Arts & Culture
A two-sided painting described by an Adelaide critic in 1949 as a vacuous “puzzle picture” – one that would leave “spectators unmoved by any reaction except, ‘Why?’” – now has pride of place in the Art Gallery of SA’s Elder Wing.
Arts & Culture
Intricate contemporary jewellery works on display at the Art Gallery of SA echo lace-making traditions dating back to the 17th century, when it was rumoured wealthy men would mortgage entire estates to buy a lace collar or cuffs.
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The inclusion of a series of 1830s and ’40s Japanese prints in the Art Gallery of SA’s Colours of Impressionism exhibition offers a rare opportunity to view the striking similarities in the work of artists separated by time, geography and culture.
Art is imitating life at the Art Gallery of South Australia with a new display of portraits and quirky caricatures of a ‘Windsor pair’ who, like Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, were considered by some to be an unlikely match.
Coinciding with the exhibition of French Impressionist masterpieces at the Art Gallery of SA is a display which shows how Australian artists – including the flamboyant Charles Conder – were immersed in the most radical developments in European art.
Adelaide-born artist Dorrit Black witnessed first-hand the destructive eruption of Sicily’s Mount Etna in 1928, and her resulting work The Eruption is a highlight of a new display of her linocut prints at the Art Gallery of SA.
A new acquisition currently on display at the Art Gallery of SA strives to connect us with nature, and is the work of an artist who likes to plunge both herself and others into unusual circumstances, writes Lisa Slade.
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