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Art Gallery of New South Wales

Gallery in Sydney Art Precinct New South Wales Australia

http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au

The Art Gallery of New South Wales is the leading museum of art in New South Wales and Sydney, and one of Australia’s foremost cultural institutions. It holds significant collections of Australian, European and Asian art, and presents nearly forty exhibitions annually.

Address
Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
Sydney Precinct
New South Wales
Australia
Postal Address
Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
Australia

Opening Hours
Open every day*: 10am - 5pm Late closing every Wednesday: 9pm (Art After Hours) (* except Good Friday and Christmas Day)
Price
ADMISSION FREE Charges apply to some exhibitions.
Wheelchair Access

Yes

artmail@ag.nsw.gov.au

Phone
(02) 9225 1700 or from outside Australia +61 2 9225 1700

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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Judy Cassab

Landscapes from the collection

Dark blue circle in light square behind white vertical lines

Emigrating to Sydney from Europe in 1951, Judy Cassab quickly established a reputation as a portrait painter, however it was her experience of Central Australia in the late 1950s that made her first feel fully at home in this country.

Closes Sunday 31 August 2008

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

16th Biennale of Sydney

Revolutions - Forms That Turn

Intense close of up man's face with reflective eye iris'.

The 2008 Biennale of Sydney, under the artistic direction of internationally renowned curator, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, will bring together significant historical works with the art of today and investigate revolving, rotating, mirroring, repeating, reversing, turning upside down or inside out…

Closes Sunday 07 September 2008

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Australian Bookbinders Exhibition

Research Library and Archive

In the world of digital publishing, the artisan bookbinder could well be an endangered species. Annual exhibitions of the bookbinders’ art have been held since 1997, providing a focus for practitioners’ skill and creativity.

Closes Friday 03 October 2008

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Francis J Mortimer

Dramatic black and white photo of sea waves hitting rocks

In the first decades of the 20th century, English artist FJ Mortimer was an acclaimed pictorialist photographer. A pioneer of the bromoil process, famed for his dramatic seascapes, he strove as both an artist and editor for photography’s recognition as an art form. This exhibition displays for th…

Closes Sunday 26 October 2008

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Kate Beynon

Auspicious Charms for Transcultural Living

strongly coloured painting of tattooed lady with dragons

Melbourne-based artist Kate Beynon presents a new series of paintings in which she explores ideas of transcultural identity and the ‘global citizen’. Beynon’s works are informed by a diverse range of art forms including calligraphy, comic book graphics, animation and textiles, and are embellished…

Closes Sunday 26 October 2008

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

War: The Prints of Otto Dix

Expressive drawing of solider screaming in pain

This exhibition showcases Otto Dix’s war portfolio Der krieg 1924, a collection of 51 etchings with aquatint which is regarded as one of the great masterpieces of 20th-century printmaking. Consciously modelled on Goya’s equally famous and equally devastating Los desastres de la guerra (The disast…

Closes Sunday 26 October 2008

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

A Focus on Contemporary

Selected from the collection, this display focuses on art that explores history, memory and the associations that art objects can accumulate though time.

Closes Thursday 01 January 2009

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