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Art Gallery of South Australia
Adelaide’s hub for well-curated Aboriginal and contemporary art.
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Adelaide’s hub for well-curated Aboriginal and contemporary art.
Art Gallery of South Australia sits at 490 North Terrace, Adelaide. It hosts a large, well-curated collection praised for Aboriginal works and engaging exhibitions. Reviews highlight a welcoming, buzz-filled atmosphere, especially during Friday Late. Entry is free. The multi-storey galleries include a staff-operated lift, with a gift shop and a café nearby, and Tarnanthi programs featured.
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Curated displays of historic, contemporary, and Aboriginal art with free entry for all visitors.
Informative tours led by experts to provide insights into the collections and artists.
Special events like Friday Late sessions and festivals such as Tarnanthi for community engagement.
A retail space offering art-related merchandise, books, and souvenirs for purchase.
On-site café providing refreshments and a relaxing space for visitors to unwind.
A participatory area for kids and adults to engage in hands-on art activities and workshops.
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Overall rating
Philip Ian Butler
Wonderful gallery that punches above its weight 🤩 Well curated exhibitions that is a must visit if you have any interest in art; especially Aboriginal work. Loved it 🥰 Highly recommend visiting on their Friday Late if you're around; great buzz!
Christine South
Excellently curated collection!! Pieces of art are paired with objects of significance. This is really refreshing to see and makes the works easier for all to engage with. The gallery is a multi storey building which was annoying with a pram (there was really only one way to navigate the gallery from start to finish). One section there is a small lift that needs to be operated by a staff member. Entry to all exhibits was completely free. We visited and the Tarnanthi Festival was on. Great exhibit of Aboriginal Australian art. Not much in the way of tactile or interactive art for kids but next to the gift shop there was a studio that invited participation that'd be great for kids. We spent around 2 hours there.
Rajeshwari Kanglé
Beautiful museam and free entry. Lots of traditional and modern art. I did find that the flow of museum is abrupt as they have random modern art pieces in the middle of very beautiful traditional arts. Takes ABT 2 and half hrs to see the whole museum.
Margaret
This is a great little gallery - which sounds condescending until I say that's comparing it with not only the NGV & NSW's, but also Bath, the Portrait Gallery in London and others. I visited for the first time, and saw much of it fairly comfortably (for a not-in-depth, first viewing) in about 3 hours. I was going to do an 11am tour to get some inside info, but unfortunately the guide fell ill that day. I really liked the groupings, there was often some additional info if I wanted to read it, and the galleries continued and extended my acquaintance with some of my favourites from other exhibitions, such as Theodore Gericault, Rupert Bunny, Margaret Preston, Grace Cossington-Smith, and Albert Namatjira. I was thrilled to come across a John William Waterhouse (Circe!), and pleased with new (to me) finds - Jeffrey Smart, Dorrit Black, and Nora Heysen. Given the subjects of some of Nora Heysen's still lifes, I suspect - with nothing to back it up - that she had a sense of humour. No-flash photography is permitted, so it was nice to catch a Lucien Freud for a friend who likes his. There is an enjoyable collection of Morris & Co. Collections on display included goddesses (many Indian) and the program encouraging Aborigional works, Too Deadly: Ten years of Tarnanthi. Being Tasmanian, I was amazed at the amount of Tassie-relevant art: from a portrait of Matthew Flinders to botanicals by Louisa Meredith to Gould and Glover, a little view of a house with a mountain behind ("That's Mt Wellington from the north!" and it WAS - how good is that painter?!), to Ricky Maynard's portrait photographs. Naturally, I ended my visit with a trip to the gift shop, and a coffee in the cafe. Both good.
S L Chong
We visited this at gallery and we were pleasantly surprised by the extensiveness of the art collection. The place is much bigger than it looks from the outside. We checked in our bags at the cloakroom to avoid any issues. There were many interesting pieces, ranging from historic paintings, sculptures and contemporary Aboriginal art. A recommended place to visit while in Adelaide.
