Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition | Art Gallery of South Australia | 11 Jul – 8 Nov 2026
Exclusive to the Art Gallery of South Australia, Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition traces a ground-breaking era in art history through iconic works by the most influential European and American artists of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Experience fifty-seven masterworks from the Toledo Museum of Art’s world-renowned collection, as Monet to Matisse tells the story of artists defying tradition and transforming modern art, from Impressionism to Cubism and Surrealism to Abstract Expressionism.
Featured artists include:
- Paul Cézanne
- Edgar Degas
- Helen Frankenthaler
- Henri Matisse
- Piet Mondrian
- Claude Monet
- Berthe Morisot
- Pablo Picasso
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Vincent van Gogh
- James McNeill Whistler
Select works from AGSA’s own collection enrich and complement the exhibition experience.
School Bookings – You will be able to make a booking request during term 1 in 2026. MORE INFO HERE
AGSA Education is generously supported by the Department for Education as such school ticket prices are available for K-12 students.
TICKETS:
Flexi tickets and timed tickets are available – BOOK HERE
To accompany the exhibition launch of Monet to Matisse, local artists Billie Justice Thomson and Arlon Hall will, for the first time, collaborate to transform AGSA’s activity space, The Studio. From 4 July to 8 November 2026 (10am–5pm daily) The Studio: Make an Impression will be reimagined as a vibrant, immersive environment inviting visitors of all ages to step inside a painting.
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For more information and all enquiries please visit the AGSA website.
What: Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition
When: 11 July – 8 November 2026 | Open daily 10am – 5pm
Where: Art Gallery of SA | North Terrace, Adelaide (Galleries 22, 23 & 25)
Who: Everyone
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Image Source: Art Gallery of SA (detail Claude Monet, born Giverny, France, 1840, died France, Giverny 1926, Water Lilies, oil on canvas, 200.7 x 213.4cm; Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, United States of America)
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