Public art in our city isn’t just grand monuments – it comes in different guises and sizes. Discover 6 artworks you might miss if you’re not watching closely. 1. The distance …
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British artist Tracey Emin is best known for bold works of monumental self-confession, but her new artwork for Sydney is a world away from this approach. Her public artwork The …
New public artwork brings bottle trees into our newest suburb.
The Opera House’s glimmering sails and familiar curves of the Sydney Harbour Bridge will soon be joined by a new landmark in our city centre. Conceived by Japanese artist and …
Bangarra Dance Theatre’s upcoming production Bennelong (Sydney Opera House 29 June – 29 July) highlights a significant figure from our city’s history. It tells the story of Woollarawarre Bennelong, a …
Tony Albert’s major Hyde Park artwork casts light on Australia’s dark history – the treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service people when they returned home from combat.
It’s now easier for street artists to exhibit their work. Artists no longer need to get council approval to paint a wall, provided they’re not using a heritage building, are …
As the weather gets wetter, there’s no better time to explore contemporary art around the city (especially, as you are aided by Art Month throughout March). But did you know that the …
To get you a little more acquainted with our public art collection, City Art, we’re running a series of short interviews with Sydney’s cultural thought leaders. We want to know …
Taking inspiration from the moveable lettering often used by churches and art deco cinemas, artist Astra Howard has created a public artwork that reflects changing community ideas in Surry Hills. The words …
We’re looking for artists to create unlikely pauses in the underused spaces of the inner city. As part of our City Centre Public Art Plan, which will enhance the changing …
To get you acquainted with our public art collection, City Art, we’re running a series of short interviews with Sydney’s cultural thought leaders. We want to know about their favourite …
About a year and a half ago, we began talking about bringing public art to the new Green Square town centre. The 278-hectare Green Square development will include a new …
The evolution of great cities around the world has been reflected in a rich fabric of fountains, monuments, sculptures and other works of art in squares and public spaces. It’s …
A new artwork that celebrates Juanita Nielsen, the Darlinghurst resident and outspoken publisher of Kings Cross newspaper Now, will grace a curtain at the Juanita Nielsen community centre in Woolloomooloo. …
To get you a little more acquainted with our public art collection, City Art, we’re running a series of short interviews with Sydney’s cultural thought leaders and taste makers. We …
Newell Harry’s Circle/s in the Round for (Miles and Miles +1) is an elegant neon wall sculpture in Temperance Lane. Running beneath the coloured concentric circles is text reading, and …
Which public artwork makes you stop and look up? Some like Jason Wing’s piercing blue cherubs of In Between Two Worlds, which light up an unassuming Chinatown alleyway (shown above). …
Today Sydney Park is a popular spot for dog lovers and kite flyers, but its rambunctious history as an industrial site in the 1880s and later a waste dump, is …
YININMADYEMI Thou didst let fall by Aboriginal artist Tony Albert is a significant new artwork launched last month in Hyde Park. You can listen to the incredible personal story behind …
Artist Tracey Emin’s first acquaintance with Sydney, almost two decades ago, was emotional. Having begun her visit with a relationship break-up, she recalls her walks around Woolloomooloo were filled with …
As part of the City Art Program, artists are working collaboratively to shape our city, including transforming Green Square’s public spaces. Maria Fernanda Cardoso will work closely with expert stonemasons, …
Veteran street artist Numskull has just painted his biggest wall to date. His mural Here, Now created as part of Art & About Sydney, reminds the hurried crowds of Pitt …
At last month’s City Conversation, Graham Jahn AM, Director of City Planning, Development and Transport delivered an astute and rousing vision for Sydney. In case you missed it, you can …
A new public artwork honouring the services and bravery of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander servicemen and women has began in Hyde Park. This work is part of the City’s …
From colonial edifices, grand fountains and murals by Indigenous artists, to kinetic sculptures and neon buildings, the preservation work of our public art collection has our City Art team up …
East Sydney Community and Arts Centre is perched on the corner of Burton and Palmer Streets and beside Albert Sloss Reserve, a small playground in Darlinghurst. Built in the 60s, …
Here at the City, we have a strong view that art should be an intrinsic part of Sydney and contribute to our everyday lives. The much-loved annual Art & About initiative …
At dusk, stroll down Glebe Point Road. You’ll hit Bicentennial Park, which has a great view of the Anzac Bridge. As you walk along the water’s edge, you will spot …
In case you missed the news, Green Square’s industrial landscape is undergoing a major makeover. We’re working on a $440 million project to redevelop the area over the next 10 …
Care to walk our city’s hidden spaces in search for birdcalls, whimsical shapes and homages to jazz musicians, or ruminate about early colonial monuments which once caused opposition? Or, perhaps …
Starting this year and for each of the upcoming three Biennales, the City of Sydney will commission a permanent work for our public art collection, City Art. If you’re thinking …
This year commemorates 100 years since the start of the First World War. It is thought that around 1,000 of the 450,000 Australians who fought in WWI alone were Aboriginal …
We spend a lot of time talking about festivals and new arts and cultural projects, but the memorable and enduring urban design and architecture that makes up much of the …
Arresting slow-moving images of an Aboriginal woman draped in cloth are currently being projected onto the grand, 20-metre sandstone façade of the Australian Museum until early 2014. The muted, sepia-toned …
Over the next ten years, our City Centre and George Street in particular, will be transformed through one of the most significant public works projects to occur in Australia in generations. In …