AGSA Podcasts

Hear from Ellie Buttrose, Curator of  2026 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Yield Strength  as she introduces key themes and works within the exhibition. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Image: 2026 Adelaide Biennial curator Ellie Buttrose. Photo: Joe Ruckli / QAGOMA

Join Maria Zagala, Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, as she discusses the new display focusing on the paintings and drawings of John Brack. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Image: John Brack, born Melbourne 20 May 1920, died Melbourne 11 February 1999,  Reclining nude , 1970, Melbourne, oil on canvas, 115.0 x 146.5 cm; South Australian Government Grant 1972 , Art Gallery of Sou...

Hear from Leigh Robb, Curator of Contemporary Art, as she discusses the new Jeppe Hein installation on North Terrace. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Image: Jeppe Hein: Modified Social Sculptures, Art Gallery of South Australia and the City of Adelaide, Courtesy the artist and Arndt Art Agency;; photo: Henry Trumble.

Hear from Russell Kelty, Curator of Asian Art, as he discusses  The trial of fire for Vaidehi (Sita)  by Venkat Raman Signh Shyam on display as part of  Touching the Devine: Love and devotion in Asian Art. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Image: Venkat Raman Singh Shyam, born Sijhora, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh, India 1970,  The trial of fire for Vaidehi (Sita) , 2012, Bhopal, Madhya...

Join Carly Dodd, Assistant Curator, Tarnanthi, as she discusses ceramics in Too Deadly: Ten Years of Tarnanthi. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Image: Tjunkaya Tapaya, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, born Antalya, Northern Territory 1947, died Pukatja (Ernabella), Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, South Australia 2025,  Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters) , 2020, Mparntwe...

Tansy Curtin, Assistant Director, Artistic and Collection Programs, will discuss British Post-Impressionism and the Camden Town Group, sharing new acquisitions by Spencer Gore, Charles Ginner and William Ratcliffe. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Photo: Saul Steed

Shane Cook and Jo-Anne Driessens speak on their experiences as part of the Catapult + Tarnanthi Mentorship program in Tarnanthi Festival 2025, presented in partnership with Guildhouse. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Image: detail; Shane Cook, Guwa (Koa)/Wulli Wulli people, Queensland, born Kaurna Yerta 1992 Landscape Scars , 2025, Queensland/Adelaide digitally enhanced photograph, dimen...

Join Gallery Guide Helen Bulis as she discusses the work of Julius Schomburgk. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Image: Julius Schomburgk, attributed, born Freyburg an der Unstrut, Saxony, Prussia 1819, died Capetown, South Africa 1893,  Bracelet , c.1860, Adelaide, gold, 6.1 x 6.8 x 6.1 cm; Gift of Miss Jane Peacock 1945, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.

Hear from Gallery Guide Rosemary Collins as she discusses Morris & Co's tapestry  The Adoration of the Magi  in celebration of Christmas. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Image: Morris & Co., manufacturer, operating 1861 - 1940, Edward Burne-Jones, designer, born Birmingham, England 28 August 1833, died London 17 June 1898, John Henry Dearle, designer of floral ground, born Lo...

Join Gallery Guide Jill Swann as she discusses Nora Heysen's still lifes. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Image: detail; Nora Heysen, born Hahndorf, South Australia 11 January 1911, died Sydney, New South Wales 30 December 2003,  Fruit in a yellow bowl , 1930, Hahndorf, South Australia, oil on canvas, 40.8 x 30.4 cm; Elizabeth and Tom Hunter Bequest 2009, Art Gallery of South Austral...

Hear from Jay Milera, Max Mackinnon and Paul Gazzola in this discussion about Tracks of the Unseen, moderated by Lester-Irabinna Rigney. This Narungga-led project is more than a documentary – it is an evocative pilgrimage, a poetic unfolding into the hidden pathways of Australia’s rich Aboriginal footprint, illuminating a legacy nearly erased by colonial shadows. The film breathes life into faded...

Artists Nyunmiti Burton and Sandra Pumani speak on  Kungka Kuṉpu (Strong Women)  as part of  Too Deadly: Ten Years of Tarnanthi. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au

Join Dr Jodie Vandepeer as she shares insights into a magnificent malachite gold brooch attributed to colonial South Australian C.E Firnhaber. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au

Join Bernadette Klavins, Project Manager, Artistic Programs, Tarnanthi as she discusses key works within  Too Deadly: Ten Years of Tarnanthi.  Photo: Saige Prime

Wirlomin-Noongar-Australian writer and poet Claire Coleman speaks on Yhonnie Scarce's  Thunder, Raining Poison  and  Kuḻaṯa Tjuṯa  in  Too Deadly: Ten Years of Tarnanthi. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Image: installation view: Tarnanthi 2015 featuring Thunder raining poison by Yhonnie Scarce, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adealide; photo: Saul Steed.

Join Rebecca Evans, Curator of Decorative Arts & Design as she discusses Julie Blyfield's  flowers of the sea  metalwork installation in Gallery 2. Image: Julie Blyfield, born Melbourne 1957,  flowers of the sea , 2022, Maylands, South Australia, bi-metal copper and sterling silver, heat coloured, wax seal, 17.0 x 32.5 x 0.7 cm (1), 31.0 x 24.0 x 0.7 cm (2), 24.0 x 25.0 x 0.7 cm (3), 31.0...

Educators heard about Tarnanthi, Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art at AGSA Carly Dodd, Assistant Curator, Tarnanthi, Gloria Strzelecki, Acting Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art and Bernadette Klavins, Project Manager Artistic Programs, Tarnanthi.  Please note that due to technical issues some of this talk was not recorded, for more information ch...

Hear from Russell Kelty, Curator Asian Art, as he discuss the art and culture of the Mughal Empire as depicted in the miniature painting  Akbar Enthroned  created 1595-1600 in the exhibition:  Touching the Divine: Love and Devotion in Asian Art . agsa.sa.gov.au Image: India,  Akbar enthroned , 1595-1600, possibly Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, 37.0 x 22.0 cm; M.J...

Hear from Tarnanthi Artistic Director Nici Cumpston as she introduces Too Deadly: Ten Years of Tarnanthi, highlighting the connections, convergences and contrasts between works on display. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Image: Garawan Waṉambi, Marrakulu clan, Yolŋu people, Northern Territory, born Miwatj Region, Northern Territory 1965,  Springwater bubbles up through a larrakitj on the...

Join Ngugi Quandamooka artist Libby Harward and Gamilaroi artist Dominique Chen as they introduce  The Blak Laundry,  part-sculptural installation, part-functional laundromat, and part-site for community gathering ahead of it's presentation as part of  Too Deadly: 10 Years of Tarnanthi. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au Photo: Ketakii Jewson-Brown

Thank you for listening to this track produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia. The Ku Arts Symposium 2025 brings together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, curators, industry advocates and Ku Arts’ founding board directors for three panel discussions exploring the intersections of art, culture and Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property (ICIP). In this session, Protecting Cul...

Thank you for listening to this track produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia. The Ku Arts Symposium 2025 brings together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, curators, industry advocates and Ku Arts’ founding board directors for three panel discussions exploring the intersections of art, culture and Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property (ICIP). In this session, Collaborations...

Thank you for listening to this track produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia. The Ku Arts Symposium 2025 brings together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, curators, industry advocates and Ku Arts’ founding board directors for three panel discussions exploring the intersections of art, culture and Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property (ICIP). In this session, Sharing Storie...

Thank you for listening to this track produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia. Tarnanthi Artistic Director Nici Cumpston presents an insightful floor talk introducing Too Deadly: Ten Years of Tarnanthi , highlighting the connections, convergences and contrasts between works on display. For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au

Thank you for listening to this track produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia. Join Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers Jessyca Hutchens, Zena Cumpston, Dominic Guerrera and Sophia Sambono as they discuss Artlink magazine’s 2025 Indigenous issue, Trace, in the context of First Nations art writing, editing and publishing. Trace – celebrating fifteen years of Artlink’s Indigenous-le...