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2026 Adelaide Biennial recruits Ellie Buttrose as curator

The role will be a victorious homecoming for curator Ellie Buttrose after she assisted the Golden Lion-winning Archie Moore at the Venice Biennale.

16 Jul 2024 11:19

Celina Lei

2026 Adelaide Biennial curator Ellie Buttrose. A middle-aged woman with pale skin and short cropped brown hair, wearing red lipstick, an orange shirt and black blazer. She is looking off to the side of the camera and smiling.

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2026 Adelaide Biennial curator Ellie Buttrose. Photo: Joe Ruckli/QAGOMA.

After helping Australia take out its first Golden Lion in the 130-year history of the Venice Biennale, curator Ellie Buttrose has been announced to lead the 2026 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA).

Inaugurated in 1990, the Adelaide Biennial as Australia’s longest running survey of contemporary art and is a platform for artists nationwide.

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Celina Lei

Celina Lei is ArtsHub's Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_