Established 1942 Director Liz Nowell Phone +61 8 8272 2682 | Location Adelaide, Australia Curator Logan Macdonald Founded 1942 | |
Address 14 Porter St, Parkside SA 5063, Australia Hours Closed now Sunday1–5PMMondayClosedTuesday11AM–5PMWednesday11AM–5PMThursday11AM–5PMFriday11AM–5PMSaturday1–5PM Similar GAGPROJECTS | Greenaw, Samstag Museum, Art Gallery of South Australia, Artspace Sydney, Tandanya National Aborigina Profiles | ||
The Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (CACSA) is an art museum and art space located in Adelaide, Australia. The CACSA is one of Australia's most prominent contemporary art organisations, and its mission is "promote, develop and support contemporary art practice and critical thinking through South Australian, national and international exhibitions, publications, debate and associated activities."
The CACSA was established in 1942 as the Contemporary Art Society as a breakway from the Royal Society of Arts. Today, the CACSA is one of the 12 members of the national Contemporary Art Organisations of Australia (CAOS). The CACSA also publishes the quarterly art journal Contemporary Visual Arts and Culture Broadsheet, and the journal is currently in its 44th year of publication. CACSA has also undertaken regular large scale survey and multi-sited survey's of contemporary South Australian art as part of the CACSA Contemporary series including CACSA Contemporary 2010: THE NEW NEW, CACSA CONTEMPORARY 2012: NEW SA ART + IBIDEM: PUBLIC ART PROJECT and CACSA Contemporary 2015. CASCA also provides a space to predominantly emerging and experimental arts practice as part of the Project Space exhibition program.