Vincent Namatjira, Western Aranda people, Northern Territory, born Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, 14 June 1983. The Indulkana Tigers, 2014, Indulkana, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia synthetic polymer paint on linen 122.0 x 152.0 cm Private Collection © Vincent Namatjira.
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.
Nickolas Muray, born Szeged, Hungary 1892, died New York, United States of America 1965, Frida Kahlo on bench #5, 1938, New York, United States of America, carbon print, 45.5 x 36 cm; The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art and the Vergel Foundation, © Nickolas Muray Archive.
Frida Kahlo devotees, this new exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia is your show.
Milton Moon in his studio in Tarragindi, Queensland, 1966, photo: John McKay, Milton Moon archive.
Milton Moon’s work produced over six decades is on show in a new exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Oliviero Toscani, born Milan, Italy 1942, Andy Warhol, 1975, New York, United States of America, pigment print, 32.0 x 46.0 cm (image), 40.0 x 50.0 cm (sheet); Public Engagement Fund 2021, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, © Oliviero Toscani.
Andy Warhol and Photography: A Social Media at the Art Gallery of South Australia is a brilliant new exhibition into the little explored side of the pop master.
Installation view: Nalini Malani: Gamepieces, featuring Gamepieces by Nalini Malani.
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, photo: Saul Steed.
The senior artist works across genres, much of her art reading like a stream of consciousness thoughts about contemporary life.
Tyr Liang/Illuminate Adelaide
From the botanical gardens to the art gallery, Adelaide’s winter is awash with light.
Nakashima Harumi, born Ena City, Gifu prefecture, 1950, Struggling forms, c2005, Ena City, Gifu prefecture, porcelain, under and overglaze, 66.0 x 49.0 x 43.0 cm.
Collection of Raphy Star
Pure Form at the Art Gallery of South Australia brings together some of Japan’s most interesting post-war art.
Installation detail: 2022 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Free/State, featuring Namaslay by Min Wong, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
Photo: Saul Steed
Sebastian Goldspink’s 2022 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Free/State is a conceptual riposte to this colonial settler history, and much more.
Installation view: Tarnanthi 2021, featuring Fur stories by John Prince Siddon, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
Photo: Saul Steed
This exhibition is Australian art at its best.
Dušan Marek, born Bítouchov, Czechoslovakia 1926, died Adelaide 1993. Analysis of Substance, 1952, Kings Cross, Sydney. Oil on canvas, 36.5 x 88.2 cm.
Purchased with the assistance of James Agapitos OAM and Ray Wilson OAM 2007, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Australian surrealism has long been understood as if it was imported from Paris. This new exhibition places two Czech-Australian émigrés at the heart of the movement.
Paul Signac, France, 1863-1935, La bouée rouge (The red buoy), 1895, oil on canvas, 81.2 x 65 cm.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France ©photo Musée d'Orsay / rmn
The Impressionists were obsessed with the science of colour, which is celebrated in a new exhibition in Adelaide. At least 50 of the paintings have never previously been exhibited in Australia.
Installation view Versus Rodin: bodies across space and time.
Art Gallery of South Australia, 2017
The Art Gallery of South Australia has created something special with Versus Rodin. Works by 65 contemporary artists, surrounded by the gallery’s Rodin collection, take on a wonderful glow.