Hahndorf Academy

Hahndorf Academy’s program of visual arts exhibitions showcases the work of local, national and international artists within the character settings of the galleries in its 19th Century building. The Hahndorf Academy is one of the largest regional art galleries in South Australia. It contains a German Migration Museum and a large retail outlet, and is one of Hahndorf’s main cultural tourist attractions.

With a focus on representing the work of both established and emerging artists from all backgrounds, it presents a diverse range of work, in various media and styles, to accommodate the varying interests of its broad audiences, from the discerning art collector to international and interstate visitors and the local community.

Free Admission.

Hahndorf Academy

68 Mount Barker Road, Hahndorf SA, Australia

08 8388 7250

hahndorfacademy.org.au

Daily 10am - 5pm
Closed Christmas Day.

Preview

The ceramics of the Central Desert

Developed in 2022 by Artback NT as part of Apmere Mparntwe—the Australian Ceramics Triennale— touring exhibition Clay on Country, showing now at New England Regional Art Museum, showcases the diversity of ceramics in the Central Desert.

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Review

About Face mirrors the alluring world of contemporary portrait painting

About Face is a smart piece of marketing. The new book on portrait painting from Australia and New Zealand has a mission to change buyers’ minds about the field. But as Jane O’Sullivan discovers, any sales pitch wears thin if it’s repeated often enough, and the close attention to how portrait painting is received by the market means that other important conversations fade to the background.

Jane O'Sullivan

Preview

Elizabeth Mbitjana Pitijana and inherited influence

In Anmatyerr artist Elizabeth Mbitjana Pitijana’s first solo exhibition in Melbourne—which focuses on the Central Desert food source Arnwekety (bush plum)—the influence and love of her Country and culture is palpable. Elizabeth Mbitjana Pitijana is now showing at Niagara Galleries.

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Preview

The immersive storytelling of Leah King-Smith

rhythm wRites, a new exhibition at QUT Art Museum, spans 30 years of Bigambul artist Leah King-Smith’s manifold art practice, covering painting, photography, sound and animation.

Briony Downes

Feature

Angelica Mesiti’s The Rites of When finally makes sense of the Art Gallery of NSW’s Tank. It is worth the plane flight.

In The Rites of When, Angelica Mesiti considers the rituals that may mark the seasons in our burning planet. The Tank has been waiting for art like this.

Joanna Mendelssohn

Feature

The crafting cultures of IOTA24

“We can communicate with our hands when we craft something”: This year’s Indian Ocean Craft Triennial, IOTA24, delivers craft and culture across Western Australian art galleries.

Hahndorf Academy