Exhibitions

Current Exhibition

A curated art trail on the walls of North Adelaide

Extended to 13 October 2024!

Discover stories from the streets around North Adelaide through works of art from the David Roche Collection. Spanning 2.3km, this free self-guided adventure leads you past many charming cafes and eateries, making it easy to stop for a coffee and a bite to eat, supporting local business on the way.

Reproductions of fourteen works of art form an outdoor trail displayed on the walls of participating private homes and commercial buildings around North Adelaide. The trail is available for viewing at your leisure during daylight hours for three months over winter and early spring.

This public art initiative aims to engage city audiences with the David Roche Gallery and its collection, enhance the vibrancy of the city, and increase visitation to North Adelaide.

Find out more

For more information about the trail, including locations, featured works of art, and how to get there, please visit Experience Adelaide.

Link image: Jenny Berger née Désoras (France 1776–1858), The French actress, La Duchesnois and her children 1825, oil on canvas. The David Roche Collection, Adelaide.

The Fermoy on Foot public art initiative is a partnership between David Roche Gallery and City of Adelaide.

Current Exhibition

Salon des Refusés 2024: The alternative Archibald and Wynne Prize selection

6 September – 26 October 2024

The Salon des Refusés was initiated by the S.H. Ervin Gallery in 1992 in response to the large number of works entered into the prestigious Archibald Prize which were not selected for display in the exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The S.H. Ervin Gallery’s ‘alternative’ selection is now a much-anticipated feature in its own right.

Each year the S.H. Ervin panel is invited to go behind the scenes of the judging process for the annual Archibald Prize for portraiture and Wynne Prize for landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, to select an exhibition from those not chosen for the official award exhibition. The Salon des Refusés exhibition has established an excellent reputation that rivals the selections in the ‘official’ exhibition, with works selected for quality, diversity, humour and experimentation, and which examine contemporary art practices, different approaches to portraiture and responses to the landscape.

In 2024, 60 works were selected for the ‘alternative’ exhibition, with 38 from the Archibald Prize & 22 from the Wynne Prize by selectors Brad Hammond director, Orange Regional Gallery & Jane Watters, director, S.H. Ervin Gallery.

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Presenting Partner

Image: Sinead Davies, Heather Ewart 2024, oil on canvas.

Past Exhibitions

View past exhibitions here

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