Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition

Exclusive to the Art Gallery of South Australia, Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition traces a ground-breaking era in art history through iconic works by the most influential European and American artists of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Experience fifty-seven masterworks from the Toledo Museum of Art’s world-renowned collection, as Monet to Matisse tells the story of artists defying tradition and transforming modern art, from Impressionism to Cubism and Surrealism to Abstract Expressionism.

Featured artists include Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Helen Frankenthaler, Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Pablo Picasso, Robert Rauschenberg, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent van Gogh and James McNeill Whistler. Select works from AGSA’s own collection enrich and complement the exhibition experience.

School Bookings

You will be able to make a booking request during term 1 in 2026.

AGSA Education is generously supported by the Department for Education as such school ticket prices are available for K-12 students.

• $30 per 30 students including up to 4 supporting adults for all Department for Education schools and all regional schools.
• $70 per 30 students including up to 4 supporting adults for all other schools.
• These rates do not apply to tertiary groups, who can access Group or Concession pricing.

AGSA Education are anticipating this exhibition will be a very popular excursion choice for all schools. As such, school bookings will be subject to timed visits and guided sessions will be limited.

Please check back here regularly for more information about booking your school visit, teacher professional development and resources.