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Find humanity in a surreal high-tech city with Cao Fei

At the exhibition Cao Fei: My City is Yours, people can imagine their virtual identities, or contemplate the loss that accompanies relentless urbanisation.

AAP · Nov 29, 2024

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

The Guardian - AU · Jun 7, 2024

Sydney’s $344m gallery has been open for eight months – so why doesn’t it have a name?

Political intervention and conflicting advice over Indigenous language use are at the heart of the impasse over the addition to the Art Gallery of NSW

The Guardian - AU · Aug 12, 2023

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

'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.

The Conversation · Nov 30, 2022

Move over Sydney Opera House – there’s a new superstar in town

It has been called the most significant cultural addition to the Australian city for 50 years. So how does the airy cascade of new galleries measure up? We take a tour of the A$344m (£191m) project

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2022

The Chinese Guardian statue taken during the Boxer Rebellion

This Boxer Rebellion relic, an ancient Chinese guardian statue, represents stories of massacres, humiliation and colonial trauma. So how did it get to Sydney?

ABC News · Nov 21, 2022