First Fridays: Artistic Revolution

Name: First Fridays: Artistic Revolution
Start: 2025-04-04T17:00:00+10:30
End: 2025-04-04T21:00:00+10:30
Location: Art Gallery of South Australia

Schedule

Fri Apr 04 2025 at 05:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+10:30

Location

Art Gallery of South Australia | Adelaide, SA

Find yourself at the very heart of art and experience an artistic revolution with Reimagining the Renaissance. Witness the dramatic shifts in artistic styles and subject matter that redefined Western art for centuries. Explore collaborations between masters and apprentices on a drawing tour with Rob Gutteridge or learn more about the historic art of lace making, then sit back and contemplate while listening to the sublime sounds of Holly 'Cookie' Baker.
5pm & 7pm
Guided Tours
Join our Gallery Guides for a tour of AGSA collection highlights in Reimagining the Renaissance or Touching the Divine: Love and devotion in Asian Art.
Meet outside The Studio
5pm DJ Zippy aka Sam Clarke
Ease into the weekend with some tunes from DJ Zippy who will be spinning the vinyl.
In the Courtyard
From 5.30pm
Musical Performance - James Logan
Specialising in music from Britain and the continent during the 16th and early 17th centuries James Logan is a Lutenist who has studied both in Adelaide and Internationally. Be enchanted by the sounds of the Lute played by James while exploring the Reimagining the Renaissance exhibition.
Gallery 9
From 5.30pm
Food and Beverages
Grab a drink or bite to eat from the crew at AGSA_eat.
Bar closes at 8.30pm
6pm
Floor Talk - All About Lace
Join Tansy Curtin Curator of Reimagining the Renaissance and Gaye Beswick from the Australian Lace Guild South Australia to learn more about the historic art of lace making, celebrate the beauty of lace and the connections it weaves through works in the AGSA collection catalogued by Gaye Beswick and on display in the Reimagining the Renaissance exhibition.
Gallery 11
6.30pm
Drawing Tour - Masters and Apprentices
Renaissance artists began their training by drawing from the Master’s artworks. Join artist and educator Rob Gutteridge from the School of Classical Realism and test you own creative hand drawing from the masterpieces in the Reimagining the Renaissance exhibition.
Members $25 Non-Members $35 Join as a member now
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Meet in the exhibition
6.30 & 7.45pm
Musical Performance - Holly 'Cookie' Baker
We welcome the talented South Australian artist Holly 'Cookie' Baker to the AGSA stage to share her trademark sparkling vocals and poetic wordsmithery. In a world of cheap thrills and quick pleasures, Cookie’s singularity is tantalisingly refreshing.
In the Courtyard
Image: Sam Roberts