Welcome to our What’s On Adelaide page for kids, teens and adults! Event information is supplied by organisers and may change at any time. We recommend checking the official event page provided via our More info link before attending. Have fun exploring Adelaide!
Two Islands, One Thread: Textiles of Lombok & Bali explores the remarkable and unique story of the artistic exchanges that occurred between two very different Indonesian societies—Hindu Bali and Muslim Lombok—over the past millennium.
South Australian artists Arlon Hall and Billie Justice Thomson invite you to slow down and lose yourself inside a painting. Inspired by Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition this iteration of the Studio will explore light, colour, line and shape through hands-on experimentation.
Turrangka…in the shadows surveys over a decade of James Tylor’s practice and brings together the most comprehensive selection of his unique daguerreotypes, expansive digital photographic series, hand-made Kaurna cultural objects and furniture.
Michelle Nikou is a South Australian-based sculptor who experiments with a diverse range of materials and draws on surrealist techniques to transform everyday domestic objects into sculptures of humour, poignancy and marvel.
This exhibition presents a rare opportunity to view works from AGSA’s rich collections of historical South Australian dress and photography.
The Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art remains the pre-eminent and longest-standing survey of contemporary Australian art. As a vital component of the Adelaide Festival since 1990, the 19th Adelaide Biennial builds on its reputation and commitment to supporting and celebrating innovative and ambitious practices.
Tarnanthi marks its tenth anniversary when the Tarnanthi Festival opens in October.
Celebrating 10 years of Tarnanthi
Join us in The Studio to create a character for a comic inspired by Banyjima artist Layne Dhu-Dickie.
This exhibition is the culmination of a year of intensive research by the artist during a pivotal time in her life.
AGSA celebrates the South Australian Living Artist Festival (SALA) with a selection of works by Adelaide-based artist Sue Kneebone.
Ten years since its spectacular premiere, David McAllister’s opulent production, The Sleeping Beauty, returns to whisk you away into a magical realm of fairies and spells, good versus evil and a royal romance.
The Ramsay Art Prize 2025 continues to support contemporary Australian artists under 40 to make their best work, unrestrained in scale and medium.
The first major exhibition to focus on the vital role of Australian women in the development of international modernism, Dangerously Modern explores the art and lives of fifty trailblazing artists.
Join us in The Studio to create a Dangerously Modern montage inspired by South Australian artist Sue Kneebone.
Celebrating 50 years since the unveiling of Donald Judd's iconic work Untitled, 1974-75
Touching the Divine: Love and devotion in Asian art explores aspects of love and devotion expressed through art created in sacred contexts across Asia.
Held six times a year, Neo is a free after-hours event for young people aged 13-17.
From William Morris to Sonia Delaunay, Radical Textiles celebrates the cutting-edge innovations, enduring traditions and bodies of shared knowledge that have been folded into fabric and cloth over the past 150 years.
Frida Las Vegas aka Stavroula Adameitis is an Australian artist and designer known for her bold and vibrant textiles, neon artworks and installations.
As you meander under majestic trees and through the lush landscapes of Adelaide Botanic Garden, an event by the world's most celebrated contemporary glass artist, Dale Chihuly, awaits you.
Carrick Hill and the Art Gallery of South Australia are proud to co-present a solo exhibition of mid-career South Australian artist Bridget Currie.
Join local artists to make and create, listen to a stellar lineup of live music or travel through time in our exhibitions Reimagining the Renaissance and Brent Harris: Surrender & Catch.
To celebrate the South Australian Living Artist Festival, AGSA displays a selection of works by Adelaide artist Julia Robinson.
Discover the science of light and colour at the South Australian Museum these school holidays!
In response to Brent Harris’ exhibition Surrender and Catch, South Australian artist Emmaline Zanelli has designed a space for participants to engage in sensory play to experiment with biomorphism - a key technique used in Surrealism.
