About the Collection

The Art Gallery of South Australia has one of the largest art museum collections in Australia, comprising almost 45,000 works of art spanning 2000 years. Our collection includes paintings, sculpture, prints and drawings, photographs and videos, textiles and clothing, ceramics, glass, metalwork, jewellery and furniture.

To date approximately 40% of collection records are available to view in the online collection. We make regular updates through research and documentation.

Provenance Research

The Gallery undertakes ongoing research to establish the history of ownership, or provenance, of works of art in its collection. Find out more.