Following the latest advice from SA Health and the Government of South Australia, FUMA will temporarily close from Tuesday 20 July 2021.

We apologise for any inconvenience and look forward to welcoming visitors again soon.

FUMA acknowledges the Kaurna people as the traditional owners and custodians of the Adelaide region. We recognise and respect Kaurna heritage, beliefs and spiritual relationship with Country, and respectfully acknowledge Kaurna Elders past, present and emerging.

What's on at FUMA

EXHIBITION

BEE-STUNG LIPS
BARBARA HANRAHAN
works on paper 1960-1991

A Flinders University Museum of Art exhibition curated by Nic Brown.

26 July – 1 October 2021

FUMA Gallery I Bedford Park

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^{Barbara Hanrahan, Dog of darkness, 1978, hand-coloured etching with plate-tone, colour inks on paper, 35.5 x 25.3 cm, private collection, Adelaide, © the Estate of the artist, courtesy Susan Sideris 2021. Photograph Grant Hancock}

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2021 MEGAW LECTURE

Museums and the Yolŋu Community

Presented by Matt Poll
Curator, Indigenous Heritage and Repatriation Project
Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney

For the 2021 Ruth and Vincent Megaw Lecture in Archaeology and Art, Matt Poll reflects on two major curatorial projects at the new Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney, and his research into the remarkable legacy of Yirrkala bark paintings in national and international contexts.

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TAKE 5

Dora Chapman

FUMA’s second Take 5 for the year draws attention to the overlooked artistic practice of South Australian painter, printmaker, and educator Dora Chapman (1911-1995). Learn more about her tender and expressive screenprints.

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^{Dora Chapman, Dreaming girl, 1970, screenprint, 38.4 x 28.1 cm, Collection of Flinders University Museum of Art 2142, © the estate of the artist}

News and media

Visit the news and media hub for all media releases and updates on FUMA activities. For further enquiries please contact museum@flinders.edu.au or (08) 8201 2695.

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Flinders University Museum of Art's exhibitions, events and public programs are kindly sponsored by Serafino Wines.

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TALKING ART & IDEAS

LOOKING GLASS:
Judy Watson & Yhonnie Scare

This segment of Talking Art and Ideas features distinguished Kalkadoon and Arrernte curator Hetti Perkins and Kokatha and Nukunu artist Yhonnie Scarce in conversation with Fiona Salmon, Director, FUMA.

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_{Yhonnie Scarce, Only a mother could love them, 2016, hand blown glass, 25 x 15 cm diameter each, Monash University Collection, Purchased by the Monash Business School 2017, Courtesy of Monash University Museum of Art, © the artist, courtesy THIS IS NO FANTASY, Melbourne}

Exhibition archive

For those who missed FUMA’s exhibition In the hold | Decolonising Cook in contemporary Australian art, the works and accompanying exhibition guide can be viewed online by clicking the button below.

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Virtual symposium

FUMA COLLECTIONS

Explore the collections

FUMA Collections were first established in 1966 for education and research. Now comprising 8,000 works from the 15^th century to the present day and representing one of the largest University art collections in the nation, they include paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings, photographs and videos, textiles, ceramics and jewellery.

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