
Photo: Saul Steed
Our Vision
Our Vision
Our vision is to be the inspirational leader for visual arts in South Australia and contribute powerfully to culture in Australia and beyond.
Our Purpose
- AGSA offers a distinctive connection to place and a dynamic curatorial agenda that creates meaningful art experiences for all
- The exceptional AGSA Collection exists for our audiences – to comprehend the past, to navigate the present, and as a potent avenue to imagine the future
- Placing art, artists and audiences at the very heart of who we are guide AGSA’s artistic and public programs
- AGSA contributes positively to cultural cohesion, social wellbeing, creativity, engaged citizenship and economic life in South Australia

Freda Brady, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 27 June 1961, Amata, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Kunmanara (Wawiriya) Burton, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born c 1925, Pipalyatjara, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, died 2021, Amata, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Angkaliya Eadie Curtis, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1928, Miti, South Australia, Tjangili Tjapukula George, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1950, Pukatja (Ernabella), South Australia, Sandra Goodwin, Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1969, near Mimili, South Australia, Beryl Jimmy, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1970, Fregon, South Australia, (Nyurpaya) Kaika Burton, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1949, Atila (Mount Conner),Northern Territory, died 2023, Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Northern Territory, Iluwanti Ken, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born c 1944, Watarru, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Sylvia Ken, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1965, Amata, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Tjungkara Ken, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1 October 1969, Amata, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Manyitjanu Lennon, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1940, outbush north of Watarru, South Australia, Betty Muffler, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1944, near Watarru, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Matjangka Nyukana Norris, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1956, Victory Downs Station, Northern Territory, Mary Katatjuku Pan, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born c.1944, Rocket Bore, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Betty Kuntiwa Pumani, Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1963, near Perentie Bore, South Australia, Antjala Tjayangka Robin, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1941, Apu Ininti, South Australia, Alison Munti Riley, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1966, Pukatja (Ernabella), South Australia, Kunmanara Stanley, Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1938, Wingellina, Western Australia, died 2020, Pukatja (Ernabella), South Australia, Carlene Thompson, Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1950, Pukatja (Ernabella), South Australia, Maringka Tunkin, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1959, Mulga Park, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, Northern Territory, Puna Yanima, Yankunyjatjara people, South Australia, born 1955, De Rose Hill Station, South Australia, Yaritji Tingila Young, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born 1956, Pukatja (Ernabella), Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia, Jeanne Wallatina, Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1976, Indulkana, South Australia, Judy Wallatina, Yankunytjatjara people, South Australia, born 1981, Indulkana, South Australia, Kungkarangkalpa – Seven sisters, 2016, Fregon, South Australia, synthetic polymer paint on linen, 300.0 x 500.0 cm; Acquisition through Tarnanthi: Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art supported by BHP 2017, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
Reconciliation Action Plan
AGSA's vision for reconciliation.