Two prominent South Australian artists – the abstract painter Christian Lock and ceramicist Gerry Wedd – are currently exhibiting some seriously good art at The Little Machine. Over the past couple of years this small, almost incognito gallery in the Regent Arcade has built a following amongst contemporary artists and art lovers. The gallery was established in 2023 by partners Dr Michael Newell and Dr Eleen Deprez as an independent space for contemporary art. The couple, who met at the University of Kent in the UK while Newall was lecturing there in aesthetics and art history, and Deprez was completing her PhD, are extremely well-credentialled, with lengthy CVs in both academia and contemporary art practice.

In June this year they moved from their original, very small location – a former

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