Tracing art from impressionism through to abstract expressionism, and from Ohio to Adelaide A feast of modern art from the Toledo Museum of Art has just opened at the Art Gallery of South Australia. The Conversation · Jul 20
The 2026 Adelaide Biennial, titled Yield Strength, requires slow looking and quiet consideration These are troubled and changing times – a view of the zeitgeist that permeates Yield Strength, the 2026 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art. The Conversation · Mar 3
A decade of Tarnanthi: how a festival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art creates a new national art history The Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art began in 2015. The title of the exhibition celebrating Tarnanthi a decade on, Too Deadly, underscores the level of excellence Tarnanthi has achieved in terms of the sheer number of artists involved, new work commissioned and its reach to… The Conversation · Oct 22, 2025
Jack Ball wins the Ramsay Art Prize among a who’s who of Australian young contemporary artists Jack Ball, a Sydney-based trans artist, was awarded the 2025 Ramsay Art Prize at the Art Gallery of South Australia for an immersive installation Heavy Grit. The Conversation · Jun 5, 2025
Premier's very short pink shorts star at gallery show With artist Zaachariaha Fielding showing off Romance Was Born couture and Don Dunstan's infamous shorts, a new exhibition shows textiles really can be radical. AAP · Nov 22, 2024
AIDS, trauma – and joy: how artist Brent Harris captures the intensity of emotion beneath humour Brent Harris’ retrospective exhibition Surrender and Catch traces his art over four decades. It is a visual and linguistic treat. The Conversation · Jul 15, 2024
Vincent Namatjira’s paintbrush is his weapon. With an infectious energy and wry humour, nothing is off limits Vincent Namatjira, a Western Arrernte artist, is Albert Namatjira’s great-grandson. His genre is portraiture, but with a twist: loaded with satire and post-colonial politics. The Conversation · Nov 24, 2023
Frida & Diego: Love & Revolution is insightful and beautiful; a reminder of how Anglo-American our conception of modern art is Frida Kahlo devotees, this is your show. There are her paintings aplenty, photographs of her by Imogen Cunningham through to Edward Weston, and film imagery of Kahlo and Rivera as the happy couple. The Conversation · Jul 7, 2023
Frida & Diego: Love & Revolution exhibition – a glimpse of Kahlo’s true genius This beautiful show is packed with works by Kahlo, Rivera and their Mexican contemporaries – but it is missing the darker side of her life story The Guardian - AU · Jun 26, 2023
Andy Warhol exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia uses photographs to show the artist through a new lens A new exhibition of snaps and portraits by Warhol and his peers reveals a lesser-known but influential aspect of his practice — and a different side of the man himself. ABC News · Mar 3, 2023
Why you should know the exciting experimental, political and feminist work of senior Indian artist Nalini Malani Contemporary Indian artist Nalini Malani, born in 1946, is infinitely experimental. The Conversation · Nov 20, 2022
A new art world order "The hang requires you to do the work, you're making the connections." Newcastle Herald · Oct 22, 2022
From carcasses to ‘westie car culture’: scenes from the 2022 Adelaide biennial Under the title Free/State, artists are examining and celebrating the concept of freedom, in works that touch on Covid lockdowns, detention centres and souped-up muscle cars The Guardian - AU · Mar 22, 2022
The 2022 Adelaide Biennial is titled Free/State. It explores freedom, the state and the spaces in between Review: 2022 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Free/State, Art Gallery of South Australia The Conversation · Mar 9, 2022