Visual Art
The Art Gallery of South Australia has unveiled a major new acquisition and launched its exhibition line-up for 2024 – including a Radical Textiles display featuring items ranging from William Morris tapestries to Kylie Minogue’s gold hotpants.
Commentary
The female sexual independence depicted in La traviata both repelled and enraptured audiences. On the eve of State Opera’s new production of the famous work, Art Gallery of SA director Rhana Devenport applies the lens of the ‘fallen woman’ to the world of visual art.
A dazzling infinity mirror room by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, an exhibition celebrating 100 years of the Archibald Prize and a collection of video portraits by theatre director Robert Wilson will be among highlights of the Art Gallery of South Australia’s 2022 program.
An expansive exhibition of paintings by Australian modernist artist Clarice Beckett and a showcase of surrealists Dušan and Voitre Marek’s work – complemented by an interactive light installation – are highlights of the Art Gallery of SA’s 2021 program.
The role of art in society has never been clearer, writes Art Gallery of SA director Rhana Devenport, as the gallery releases a video teaser for a new virtual exhibition series on the 2020 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Monster Theatres.
