Step into Bridget Currie’s world – and the world of Carrick Hill

Visitors are encouraged not just to look but also to listen to and even touch some of the artworks Bridget Currie has created in response to the historic house and grounds at Carrick Hill, including a ‘portable painting’ that serves as a picnic rug.

Green Room: On lit, naked art, and a rockin’ role

SA arts & culture news in brief: Writers SA to launch national literary journal, Carrick Hill bares all with new exhibition, casting call announced for ‘Young Elvis’, MUD shortlist revealed, and a new festival for writers and readers in the southern suburbs.

An installation image of 'Adelaide Mid-Century Moderns', which includes mid-20th-century modern furniture alongside paintings and prints by 25 Adelaide artists. Photo: Luke Simon Photography / supplied

When mods and rockers ruled the Adelaide art scene

Adelaide’s break with the past and embrace of the new is revealed in a Carrick Hill exhibition which celebrates risk-taking, innovation and play leading up to and during the heyday of mid-century modernism.

A contemporary creative response to historic Carrick Hill

Art, nature and history converge in South Australian artist Catherine Truman’s fascinating exhibition of discovery and encounter at Carrick Hill.

Heysen Sculpture Biennial stirs the possums at Carrick Hill

Invited to respond to the theme Political Climate, more than 20 artists have created a diverse collection of work sited in semi-bushland behind the historic home at Carrick Hill. John Neylon highlights some of the most impressive sculptures in the 2022 Heysen Sculpture Biennial.

Inside Carrick Hill after its $3.3m makeover

Carrick Hill is celebrating the completion of a $3.3 million renovation that has seen the old attic transformed into a permanent exhibition space, several other rooms refitted and opened to the public, and new access installed to all three levels of the historic home.

Close encounters with a veritable treasure trove

Adelaide’s Carrick Hill was a magnet for emerging artists – and eccentrics – during its golden era. Its current exhibition explores friendships forged by the original owners and showcases treasures from their significant collection of art, writes Anna Jug.