Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW)

A: Art Gallery Rd, Sydney NSWAustralia

P: +61 2 9225 1700

E: artmail@ag.nsw.gov.au

W: artgallery.nsw.gov.au

The Art Gallery of New South Wales is one of Australia’s flagship art museums and the state’s leading visual arts institution.

As the state art museum, it seeks to champion artists and to serve the widest possible audience as a centre of excellence for the collection, preservation, documentation, interpretation and display of Australian and international art, and a forum for scholarship, art education and the exchange of ideas.

The gallery’s vision is to be a beacon for art in Australia, reflecting and exploring perspectives from its place in the world. Its purpose is to enrich lives through meaningful encounters with art.

In 2021 the gallery celebrated their 150th anniversary, and on 3 December 2022 it completed a significant expansion through the Sydney Modern Project. This transformation of the Art Gallery creates a new art museum campus across two buildings connected by a public art garden in one of the world’s most beautiful cultural precincts.

FACILITIES

  • Cafe + restaurant
  • Gallery shop
  • Public art garden
  • Free guided tours
  • Historic building
  • Wheelchair access
  • Workshops & classes
  • Research library

FEATURED STORIES AND EXHIBITIONS

AGNSW buildings bestowed with Aboriginal language names

The Art Gallery of New South Wales has christened their two buildings.

2024 La Prairie Art Award goes to Marikit Santiago

The Art Gallery of New South Wales’ award for exceptional Australian women artists has been bestowed on the Sydney-based artist.

Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship conferred on 6 up-and-coming artists

The Scholarship’s 25th year will send Mark Maurangi Carrol to Paris.

Louise Bourgeois: Has the Day Invaded the Night or Has the Night Invaded the Day?

The Art Gallery of New South Wales presents work by Louise Bourgeois.

Hoda Afshar: A Curve is a Broken Line

The Art Gallery of New South Wales presents work by Hoda Afshar.

Winner of La Prairie Art Award announced

Thea Anamara Perkins to be the recipient of the 2023 edition of award supporting women artists.

Sydney Modern Project: Opening Celebrations

The Art Gallery of New South Wales presents the opening of the Sydney Modern Project.

Artists announced for The National 4: Australian Art Now

53 artists and collectives to show ambitious new works.

The 2022 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship Award Winners Announced

Six young artists have been awarded the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship.

Group Exhibition: Elemental and From Here, South is North

Take a journey through the arts and cultures of Asia, looking at time, place and the natural elements

Sol LeWitt, Emily Kame Kngwarreye and Gloria Tamerre Petyarre feature in major Sydney exhibition

Sol LeWitt, Emily Kame Kngwarreye and Gloria Tamerre Petyarre feature in major Sydney exhibition

Nine new commissions announced for Sydney Modern Project

The expansion of the Art Gallery of New South Wales is due for completion late 2022.

The National 2021 program announced

The third iteration of the Sydney program announces its continuation.

And the 2020 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship winners are…

Five artists have been awarded the prestigious art scholarship.

Vincent Namatjira wins Archibald Prize

First First Nations winner in prize’s 99 year history

Mysterious Processes

AGNSW director Michael Brand examines the gallery's half-century collecting contemporary art.

Biennale of Sydney 2020: NIRIN Program Highlights

NIRIN celebrates a diverse range of creative voices with a line-up of more than 100 artists.

Nusra Latif Qureshi wins 2019 Bulgari Art Award

Melbourne-based artist takes out the $80,000 art prize.

Making Art Public

A major show at AGNSW celebrates the 50-year anniversary of Kaldor Public Art Projects.

Kate Scardifield picks up Paris scholarship

The Art Gallery of New South Wales awards Kate Scardifield the 2019 Eva Breuer Travelling Art Scholarship.

The National 2019: A curator’s perspective

When ‘The National’ presented its first edition back in 2017, audiences were enchanted by the ambitious art, ideas and forms it presented across its three Sydney precincts.

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