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Gallery defends staff cuts as 'funding cliff' looms

Officials from the Art Gallery of NSW have defended job cuts and say executives have not been shielded.

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Beneath the Art Gallery of NSW, artist Mike Hewson has created a summer wonderland – BYO sausages and swimmers

The Aotearoa New Zealand-born engineer-turned artist has created an art park of usable, social sculptures in the gallery’s underground Tank space, including a barbecue, playground and sauna

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'Me and my powerful butt': Benjamin Law on portraits and power

The writer has had his portrait in the Archibalds - twice.

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Archibald prize 2024: Laura Jones wins $100,000 for portrait of Tim Winton

Decision announced at the Art Gallery of NSW, where all finalists will be exhibited to the public from Saturday

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‘I’m going to defy expectations’: Western Sydney artist Marikit Santiago wins $80,000 La Prairie award

Lush portraits of Filipino-Australian family will join Art Gallery of NSW collection, as the artist travels to Europe to visit Renaissance paintings that inspired her

The Guardian - AU

Solange review – deliciously witchy performance art poses questions for new Volume festival

The Art Gallery of NSW’s festival merges performance art and music – a disjunction the audience may not always be prepped for

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100 years of the Archibald: much-loved prize to be celebrated in Canberra

The exhibition explores the rich history of the much-loved Archibald Prize, unearthing fascinating stories behind almost 100 carefully selected artworks.

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Art Gallery of NSW returns carved Nepalese goddess 20 years after discovering it was stolen

Art Gallery of New South Wales has returned an 800-year-old wooden carving to the Nepalese temple it was taken from, but after 20 years of work, and with so many more stolen pieces in their collection, experts say more needs to be done.

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As Julia Gutman’s maverick collage wins the Archibald prize, the award is truly in the hands of a new generation

Julia Gutman’s Archibald-winning portrait of the singer Montaigne and Zaachariaha Fielding’s winning entry, Inma, in the Wynne Prize have more in common than their youth – although it is worth noting they both represent a new generation of artists, a changing of the guard at the Art Gallery of NSW’s…

The Conversation

The artist who had the world at her fingertips

She was one of the world's most highly regarded sculptors so why isn't Dora Ohlfsen a household name?

The Canberra Times

From radical to reactionary: the achievements and legacy of the influential artist John Olsen

After media outlets breathlessly described the late John Olsen as a “genius”, I found myself humming The Chasers’ Eulogy Song.

The Conversation

Abstract pioneer leads Sydney's blockbuster art line up

Seminal works by three of the behemoths of the art world will go on display in Sydney as part of a program designed to attract thousands to the harbour city.

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Hunter students selected for ARTEXPRESS

"Art was one of my favourite subjects and that was definitely one of my goals."

Newcastle Herald

Your ultimate Sydney events guide: the best things to do this weekend, and what’s on through December

Summer in the City is Guardian Australia’s guide to the best arts, gigs and festivals around the country. Here are some highlights for Sydney in December

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Crowds to explore new AGNSW building

The new Art Gallery of NSW building, part of the Sydney Modern project, has officially open with thousands expected to visit.

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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.

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'A three-storey, luminous birdcage with suspended hanging gardens and an extensive crypt below': Sydney Modern is open at last

The Sydney Modern Project had the odds stacked against it since its inception in 2013. It has surely been the most controversial state gallery extension to be built in Australia.

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Sydney Modern a gallery of light on dark

The new Art Gallery of NSW building is complete, filled with artworks, and will open its doors within days.

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Summer must-sees in every capital city

Head-turning art, delicious food, colourful shows – there's something for everyone to enjoy at this special time of year.

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'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.

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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

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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.

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Archibald prize 2022: Jeremy Eden’s portrait of actor Samuel Johnson wins people’s choice award

The Secret Life of Us actor and winning artist bonded over their shared experiences losing loved ones to cancer

The Conversation

Ways of Seeing at 50: an icy blast of a book about male voyeurism, art, capitalism and so much more

I still remember the shock when I first saw John Berger’s television series, Ways of Seeing, in 1972. In the years before Australia had colour television BBC art programs were often screened at the Art Gallery of NSW. (Previously the same venue had shown Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation).

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First Nations Artist Blak Douglas Won The Archibald For Portrait Of Another First Nations Artist

His painting "Moby Dickens" focuses on the Lismore floods.

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