A third iteration of plans have been revealed for a new cultural precinct in Adelaide Hills, now awaiting approval from Planning SA.
The operators of Hans Heysen’s Cedars property at Hahndorf have submitted an application to open an art gallery following two previous versions of the project in 2018 and 2021. Designs for the two-storey gallery have been prepared by Snøhetta, after the firm was selected following a state-wide tender process held in 2019.
The $9 million art gallery would be purpose-built to showcase the private collection of the Heysen family, the custodians of the artworks of German-born Australian landscape artist Hans Heysen and his daughter Nora Heysen.
Heysen migrated to Adelaide in 1884 and was most renowned for his watercolours depicting native gum trees in the Flinders Ranges. Today, he is one of Australia’s most well-known landscape painters, while his daughter, Nora, was a portrait artist who became the first women to win the Archibald prize in 1938.
Proposed $9-million art gallery in Hahndorf for Cedars Hans Heysen Foundation.
Image: Snøhetta
The gallery would exhibit the works of the two Heysens, along with their collection of art and cultural artefacts.
Chief executive of the Cedars Hans Heysen Foundation Tori Dixon-Whittle hopes the two-storey gallery will be open to the public within 18 months.
“It will be a remarkable cultural precinct that will draw like-minded people together but also educate the broader public about the value of arts and culture,” she said.
The project is funded by the government’s $649 million Adelaide City Deal, designed to drive Adelaide’s strategy for economic and population growth.
Source: Architecture - architectureau
