Tea & Tour of Salon des Refusés
Tea & Tour | 14 August 2026
Enjoy tea and coffee in the Roman Room from 10:30am then embark on a tour of Salon des Refusés with Jane Watters, Director, S.H. Ervin Gallery.
Salon des Refusés was initiated by the S.H. Ervin Gallery in 1992 in response to the large number of works entered in the Archibald Prize that were not selected for display in the official exhibition. The Salon – which takes its name from the renegade French Impressionists of the 1860s who held a breakaway exhibition from the French Academy – is the ‘alternative’ selection to the official Archibald and Wynne Prize selections at the Art Gallery of NSW. Returning to Adelaide exclusively at David Roche Gallery, Salon des Refusés features over 50 remarkable portrait and landscape paintings.
Jane Watters is the Director, Galleries of the National Trust of Australia (NSW) and Director, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Gadigal land (Sydney) a role that she has held since 2001. She has curated many important exhibitions, managed major touring exhibitions and has judged many art prizes including the Portia Geach Memorial Award, NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, and has contributed to committees and advisory roles. She is an advocate of contemporary, modern and historical Australian artists, women artists and supports the Uluru Statement of the Heart.
DETAILS
When: Friday 14 August: 10.30am–12:00pm Tea and Tour with Jane Watters
Cost:
General: $20
DRG Member: $16
Limited parking available on-site.
Wheelchair accessible.
Image: Liz Stute, Exit Stage Right, oil on canvas 61 x 51cm
