ALMOST HERE, ALMOST NOW

Various artists

21 June - 24 August 2025
Main Gallery, Margaret Scott Gallery, Cathleen Edkins Gallery

Drawing from the collections of The Riddoch Arts and Cultural Centre and the National Gallery of Australia, the Riddoch presents Almost Here, Almost Now: a far-reaching exhibition that pulls together works from public collections to hone in on existential questions of belonging and identity.

Exploring ancient, contemporary and imagined future relationships between land and sky, these works prompt comparisons between the deep time of space and deep time on Earth while situating the dirt beneath our feet as a subject for closer examination.

Spanning media and generations of Australian art, from Jeffrey Smart to Emily Kam Kngwarray to Fiona Hall to Shaun Gladwell, Almost Here, Almost Now invites you to stroll through the sombre and the sublime, to behold the celestial and terrestrial, and find our own spot in between.

 

Download the exhibition brochure (1.8mg pdf)

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OPENING NIGHT
6:00pm, Friday 20 June
Join us at the official exhibition opening, to be opened by National Gallery of Australia’s Regional Initiatives Manager, Isobel Taylor-Rodgers.
Free event. RSVP preferred.
Click here to RSVP or call The Riddoch 08 8721 2563

Q&A
11:00am, Saturday 21 June
Join us for a conversation between Riddoch Curator, Chris Clements, and the National Gallery’s Regional Initiatives Manager, Isobel Taylor-Rodgers, as they explore the ancient, contemporary and imagined future relationships between land and sky.
Free event. RSVP preferred.
Click here to RSVP or call The Riddoch 08 8721 2563

LUNCHTIME TOUR
1:00pm – 1:45pm, Friday 1 August
Join our Curator Chris Clements for a guided tour of Almost Here, Almost Now.
Free event. RSVP preferred.
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IN-CONVERSATION
with Margaret Worth
11:00am, Saturday 16 August
Join celebrated South Australian artist Margaret Worth and Riddoch Curator Chris Clements in conversation in the exhibition, Almost Here, Almost Now. In this discussion, Worth will focus on her painting So Many Raindrops (2007) and explore both the materiality and the ideas that underpin her interest in water in the Limestone Coast region.
Free event. Bookings not required.

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This exhibition is supported by MM Electrical Merchandising through the National Gallery of Australia’s Regional Initiatives Program.

Image: Margaret Worth, So Many Raindrops, 2007, synthetic polymer on marine grade plywood. Gift of the artist, 2023.
Collection of The Riddoch Arts & Cultural Centre.