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John remembers Christo and Jeanne-Claude

John remembers Christo and Jeanne-Claude

14 September 2021

As we celebrate L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped This week will be an amazing turn of history as the sketches and dreams of a poor Bulgarian émigré, who arrived in Paris just over…

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Download the do it (homework) e-book

Download the do it (homework) e-book

1 December 2020

Our do it (homework) e-book is here! A handy PDF that’s both a case study of our first digital learning program and a resource for your …

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Introducing the do it (australia) catalogue

Introducing the do it (australia) catalogue

18 November 2020

Introducing the do it (australia) catalogue! Presented as the final instalment of Project 36, the digital catalogue documents the hundreds of extraordinary submitted by audiences in response to do it (australia). Featuring…

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Introducing Miralda’s Five Feastables

1 October 2020

It’s been a year since we opened Making Art Public: 50 Years of Kaldor Public Art Projects at the Art Gallery of NSW, and to celebrate, we’re excited to share documentation of…

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do it (homework): A Platform for Young People to Connect

do it (homework): A Platform for Young People to Connect

25 August 2020

do it (homework) was an 8-week creative learning program developed in direct response to Project 36: do it (australia), the organisation’s first public art project to be presented digitally. The program was…

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Lion’s Honey: A Reader

Lion’s Honey: A Reader

30 June 2020

We’re delighted to release the online publication Lion’s Honey: A Reader. Agatha Gothe-Snape’s Lion’s Honey was a durational performance commissioned for the exhibition Making Art Public: 50 Years of Kaldor Public Art…

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Making the Temporary Permanent: Digitising 50 years of Public Art Archives

Making the Temporary Permanent: Digitising 50 years of Public Art Archives

30 October 2019

Behind the scenes at Kaldor Public Art Projects, in a small room at the back of our office, is an abundance of folders and boxes reaching from the floor to the ceiling.…

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Your Public Art Project

Your Public Art Project

21 August 2019

Your Public Art Project offers a unique opportunity for Kaldor Public Art Projects to connect with primary and secondary schools across NSW during our 50th anniversary year. Our extended reach has led…

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Making Art Public with Michael Landy

Making Art Public with Michael Landy

8 July 2019

Over the past year acclaimed British artist Michael Landy has been visiting the Kaldor Public Art Projects archive to delve deep into our 50-year history. Landy has drawn upon our rich collection…

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5 Questions with Plant Scientist Michelle Demers

5 Questions with Plant Scientist Michelle Demers

16 May 2019

Michelle Demers is a scientific advisor and cultivator on Asad Raza’s Absorption. We spoke to Michelle about the plant science behind Absorption, and the potential for sharing scientific concepts through art.   Where…

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5 Questions with Ivey Wawn

5 Questions with Ivey Wawn

25 April 2019

Ivey Wawn is one of nine artistic collaborators who Asad Raza has invited to contribute to his work Absorption at the Clothing Store. Ivey has been a long-term Kaldor Public Art Projects contributor,…

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5 Questions with Asad Raza

5 Questions with Asad Raza

26 March 2019

Last month we announced our next major project would be created by artist Asad Raza. Hailing from Buffalo, New York, Raza divides his time between New York City and Germany, creating artworks…

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All Schools Should be Art Schools: Reflections from our Symposium

All Schools Should be Art Schools: Reflections from our Symposium

23 November 2018

On 24 October 2018, Kaldor Public Art Projects presented All Schools Should be Art Schools, a one-day symposium for art education professionals in partnership with UNSW Art & Design. Representatives from the…

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5 QUESTIONS with Cara Pinchbeck

5 QUESTIONS with Cara Pinchbeck

30 August 2016

What is your role at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and what is your background?  I am the curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the Art Gallery…

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5 QUESTIONS with Kirsten Thorpe

5 QUESTIONS with Kirsten Thorpe

25 August 2016

What is your role at the State Library of New South Wales, and what is your background? I am Manager, Indigenous Services, at the Library. Our team are responsible for the development…

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15,000 Shields

15,000 Shields

4 August 2016

  How many shields does it take to outline the original footprint of Sydney’s Garden Palace? If you’re artist Jonathan Jones (Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi), the answer is 15,000. In preparation for Jones’ project barrangal…

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5 QUESTIONS with Miguel Garcia

5 QUESTIONS with Miguel Garcia

11 May 2016

In the lead-up to Jonathan Jones’ installation barrangal dyara (skin and bones), we spoke with Miguel Garcia, Librarian at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, to uncover more about the history of the…

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10 QUESTIONS with Jonathan Jones

10 QUESTIONS with Jonathan Jones

17 April 2016

In 2014, Jonathan Jones was chosen as the winner of Kaldor Public Art Projects’ competition Your Very Good Idea. Nearly two years on, Jonathan’s project is nearing its realisation as one of…

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