Resources for works of art on display

Support for a self guided visit, pre and post visit suggestions

AGSA's exhibition displays in our permanent collection can change often and with little notice. Currently we have over 100 education resources for works of art in the collection but not all of these works will be on display. We want you to get the most out of your visit and suggest reading our tips for planning your self-guided session and prioritise long looking combined with critical thinking questions using our Curiosity Cards.

Below we have complied a selection of resources, talks, videos and curator insights for each exhibition space to support you further with your visit. These may help you to devise a rough journey through the gallery spaces and prepare some post learning activities for your classroom. We have also included a map of the Gallery and link to our Accessible Audio Guide, you may find the plain English version suitable for young visitors.

If there is a particular artist in our collection you are interested in you can use the search function on this website to see if we have a resource on them. To check that a work of art is on display, use our online collection database and select 'on display'.

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Accessible Guide
Facade, Courtyard, Vestibule and Gallery 1

Listen & Watch

  • Curator Leigh Robb discusses the video work of artist Joan Ross

  • Carly Dodd speaks on the Pakana Necklace

  • Julie Gough

  • Gail Mabo artist interview

  • Nici Cumpston talks with Gail Mabo

  • Tarnanthi 2021: Gail Mabo Timelapse

Gallery 2

Listen

  • Tracey Lock introduces the new hang of the Elder Wing of Australian Art

  • Lisa Slade tours educators through the new hang of the Elder Wing

  • Sue Kneebone speaks on her display as part of SALA

  • Theresa Walker

  • Sue Kneebone

  • Colonial South Australia

  • James Tylor & Rebecca Selleck

Gallery 3
Installation view: Elder Wing of Australian Art

Listen

  • Elder Wing

  • Adelaide Biennial Artist Talk - Stanislava Pinchuk

  • John Peter Russell

  • Robert Dowling ‘Baptism of Christ’

  • Hans Heysen

  • Nora and Hans Heysen

  • Nora Heysen

  • Australian Modernists

  • Gallery Guide Jill Swann discusses the work of Hans Heysen and influences

Gallery 4

Listen

  • Dorrit Black

  • Jeffrey Smart

  • Nora Heysen – ‘Ruth’

  • Australian Impressionism

Gallery 5

Listen

  • Helen Maudsley

  • Sidney Nolan

We recommend going through the archway into Gallery 17 to view Reno Rennie's installation OA CAMO.

Gallery 6 & 7

Listen

  • Nici Cumpston on Dhambit Mununggurr in Bewilderness

  • Maria Zagala introduces the work of three women photographers

  • Zaachariaha Fielding and Alfie Lowe discuss their work in the AGSA collection

  • Tableau in Gallery 6

  • Fred Williams - Tracey Lock

  • Fred Williams - Julie Robinson

  • Khai Liew

  • Kirsten Coelho

  • Kirsten Coelho

  • Kirsten Coelho & Tim Edwards

  • Gayle Quarmby discusses the work of Rex Battarbee and Albert Namatjira

  • Catherine Truman and Rebecca Evans in conversation

Gallery 12

Listen & Watch

  • Zenobia’s last look on Palmyra

  • Clare Belfrage

  • Ingrid Goetz discusses new additions in Gallery 12

  • Gallery Guide Rosemary Collins discusses depictions of Madonna and Child

Gallery 13

Listen

  • Mary Beale

  • Leigh Robb on divisive works of art in the collection

Gallery 14
Galery 15
Gallery 16

Listen

  • Rebecca Evans introduces new acquisitions on display in Gallery 16

  • Metamorphosis introduced by Leigh Robb and Tansy Curtin

  • Rebecca Evans, Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, in conversation with South Australian artist Jess Dare

  • Liam Fleming discusses his latest exhibition Light and Colour

  • Yuexiu Shen discusses works on display in Metamorphosis

  • Rhana Devenport discusses Lady Gaga: Mademoiselle Caroline Rivière by Robert Wilson

  • Andrew van der Vlies discusses the work of Zanele Muholi

Gallery 17
Gallery 18

Listen

  • Australian and Decorative Arts

Gallery 19, 20 & 21

Listen

  • Mansoureh Rajabitanha discusses the poetry of Rumi with Russell Kelty