It's not every day that Adelaide becomes home to world-famous pieces of priceless art, but come July 2026, things are changing. For the first time ever, Australians will get the chance to see 57 incredible paintings by giants of American and European art in the 19th and 20th centuries on home soil. We're talking the likes of Monet, Matisse, Van Gogh, Degas, Cezanne and Picasso, plus many prolific others, all coming together in one mammoth exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA).
Titled: Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition, this wild exhibition will showcase works that usually live at the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio, charting the development of modern art in Europe and North America. Starting at the beginning of the 20th Century, art-gazers will get to feast their eyes on a striking visual story showing the evolution of art as we know it, from the early days of Impressionism, Cubism and Surrealism, all the way through to Abstract Expressionism.
You can expect to see masterworks including Vincent Van Gogh's 'Wheat Fields with Reaper', Claude Monet's wildly famous 'Water Lilies' and Henri Matisse's 'Dancer Resting', amongst many others.
Excitingly posted to warm up winter in 2026, this exhibition will kick-start a series of major, arty moments for Adelaide over the winter months until 2029, known as the AGSA Winter Art Series, with people all over South Australia getting excited by the prospect of this brilliant new initiative.
Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition is on display at the AGSA in Adelaide from July 11 to November 8, 2026, and tickets are on sale now for $30 for adults or $20 for youth.