over one hundred years ago.

Asian Galleries Display

Published more than 500 years ago in 1493, the 600 page Nuremberg Chronicle was the world’s first elaborately-illustrated book. It presents the history of the world (in Latin) from creation to the 1490s and is accompanied by over 1800 woodblock printed illustrations of historical figures, biblical and historical scenes

The Nuremberg Chronicle

October 4, November 1 (Annual Family Fun Day) and December 6. START is an exciting introduction to visual art for children and families offered on the first Sunday of the month, between 12 noon and 3pm. And it’s free! The START program includes children’s tours, art and craft sessions, family trails, live music and entertainment. All activities are suitable for children aged 5-10 years.

START at the Gallery

This display focuses on the work of Shaun Gladwell, one of five artists representing Australia at the prestigious international exhibition, the 53rd Venice Biennale in Italy (7 June–22 November).

South Australia is home to some of the most dynamic and talented of the nation’s artists. This special display coincides with the South Australian Living Artists’ Festival, which celebrates the skill, dynamism and imagination of some of these artists.

South Australian Living Artists’ Festival

Drawn from the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia, this selection of prints, drawings and watercolours examines the central importance of spirituality to the work of twentieth-century artists.

The Divine Imagination

Painted golden screen from Japan

The Golden Journey

Born in Germany in 1877, Hans Heysen emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia with his family at the age of seven and became a popular national figure during his seventy year career. This timely exhibition will be the first comprehensive survey of Sir Hans Heysen’s work, since the Gallery’s own centenary retrospective of 1977.

This exhibition presents recent acquisitions made in the area of prints and photographs. The works include a suite of photographs by Paul Strand The Mexican Portfolio1932-33, Bernd and Hilla Becher’s Framework houses: Industrial District of Siegen 1959-1973, Chris Ofili’s most recent suite of prints Black Kiss 2006, and prints by Kiki Smith.

Recent Acquisitions

Brightly coloured print of lazing monkey with slogan.

This exhibition explores the unique ability of drawing to communicate an artist’s internal processes with the external world.

The wandering line

Painting of person gardening with soft afternoon light.

The name David Murray is synonymous with the Gallery’s fine collection of prints and drawings. This year marks the centenary of his bequest to the Gallery – some 5,000 old master prints, which totally transformed the Gallery’s print collection.

David Murray Bequest Centenary

Australian landscape with Aboriginals Red Target on top

Culture Warriors

The new display in gallery 8 features a selection of Indigenous and Torres Strait island prints, including works from the Warlayirti portfolio published by Northern Editions in 2006. The large coloured etchings by artists Jumpo Tjapanangka, Eubena Nampitjin, Elizabeth Nyumi and Kathleen Paddoon have a remarkable intensity.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Prints

Meticulously decorated period 3 chamber pistol

Empires and Splendour

semi naked dancer with head turned to side

The Ballets Russes in Australia

Painting of man lieing beside old camping tent with camel