Art by Farquhar

Art by Farquhar proudly houses Adelaide’s largest Aboriginal art collection, with two spacious galleries in Edwardstown and Glenelg. Discover over 1,500 original Aboriginal paintings alongside a curated selection of Indigenous reproduction prints, showcasing iconic styles from dot paintings to contemporary works.

Founded by Michael Farquhar and passionately managed by his eldest son Jed, alongside Nina and Emily, we invite you to explore our galleries in person or online. Whether browsing our digital catalog or visiting our world class Aboriginal artwork displays, our team ensures a personalised experience.

Art by Farquhar

1070 South Road, Edwardstown SA 5039, Australia

0434 957 371

farquhar.art

Mon to Fri 9.30am–4.30pm,
Sat, 10am–1pm Sun, 12noon–3pm
See our website for latest information.

Exhibitions

Pantu

Janice Stanley (APY)

1 Mar - 30 Apr

Tali (Sand Dunes)

Maureen Hudson

1 Mar - 30 Apr

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From the archive: art and motherhood

From matrescence-themed collages and intimate family portraits to a series of events centred on the intersection of design and fertility, revisit six pieces from the Art Guide archives that explore the relationship between art and motherhood.

Art Guide Australia

Preview

Jose Dávila’s balancing act

In his first commercial presentation in Australia, one of Mexico’s most acclaimed contemporary artists uses his architectural background to create poetic, finely calibrated sculptural investigations of spatial perception, balance and equilibrium. Jose Dávila’s Physics of Uncertainty is now showing at COMA Gallery.

Jo Higgins

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Tina Havelock Stevens: Everything all at once

Tina Havelock Stevens likes to feel the wind in her hair, which probably goes some way to explaining the generous punk spirit that infuses her multidisciplinary practice, the subject of the exhibition Now is a Beginning at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery.

Jo Higgins

Book Reviews

Book Preview: Thin Skin by Jennifer Higgie

There are many parallels between skin and painting. “Paint is a thin skin on a surface—a layer that transmits ideas into the world,” writes Jennifer Higgie in Thin Skin, the accompanying publication to a 2023 exhibition featuring paintings by thirty-six Australian and international artists.

Jackson McLaren

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Amanda Bell makes light work

Amanda Bell’s poignant new commission for the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts transforms the heaviness of history and unsettles hierarchies of place.

Claire G. Coleman

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Bhenji Ra dreams in dance

In Biraddali Dancing on the Horizon, now showing at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), Australian-Filipina artist Bhenji Ra explores pangalay—a dance form indigenous to the Tausug and Bajau peoples from the Sulu Archipelago and Sabah in the Philippines.

Art by Farquhar

Art by Farquhar

Exhibitions