Arts & Culture
Off the wall: a pair of doors with special significance
Geometrical patterns in Islamic art are more than just numbers, writes Art Gallery of South Australia curator of Asian art James Bennett.
Arts & Culture
Geometrical patterns in Islamic art are more than just numbers, writes Art Gallery of South Australia curator of Asian art James Bennett.
Arts & Culture
OFF THE WALL: The AGSA’s Lisa Slade uncovers the lesser-known story behind one of Adelaide’s favourite paintings – a monumental work that inspired late 19th-century SA suffragettes and still provides inspiration to women living in the Middle East today.
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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.
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.
