Related events
Screening: Bill Viola
Special screenings of Fire Woman and Tristan's Ascension
Kaldor Public Art Projects 17: Bill Viola
Detail of Fire Woman, 2005, screened with Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall), 2005, St Saviour’s Church, Redfern, Sydney 9 April – 30 May 2008
© Bill Viola
Photo: Kira Perov
Saturday 7 September 2019, 11am
Duration 4 hours
Location: Domain Theatre
Free
Teacher salon: Making art public: 50 years of Kaldor Public Art Projects
Professional learning for primary and secondary teachers
Image: Kaldor Public Art Project 1: Christo and Jeanne-Claude Wrapped coast – one million square feet, Little Bay, Sydney, 28 October – 14 December 1969 (detail) © Christo. Photo: Shunk-Kender © J Paul Getty Trust. All Rights Reserved
Wednesday 11 September 2019, 5pm
Duration 2 hours
Charges apply
Exhibition talk: Making art public
A tour looking at dogs in art
Image: Jeff Koons White terrier 1991 Art Gallery of New South Wales Gift of the John Kaldor Family Collection 2011. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.
© Jeff Koons
Wednesday 11 September 2019, 5.30pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Wednesday 11 September 2019, 7.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Wednesday 18 September 2019, 7.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Unwrapping 50 years of Kaldor Public Art Projects
Making art public
Wednesdays 11, 18 & 25 September 2019, 6.30-7pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Wednesday 25 September 2019, 7.30pm
Duration 40 minutes
Free
Tours for Tots: Unboxing and unwrapping
Fun artmaking tours for children aged 3-5
Tuesday 24, Thursday 26 September 2019
Register by 10.15am for 10.30am start
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Commission: The work
Performance work by Alicia Frankovich
Image: Alicia Frankovich Atlas of the Living World 2017, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Photo: Ernst van Deursen
Saturday 14 & 28 September 2019, 1pm
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
FOMArt: September 2019
Presented by the Youth Collective
Image: The Sydney Improvised Music Associations Young Women’s Jazz
Saturday 28 September 2019, 12 - 4pm
Free
Auslan tour: Making art public
For visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing
Image: Kaldor Public Art Project 1: Christo and Jeanne-Claude Wrapped coast – one million square feet, Little Bay, Sydney, 28 October – 14 December 1969 (detail) © Christo. Photo: Shunk-Kender © J Paul Getty Trust. All Rights Reserved
Sunday 29 September 2019, 1.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required
Film series: Spotlight on Kaldor artists
In association with Making art public: 50 years of Kaldor Public Art Projects
Image: Christo: Wrapped coast (1969)
Directed by Michael and Christian Blackwood
Produced by Michael Blackwood Productions
Wednesdays 2pm & 7.15pm, Sundays 2pm
4 - 29 September 2019
Location: Domain Theatre
Free, bookings recommended
Tuesdays 1 and 8 October 2019, 2pm
Duration 2 hours
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
Children's access workshop: Pet project
Fo Fum Fiesta free artmaking activity for children with specific needs and their families and carers
Thursdays 3 and 10 October 2019, 11am
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required
Puppy picnic
Free doggy banquet for your furry friends
Friday 11 October 2019, 11am
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Free
Art and dementia: Making art public
Discussion and artmaking for people living with dementia and their care partners
Thursday 17 October 2019, 11am
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required
Little Orange artists present love and happiness
Find out what inspires love and happiness for the artists from Little Orange Studio through this slide show presentation
Image: Little Orange Studio artists with Kaldor Public Art projects Antonia Fredman and Lleah Smith 2019
Wednesday 23 October 5.30pm
Saturday 26 October 1.30pm
Duration 45 minutes
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
Reprisal: Allora & Calzadilla
Stop, repair, prepare: variations on 'Ode to joy' for a prepared piano
Image: Kaldor Public Art Project 26: Allora and Calzadilla
Stop, Repair, Prepare: Variations on 'Ode to Joy’ for a Prepared Piano Cowen Gallery, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne 16 November – 6 December 2012 © Allora and Calzadilla
Photo: Andrew Curtis
17-30 October 2019, 11am-4pm,
every hour on the hour
Wednesday 23 & 30 October 2019, 11am-7pm,
every hour on the hour
approx. 22mins in duration
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Reprisal: Allora & Calzadilla at Art after Hours
Stop, repair, prepare: variations on 'Ode to joy' for a prepared piano
Image: Kaldor Public Art Project 26: Allora and Calzadilla
Stop, Repair, Prepare: Variations on 'Ode to Joy’ for a Prepared Piano Cowen Gallery, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne 16 November – 6 December 2012 © Allora and Calzadilla
Photo: Andrew Curtis
Wednesday 23 & 30 October 2019, 5-7pm,
every hour on the hour
approx. 22mins in duration
Duration 2 hours, 30 minutes
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Talk: Stop, repair, prepare...
Making art public
Image: Tamara-Anna Cislowska. Photo by Steven Goodbee
Wednesdays 23 & 30 October 2019, 6.30-7pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Daily during Gallery opening hours
2 September - 3 November 2019
Duration 7 hours
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
Drop in and make: Pet project
Free artmaking activity for families
Sunday 29 September - Friday 11 October
Sundays 20 October and 3 November 2019
11am - 3.30pm
Duration 4 hours, 30 minutes
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
ReCollection: Nam June Paik and Christo
Special double talk
Image: Nam June Paik TV cello 1976, Art Gallery of New South Wales © Nam June Paik Estate
Thursday November 7 2019, 12pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Archives in the digital age symposium BOOKED OUT
Celebrating the Kaldor Public Art Projects Digital Archive
Image: ARC Linkage Project Digitising the Kaldor Public Art Projects Archive, 2019. Photo Mark Gowing
Wednesday 20 November 2019, 1-4.30pm
Duration 3 hours, 30 minutes
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Extra-ordinary: The everyday archives
Workshop with the Rizzeria Collective
Wednesday 27 November 2019, 5.30pm
Duration 3 hours
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
Access workshop: 50 years of Kaldor Public Art Projects
Free artist-led experience for adults with specific needs
Monday 23 September 2019, 11am
Wednesday 16 October 2019, 11am
Thursday 28 November 2019, 11am
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free, bookings required
Reprisal: Tino Seghal
This is so contemporary
Friday 15 November - Sunday 1 December
Daily 10am-5pm & Wednesdays 10am-10pm
Location: Naala Nura, lower level 2
International Curators’ Panel: Making art public BOOKED OUT
Three visionary curators explore the impact of public art in a changing global context
Image: Jessica Morgan
Wednesday 4 December 2019, 5.30pm
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Domain Theatre
Free, bookings required
EXTRA! EXTRA!: Hold the press
Kaldor Studio: with Lucas Ihlein and the Rizzeria Collective
Tuesdays 11am-3pm
12 November - 10 December 2019
Duration 4 hours
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
Kaldor Studio: Remix the archives
Free artmaking activity
5-8pm
Wednesdays 13, 20, 27 November and 4, 11 December 2019
Duration 3 hours
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
EXTRA! EXTRA!: Meet the press
Kaldor Studio: with Lucas Ihlein and Ian Milliss
Fridays 11am-3pm
15 November - 13 December 2019
Duration 4 hours
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
Kaldor Studio: Riso 101
Free artmaking activity
Sunday 1 December 2019, 1pm, 2.30pm
Sunday 8 December 2019 1pm, 2.30pm
Saturday 14 December 2019, 1pm, 2.30pm
Duration 45 minutes
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free, bookings required
EXTRA! EXTRA!
Kaldor Studio: with Lucas Ihlein and the Rizzeria Collective
Daily during Gallery opening hours
9 November - 15 December 2019
Duration 7 hours
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
Kaldor Studio: Remix the archives
Free artmaking activity
Every day 11am-3pm, except Fridays
9 November - 15 December 2019
Duration 4 hours
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
Lion's honey reading circles
Conversations with the readers from Lion's honey
Saturday 18 - Friday 24 January 2020, 1pm
Duration 45 minutes
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
Drop in and draw: February 2020
Free artmaking activity for all ages
Saturday 1 February 2020, 11am
Duration 2 hours
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
In conversation: A talk about artists CANCELLED
Hans Ulrich Obrist and John Kaldor AO in conversation with Asad Raza
Image: Hans Ulrich Obrist by Tyler Mitchell
Tuesday 4 February 2020, 6pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Domain Theatre
Free, bookings required
Movie marathons: Kaldor public art projects
In association with Making art public
2nd Sunday of the month
11am, 2pm
8 September 2019 - 9 February 2020
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Free, bookings required
Contemporary art express tour: Making art public
A half-hour introduction to 50 years of Kaldor Public Art Projects
Image: Michael Landy Mate. What’s this sh**t? 2019. Drawing for Kaldor Project Art Project 35: Michael Landy, Making Art Public, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 7 September 2019 – 16 February 2020 © Michael Landy
Wednesdays 6pm
11 September 2019 - 12 February 2020
Excluding 18, 25 December 2019 and 1 January 2020
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Workshop: Books without words
Create your own colourful book in the Kaldor Studio
Photo: Felicity Jenkins, AGNSW
Wednesday 12 February 2020, 6-8pm
Duration 2 hours
Location: Naala Nura, lower level 2
Free
Artist talk: Lucas Ihlein and Nadia Odlum
Lessons from the Kaldor Studio
Image: Nadia Odlum, All possible combinations, 2019. Commissioned by Kaldor Public Art Projects for the Kaldor Studio in Making Art Public: 50 years of Kaldor Public Art Projects, 2019–20. Installation view, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Photo: Jessica Maurer.
Wednesday 12 February 2020, 6.30pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Live music: Lola Scott
'Synth-heavy indie pop floating in melancholic drama'
Image: Lola Scott by Mia Rankin
Wednesday 12 February 2020, 7.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Living archives study sessions
Join our monthly study groups for your chance to go behind the scenes of Kaldor Public Art Projects.
Image: Ellen Waugh with coloured slides from Kaldor Public Art Project 1: Christo & Jeanne Claude, Wrapped Coast – One Million Square Feet, Little Bay, Sydney, Australia, 1968–69.
Photo: Michael Waite.
Thursdays 10.30am
12 September, 10 October, 14 November, 12 December 2019
16 January, 13 February 2020
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Naala Nura, lower level 2, study room
Free, bookings required
ReCollection: Jeff Koons
Hear from John Kaldor
Image: Jeff Koons White terrier 1991 Art Gallery of New South Wales Gift of the John Kaldor Family Collection 2011. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.
© Jeff Koons
Thursday 13 February 2020, 12pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Daily during Gallery opening hours
21 December 2019 - 16 February 2020
Duration 7 hours
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
Commission: Lion's honey
Performance work by Agatha Gothe-Snape
Studio view: Agatha Gothe-Snape, Lion’s Honey, 2019, seven readers, one green vinyl chair, letter from the artist, the artist’s sheepskin rug, read books and seven store-bought wall-mounted shelves. Commissioned by Kaldor Public Art Projects on the occasion of their 50th anniversary exhibition, Making Art Public, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 7 September 2019 – 16 February 2020.
Photo: Document Photography
7 Sep 2019 - 20 Dec 2019, 11am-4pm
4 Jan 2020 - 16 Feb 2020, 11am-4pm
Duration 5 hours
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
Kaldor Studio: Books without words
Free artmaking activity
Photo by Andrew Vincent Photography, courtesy of Parramatta Artists’ Studio
Sunday 22 December 2019
Tuesdays and Thursdays
7-23 January 2020
Wednesday 15, 22 January 2020
Sundays 2, 9, 16 February 2020
11am-1pm
Duration 2 hours
Location: Contemporary galleries
Free
Contemporary art guided tour: Making art public
A one-hour introduction to 50 years of Kaldor Public Art Projects
Image: Michael Landy Mate. What’s this sh**t? 2019. Drawing for Kaldor Project Art Project 35: Michael Landy, Making Art Public, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 7 September 2019 – 16 February 2020 © Michael Landy
Daily 1pm
Last 2019 tour: 20 December. First 2020 tour: 3 February
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free
Final view
Take a last tour with John Kaldor
Sunday 16 February 2020, 11am and 3pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Naala Nura, lower level 2
Free