Visual Art
Following the recent opening of the Art Gallery of South Australia’s 2021 Ramsay Art Prize, two winning works from the previous Ramsay prize provide the inspiration for an illuminating display at the gallery – a timely exhibition that coincides with Reconciliation Week.
Visual Art
Captured during Douglas Mawson’s 1912 Antarctic expedition and currently on show as part of a display at the Art Gallery of South Australia, photographer Frank Hurley’s A blizzard expresses the sense of human frailty in a harsh environment.
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A new display at the Art Gallery of SA showcases elaborate textiles, decorative furniture and other designs by 19th-century British firm Morris & Co – including items that once graced the homes of a prominent Adelaide family.
An elaborate chiffonier made from driftwood and wooden pegs more than 100 years ago by a female wood carver living on South Australia’s Wedge Island is now turning heads at the Art Gallery of SA.
Geometrical patterns in Islamic art are more than just numbers, writes Art Gallery of South Australia curator of Asian art James Bennett.
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.
