NOW SHOWING
Kait James: Red Flags
6 October – 27 November 2026
Kait James: Red Flags is Wadawurrung artist Kait James’ most ambitious solo exhibition to date. Combining autobiography, incisive analysis and wry humour, James’ practice reveals a deep reverence for her culture alongside a glimpse into a shared ‘Australian’ First Nations experience.
Kait James: Red Flags is a Warrnambool Art Gallery exhibition, curated by Aaron Bradbrook and touring nationally with NETS Victoria.
FUMA Gallery | Bedford Park
Image: Kait James, Faboriginal, 2024, acrylic yarn, cotton, digital printed cotton, mirror tiles, felt, 150 x 140 x 10 cm, courtesy of the artist and Neon Parc. Photo: Christian Capurro.
2026 Megaw lecture | Sons and Sisters: the HERitage of Namatjira
Presented by Professor Lisa Slade
Hugh Ramsay Chair in Australian Art History
University of Melbourne
Saturday 21 November
2:00 – 3:00
Ron Radford Auditorium
Art Gallery of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide.
Free event, limited places, registrations essential.
Image: Professor Lisa Slade. Photo: Saul Steed
World Mental Health Day: The Art of Slowing Down
This World Mental Health Day, Saturday 10 October, we invite you to pause, take a breath and spend time with a work of art from the FUMA collection. Through a guided audio tour of Honey (2011) by Australian abstract artist Ildiko Kovacs, you'll be encouraged to slow down, look closely, and experience the wellbeing benefits of engaging intentionally with art. Click below to listen.
With thanks to Ildiko Kovacs and Flinders University Counsellor Chris O'Grady for their support.
Image: Ildiko Kovacs (born 1962), Honey, 2011, oil on plywood, 180 x 180 cm. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by IAS Fine Art Logistics Pty Ltd. © the artist and Hugo Michell Gallery. Collection of Flinders University Museum of Art 5810.
Articulate | Libby Harward and Ali Gumillya Baker on the power of art to agitate
Quandamooka artist Libby Harward joins Associate Professor and Un-Discipline curator Ali Gumillya Baker to yarn about The Blak Laundry, creative ingenuity and the refusal to be categorised.
Plan your visit
Located at Flinders University’s main campus at Bedford Park, just south of Adelaide’s city centre, FUMA houses one of South Australia’s largest public collections of art, comprising more than 8,000 Australian and international works from the 15th to the 21st centuries. We present innovative public-facing exhibitions and programs; champion art-led education and research; and foster cross-disciplinary collaboration enabling the dynamic exchange between art, ideas and audiences.
Flinders University Museum of Art
Flinders University I Sturt Road I Bedford Park SA 5042
Located ground floor Social Sciences North building, Humanities Road adjacent carpark 5
Telephone | +61 (08) 8201 2695
Email | museum@flinders.edu.au
Weekdays| 10am - 5pm
Thursdays | Until 7pm
Closed weekends and public holidays
FREE ENTRY
Flinders University Museum of Art is wheelchair accessible, please contact us for further information.
