Exhibitions

The Barr Smith Library hosts many exhibitions of art held by the University, usually in the Level 3 foyer. We also display the covers from New books, on the New books shelves.
The Ira Raymond Exhibition Room is available for exhibitions, cultural events and meetings.

Exhibitions are on display during normal Library opening hours.

  Exhibitions

• Exhibition: Year 12 Art and Design
  An exhibition of Year 12 Art and Design by the 2009 Visual Arts Studies students from University Senior College is on display on Level 3 South of the Barr Smith Library. The works are on display during normal Library opening hours.
  Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:45:02 +1030
• Exhibition: Upon this site – Adelaide’s original vegetation
  An exhibition of works by Christian Clare Robertson will be on display on Level 3 South of the Barr Smith Library from 23 October to 18 November 2009, during normal Library opening hours. Christian Clare Robertson’s exhibition, through a suite of wat...
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:59:39 +1030
• Exhibition: David Reid ‘Shanghai Landscapes’
  The Confucius Institute and Art & Heritage Collections of the University of Adelaide present an exhibition of works on paper by David Reid. ‘Shanghai Landscapes’ will be on display in the entrance foyer of the Barr Smith Library from 4 September to 18...
  Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:39:22 +1030
• Exhibition: Simone Kennedy — ‘Halflight’
  The University of Adelaide Art & Heritage Collections invite you to view the latest exhibition in their Cultural Illuminations series. Simone Kennedy’s ‘Halflight’ will be on display in the entrance foyer of the Barr Smith Library from 31 July – 16 Oc...
  Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:55:23 +1030
• Exhibition: Endangered languages: disappearing diversity
  An exhibition showcasing language revitalisation by University of Adelaide linguists with endangered speech communities will be on display in the Barr Smith Library entrance foyer until 12 July.
  Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:53:00 +1030
• Exhibition: Stefan Koppelkamm: Ortszeit Local Time
  While travelling through East Germany in 1990 – after the fall of the Berlin wall but before re-unification – Stefan Koppelkamm felt the urge to capture in photographs a reality which he assumed would soon disappear for ever. Ten or twelve years later...
  Tue, 19 May 2009 09:54:17 +1030
• The Barr Smith Library Reading Room
  An exhibition celebrating more than 75 years of service. Original plans, photographs and archives relating to the Barr Smith Library’s monumental Reading Room, opened in 1932, is on display in the Library’s foyer until 31 May 2009. Part of SA History...
  Fri, 01 May 2009 11:40:25 +1030
• Year 12 Art from University Senior College
  An exhibition of art works, concentrating on painting, drawing, photography and ‘new media’, by Year 12 Visual Arts Studies students of University Senior College, is on display in the Barr Smith Library foyer and the adjacent Ira Raymond Exhibition Ro...
  Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:38:36 +1030
• Interpreting the Flinders Ranges
  Art & Heritage Collections, in collaboration with the Barr Smith Library Special Collections and the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences of the University of Adelaide, present an exhibition featuring work by Barrie Goddard from the 36 Views of ...
  Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:46:13 +1030
• Cultural Illumination – Nevermore: Artist Books and Multiples
  Nevermore, an exhibition of artist books and prints by eight Adelaide artists, explores a diverse range of technical processes and binding structures. Each artist created one book and contributed a print to the Nevermore folio, highlighting themes ins...
  Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:49:44 +1030

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