Art gallery of South Australia is the main cultural institution of the state of South Australia. Located in the "cultural quarter" of Adelaide - near State library, South Australian Museum and University of Adelaide gallery is known worldwide for its rich collection of Australian art, primarily aboriginal, European and Asian. Every year over half a million people visit the gallery to see its 35 thousand exhibits is the second largest collection of art in the country. Among the exhibits - paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, photographs, textiles, ceramics, precious stones and even furniture!

The gallery was opened in 1881 and until 1967 was known as the "national gallery of South Australia". The gallery grew and expanded, so that in 1996 had to move to a new building in the style of the Victorian era. The main exhibition gallery - landscapes and portraits of the 18th-19th centuries - is updated every three years. A special place is occupied by a collection of paintings by English artists, which is considered one of the most complete outside the UK. The visitors can admire the paintings of van Dyck, Gainsborough, Turner, Renoir. You should pay attention to the collection of drawings and engravings of the old masters is one of the richest in the world! It includes works by dürer, Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt, Goya, Tintoretto, etc./p>

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