What is the Art Gallery of South Australia?
The Art Gallery of South Australia, on North Terrace in Adelaide, is one of Australia's leading art museums. Founded in 1881, it holds major Australian, Aboriginal and international collections.
The gallery's collection includes more than 45,000 works, from colonial Australian paintings to contemporary art, Asian ceramics and European masterpieces. It is especially known for its collection of colonial Australian art.
Famous works include paintings by Tom Roberts, Hans Heysen and Margaret Preston, along with works by leading Aboriginal artists from across the country.
Exhibitions and festivals
The gallery hosts the Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, first held in 1990, and Tarnanthi, a festival of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art.
Entry to the permanent collection is free. The gallery runs talks, family programs and guided tours.
It stands beside the South Australian Museum and the University of Adelaide, making it part of the city's cultural precinct.
Its elegant building, with classical columns facing North Terrace, opened in 1900 and has been extended several times to hold the growing collection.
Did You Know?
Tarnanthi, the gallery's First Nations art festival, takes its name from a Kaurna word meaning to come forth or appear.