Starting on February 27th and continuing until June 8th, the 2026 Adelaide Biennial presents “Yield Strength” at Samstag Museum of Art.
The exhibition “foregrounds how bodily experience and intellectual wonder are intimately entwined in the experience of art,” as described by the curator, Ellie Buttrose.
“Yield Strength” reveals how materials, selfhood and society are tested – and transformed – under pressure. Twenty-four artists push their mediums to build visual complexity, or contort them to convey the curious side of existence. Remaining attentive to aesthetic details and receptive to the intricacies of life, the exhibition fosters intimacy through layered viewing experiences across the Art Gallery of South Australia, Samstag Museum of Art and Adelaide Botanic Garden.
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.
