Spanning four decades of practice, The Long View brings together Daryl Austin's quietly observant paintings of the city, its people, and its edges, alongside new works that draw on the visual language of Adelaide's past. Through portraiture and urban landscape, his work traces how a place is shaped over time, and how perception shifts the longer we look.
Daryl Austin is an inner-city Adelaide artist and long-time Adelaide Central School of Art lecturer. Austin works between realism and abstraction, exploring shifting states of visual perception. He has exhibited widely with works held in major Australian collections including the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Free Exhibition Entry Adelaide Town Hall is a dynamic civic and cultural centre open to the public between 9am - 5.30pm weekdays. At times, the exhibition may be inaccessible due to events. Contact Adelaide Town Hall before visiting to avoid disappointment.
They also encourage you to see 'The Long View: Fictive Portraits', a satellite exhibition at the City of Adelaide Library, North Terrace, featuring imagined portraits inspired by anonymous historical photographs and extends 'The Long View', Daryl Austin's major exhibition at Adelaide Town Hall. 'The Long View: Fictive Portraits' will be on display at the North Terrace Library from 28 July – 27 September 2026.
