Visual Art
The Moon’s the limit for Cheryl Bridgart, who weaves wonderful stories with her intricate embroidered wall art and wearable art in an Alice in Wonderland-style home studio in an historic former horse stables in Adelaide’s CBD.
Design
An exhibition showcasing Adelaide’s oldest movie cinemas not only shines a light on their important architectural contribution to South Australia, it also reflects their significance as glamorous social hubs over the decades.
In a bustling Kent Town studio – surrounded by colourful stuffed toys and an eclectic collection of materials and artworks – Truc Truong reveals how art became her saviour during a dark time, and her excitement at the opportunity offered by a mentorship that will add new skills to her practice.
Visual Art
Whimsical creations by ceramicist Bruce Nuske displayed in an exhibition space designed by the late Khai Liew are being shown alongside a meditative presentation by visual artist Dana Awartani in this captivating showcase at Samstag Museum of Art.
Design
A damaged Khai Liew chair, a torn souvenir scarf from the 1956 Olympics, and a broken vase and perfume bottles owned by Paula Nagel are among a wonderful collection of repaired or transformed items on show in a new exhibition at JamFactory.
Design
Lovely to look at – but not made to sit in – Marc Newson’s Cloisonné Blue Chair is part of a body of work the designer created using a centuries-old Chinese enamelling technique. It is on show in the Art Gallery of SA’s Metamorphosis display.
Books & Poetry
A fresh and comprehensive new narrative reveals how the Adelaide art scene post-World War II was an incubator of progressive ideas and talent, despite often being dismissed or disparaged in the wider mainstream history of Australian art.
John Martin’s, Cox-Foys and Miller Anderson’s are just a few of the famous South Australian department stores celebrated in a new exhibition featuring architectural drawings and fascinating historic photographs.
Illuminate Adelaide will return this winter with a new night-time digital art trail through the Botanic Garden, a pavilion full of mind-bending interactive experiences in Victoria Square, free city-wide works by artists including celebrity chef Poh Ling Yeow, and a music line-up featuring Yothu Yindi.
Each year the Planning Institute of Australia Awards showcase the otherwise often unheralded urban planning projects that go into shaping our city and regions.
The romance of yesteryear will be reignited when North Adelaide’s Piccadilly Cinema reopens this month after extensive restoration and renovation work that has unearthed hidden treasures, added new features and will see the building become fully accessible for the first time.
Festivals
Artist Chris Yee, whose digital animation Perspective Pathways was chosen to illustrate the cover of the 2023 OzAsia Festival program, says he is motivated to tell stories around Australian-Asian identity through his colourful and dynamic creations.
Design
PHOTO GALLERY: In the 50 years since it began life in an old factory in St Peters, JamFactory has helped forge hundreds of creative careers and put Adelaide at the heart of Australia’s contemporary craft and design scene. Now, as it reflects on the past and looks to the future, it has one pressing need: more space.
As debate continues over the proposed demolition of an historic precinct to make way for a new hospital in Adelaide, it’s timely to re-examine our state’s heritage and its capacity to create value, opportunity and a lucrative future for South Australia.
A display of artists’ books at the Art Gallery of SA highlights a major gift of more than 500 items from the Australian Experimental Art Foundation that offer insight into the radical shift in artistic values and aesthetics in the 1960s and 1970s.
Graphic designer and digital illustrator Alana Naylor has won the 2023 Adelaide Fringe poster competition with a vibrant design inspired by native flora and the buzz that surrounds the annual festival.
What does a better future look like for Adelaide and South Australia? Design commentator Stephanie Johnston explores a new movement trying to shift future thinking away from simply planning for growth.
This month we explore an inventive array of architectural adaptions and interventions in Adelaide’s hippest new precinct.
