Works of transformation and wonder on show at 2026 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art

The 2026 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Yield Strength assembles twenty-four leading Australian artists with works that reveal how materials, selfhood and society are tested - and transformed - under pressure. Taking over multiple spaces at the Art Gallery of South Australia as well as partner venues Samstag Museum of Art and Adelaide Botanic Garden, the 2026 Adelaide Biennial showcases major new works across painting, sculpture, moving image, performance and installation. To connect with his Yawuru ancestral land, Robert Andrew’s kinetic drawing machine uses digital technology to reinstate the contours of Country onto AGSA’s gallery walls. Mounted to an armature, a screen displays drone footage of Yawuru Country, twisting and moving with the coastline while charcoal is slowly dragged across the length of the wall, in a moving