Vivi­enne Shark Lewitt | 18^th Ade­laide Bien­ni­al of Aus­tralian Art: Inner Sanctum

The Ade­laide Bien­ni­al of Aus­tralian Art: Inner Sanc­tum offers an encounter with artists and poets. The Bien­ni­al unfolds across exhi­bi­tions, per­for­mances and talks that explore our engage­ment with the world and each oth­er. Here the idea of an inner sanc­tum illus­trates the pri­vate or sacred spaces we cre­ate and the fac­ul­ty of imag­i­na­tion that allows us to see cul­ture and soci­ety differently.

Curat­ed by José Da Sil­va, the 2024 Ade­laide Bien­ni­al offers a snap­shot of con­tem­po­rary Aus­tralia that is reflec­tive and hope­ful. It pro­vides a set­ting where art and poet­ry enliv­en the social imag­i­na­tion and help us under­stand the com­plex­i­ties of the human experience.

It fea­tures new works by Clara Adolphs, James Barth, Christo­pher Bassi, Seth Bir­chall, Kaye Brown, Jacobus Capone, George Coo­ley, Ali Cob­by Eck­er­mann, Lawrence Eng­lish, Ruha Fifi­ta, Tee­lah George, Paul Knight, Kate Llewellyn x Ade­laide Cham­ber Singers, Jes­si­ca Lough­lin, Peter Mal­oney, Jazz Mon­ey, Lil­lian O’Neil, Nik Pan­ta­zopou­los, Khaled Sab­sabi, Marik­it San­ti­a­go, Vivi­enne Shark LeWitt, Tina Ste­fanou, Heather B. Swann and Jas­mine Togo-Brisby.

The Ade­laide Bien­ni­al of Aus­tralian Art remains the pre-emi­nent and longest-run­ning sur­vey of con­tem­po­rary Aus­tralian art. As a vital com­po­nent of the Ade­laide Fes­ti­val since 1990, the Ade­laide Bien­ni­al this year builds on its rep­u­ta­tion and com­mit­ment to sup­port­ing and cel­e­brat­ing inno­v­a­tive and ambi­tious practices.

Pre­sent­ed in asso­ci­a­tion with the Ade­laide Fes­ti­val, and with gen­er­ous sup­port received from the Art Gallery of South Aus­tralia Bien­ni­al Ambas­sadors Pro­gram and Prin­ci­pal Donor The Bal­naves Foundation.

This project has been assist­ed by the Aus­tralian Gov­ern­ment through Cre­ative Aus­tralia, its prin­ci­pal arts invest­ment and advi­so­ry body and by the Visu­al Arts and Craft Strat­e­gy, an ini­tia­tive of the Aus­tralian, State and Ter­ri­to­ry Governments.

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