Art Gallery of South Australia - a major cultural institution of the State of South Australia. Located in the "cultural quarter" Adelaide - adjacent to the State Library, the Museum of South Australia and the University of Adelaide - the gallery is known around the world richest collection of Australian art, primarily of aboriginal and European and Asian. Every year more than half a million people visit the gallery to see it 35 thousand exhibits - is the second largest art collection in the country. Among the exhibits - paintings, sculptures, 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." Funds 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 ages 18-19 - is updated every three years. A special place is a collection of paintings by English artists, which is considered one of the most complete outside of the UK. Visitors to the gallery will be able to admire the paintings by Van Dyck, Gainsborough, Turner, Renoir. It is worth paying attention to the collection of drawings and prints by old masters - one of the richest in the world! It includes works by Durer, Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt, Goya, Tintoretto, etc. / p & gt;

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