Frida & Diego

The tour starts at 4.00pm on Wednesday 28 June, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Adelaide.

The tour ends at c.12.15pm on Saturday 1 July, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Adelaide.

The tour begins in our Adelaide hotel at 4.00pm, where we meet our tour leader for a relaxing welcome drink. This is followed by a lecture on the Golden Age of Mexican painting with Latin American art and cultural specialist Chloë Sayer, live from London via Zoom. Chloë’s long-standing commitment to the promotion of Mexican culture has been recognised with the Ohtli Award, conferred by the Mexican Government in 2016. Following the lecture, we enjoy a welcome dinner in the hotel’s 10th floor Koomo restaurant, offering a delicious Asian Fusion menu and fine views across the city and to the hills. Overnight Adelaide (D)

Frida & Diego: Love & Revolution, positions Kahlo and Rivera within the broader context of Mexican Modernism, exhibiting some of their iconic works alongside those by key Mexican contemporaries. This morning our private before-hours curator led tour takes us through the over 150 works on display, spanning everything from paintings, including Kahlo’s iconic Self-Portrait with Monkeys, to photographs, works on paper and period clothing. This is followed by a behind-the-scenes tour of the gallery, and free time to explore AGSA’s comprehensive collection of Australian and Aboriginal works. We then join our coach and travel to Carrick Hill, a superb historic home nestled at the foot of the Adelaide Hills. The house, once home to art patrons Sir Edward and Lady Ursula Hayward, features a fine collection of mainly early 20th-century British, Australian, and European fine and decorative art. We’ll enjoy lunch at the café on site before touring the house and its magnificent heritage gardens. Returning to the hotel in the late afternoon we have time to freshen up before we meet again for an evening performance at Her Majesty’s Theatre in the heart of the city (schedule permitting). Overnight Adelaide (B, L)

Performance details
Performance: To be confirmed
Venue: Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide
Company: To be confirmed

Joining our coach after breakfast, we head up into the Adelaide Hills, stopping first on the summit of Mount Lofty to enjoy panoramic views back across the city and on to the coast. Continuing to the small town of Hahndorf, Australia’s oldest German settlement dating back to 1838, we take a guided tour of ‘The Cedars’ – the home, garden and studio of renowned father and daughter artists Hans and Nora Heysen, with over 200 original works on display. We then proceed to Seppeltsfield wine estate in the Barossa Valley, where we enjoy a leisurely lunch at FINO on the estate, one of South Australia’s most successful regional restaurants showcasing the best of Barossa produce. On our return to Adelaide, the evening is at leisure. Overnight Adelaide (B, L)

After checking out of our hotel this morning, we walk the short distance to the South Australian Museum for a tour of the Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery, led by an indigenous guide. The museum’s collection of over 3000 artefacts from Central Australia and the Top End is considered among the best in the world. Our visit to the gallery concludes at midday and we’ll make our way back to the hotel where the tour ends. (B)