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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

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.

AAP · Nov 28, 2022

'I can't think of a more timely painting': Blak Douglas’s Moby Dickens is a deserving winner of the 2022 Archibald Prize

In 2020, the year Vincent Namatjira was awarded the Archibald for his double portrait with Adam Goodes, I was also impressed by the painting hanging next to it, Blak Douglas’ (aka Adam Hill) Writing in the Sand. It was both passionately political and visually very clever, incorporating the speech that…

The Conversation · May 13, 2022

Archibald prize 2022: Blak Douglas wins $100,000 for portrait of Lismore artist Karla Dickens

The unanimous decision was announced on Friday at the Art Gallery of NSW, where all finalists will be exhibited from 14 May

The Guardian - AU · May 13, 2022

The Archibald 2022 finalists: sitters speaking up to power; artists speaking back to the canon

For those seeking refuge from the election, the 101st Archibald Prize is almost a politician-free zone. Unless you count Joanna Braithwaite’s amusingly titled McManusstan, a portrait of bird lover Sally McManus. Former Labor minister Peter Garrett painted by Anh Do is in the line up – but more accurately described…

The Conversation · May 6, 2022

Archibald Packing Room Prize goes to portrait of Taika Waititi by emerging artist Claus Stangl

Claus Stangl's portrait is one of 52 finalists in one of Australia's longest-running and richest awards, with a prize pool of $100,000, unveiled Thursday morning.

ABC News · May 5, 2022

Biennale of Sydney artists navigate troubled waters to produce works of beauty and environmental activism

With an "animal orchestra", talking rivers and living artworks, the Biennale puts the voice of nature centrestage.

ABC News · Mar 13, 2022