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Catherine Speck, Emerita Professor, Art History and Curatorship, Adelaide University

The 2026 Adelaide Biennial, titled Yield Strength, requires slow looking and quiet consideration

Installation view: 2026 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Yield Strength, featuring Necrorealist Sunscreen by Erika Scott and Pocket Money by Emmaline Zanelli, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. Photo: Saul Steed

These are troubled and changing times – a view of the zeitgeist that permeates Yield Strength, the 2026 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art.

The stresses and anxieties navigated on a daily basis include political extremism, challenges to social cohesion, ecological collapse, the enduring effects of colonialism, and social and economic inequality.

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