Dangerously Modern: Australian Women Artists in Europe 1890–1940

Name: Dangerously Modern: Australian Women Artists in Europe 1890–1940
Start: 2025-05-24
End: 2025-09-07
Location: Art Gallery of South Australia

24 May - 7 Sep 2025

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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. They belonged to an unprecedented wave of women journeying from Australia through Europe and beyond at the turn of the twentieth century, prevailing against centuries of social constraints to pursue international careers.

Featuring more than 200 works of art, Dangerously Modern invites visitors to embark on a journey of the senses. Artistic explorations of colour, light, form and movement offer moments of contemplation, love, loss and transcendence. Ranging from large public statements to private portrait miniatures, the featured works challenge preexisting notions of ambition and success. They also expand understandings of modern art movements such as realism, impressionism, post-impressionism, cubism and the emergence of abstraction.

Including both celebrated and rediscovered paintings, prints, sculpture and ceramics, Dangerously Modern will be one of the largest multi-lender exhibitions to look at the international art of Australian women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It reclaims the place of these artists and their contribution to the development of European art, and explores their role as catalysts for new ideas travelling back to Australia during a time of rapid social and cultural change.

This exhibition includes works that are protected under the Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan Act 2013. See more.

Presented by the Art Gallery of South Australia and the Art Gallery of New South Wales

Adult - $30
Concession - $25
Members - $20
Youth (13-17) - $15
Under 12 - Free
Family (2 adults + max 3 children aged 13-17) - $75
AGSA Members Season Pass - $55
Group of 8+ - $20 per person

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Last entry to the exhibition is 30 minutes prior to AGSA closing.

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C. L. Allport, Jean Appleton, Cristina Asquith Baker, Eva Benson, Dorrit Black, Elise Blumann, Stella Bowen, Ethel Carrick, Evelyn Chapman, Mary Cockburn Mercer, Ola Cohn, Edith Collier, Grace Cossington Smith, Grace Crowley, Janet Cumbrae Stewart, Anne Dangar, Bessie Davidson, Bernice Edwell, Florence Fuller, Bessie Gibson, Agnes Goodsir, Nora Heysen, Frances Hodgkins, Justine Kong Sing, Eleonore Lange, Stella Lewis Marks, Daphne Mayo, Eileen Mayo, Dora Meeson, Josephine Müntz-Adams, Bess Norriss Tait, Kathleen O’Connor, Dora Ohlfsen, Margaret Preston, Thea Proctor, Iso Rae, Alison Rehfisch, Gladys Reynell, Eleanor Ritchie Harrison, Hilda Rix Nicholas, Florence Rodway, Maud Sherwood, Norah Simpson, Ethel Spowers, Helen Stewart, Eveline Syme, Violet Teague, Jessie Traill, Barbara Tribe, Marie Tuck.

School Bookings are essential at a cost of $50 per K-12 class, $30 equity. This rate does not apply to tertiary groups, who can access Group or Concession pricing. Guided and self-guided visits are available. Guided visits are subject to Volunteer Guide availability.

Daily Guided Tours of the exhibition, led by one of our Volunteer Gallery Guides, are available free of charge with a a valid exhibition ticket. Meet your Guide at 2pm from G25, in the exhibition. No bookings required, however capacity limits apply. Subject to Volunteer Guide availability.

Bespoke Gallery Tours of the exhibition, led by one of our Volunteer Gallery Guides, are available to groups of up to 15 people for a cost of $100 excluding ticket costs. Bookings are essential and are subject to Volunteer Guide availability.