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Five Great Reads: notes from China’s protests, eviscerating Scott Morrison, and the ‘new Sydney Opera House’

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days

The Guardian - AU · Dec 2, 2022

The Sydney Modern project is finally open. Has the Art Gallery of NSW’s $344m expansion paid off?

Crowd-pleasing exhibitions and large-scale works abound at the city’s most significant arts venue since the Opera House. There’s just one problem: it doesn’t have a name

The Guardian - AU · Dec 2, 2022

Art Gallery of NSW Sydney Modern Project opens new gallery with underground Tank space and top-rating sustainable design

Ten years in the making, the four-floor gallery will open to the public this weekend, boasting a 6-star rating for sustainable design — and a massive underground tank space.

ABC News · Dec 1, 2022

'Like walking into a crystal': our first preview of the Art Gallery of NSW's new Sydney Modern

In 1972, when the Art Gallery of New South Wales opened its first modern building, it was rightly praised for its innovative design.

The Conversation · Sep 25, 2022

Art Gallery of NSW: Adrián Villar Rojas to take over WWII bunker as Sydney Modern unveiled

The acclaimed Argentinian sculptor’s immersive installation will headline the gallery’s $344m expansion, which opens in December

The Guardian - AU · Sep 21, 2022

Aboriginal art is making waves overseas – but some major myths need busting

To help you better appreciate the wide, wonderful world of Indigenous art, we’re busting some big myths and misconceptions.

ABC News · Aug 11, 2022

How South-East Asian art sold in Australia passed through the hands of a suspected smuggler

New evidence uncovered by the ABC has linked Thai and Cambodian art works sold in Australia back to looted historic sites and a shady Bangkok dealer.

ABC News · Jun 9, 2022

How the art of Daniel Boyd turns over the apple cart of accepted white Australian history

Daniel Boyd’s solo exhibition Treasure Island, now on at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, is a deeply political and personal interrogation of Australia’s colonial history.

The Conversation · Jun 6, 2022

From gum trees to cities to sweeping deserts: how 125 years of the Wynne Prize traces Australia's shifting relationship to our landscape

It is fair to say that Richard Wynne, who died in 1895, would not recognise many recent entries in the art prize that he endowed with £1,000 to reward a “landscape painting of Australian scenery”.

The Conversation · May 12, 2022

This Archibald Portrait Of Ultimate Daddy Taika Waititi Just Won A Prize & BRB Gonna Heist It

Ocean's Nine, let's go.

Pedestrian.tv · May 5, 2022