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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 60 years ago, will be realised—with Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s final work, the monumental Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, opening to the public on 18…

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 …

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 new essays by Hans Ulrich Obrist, John Kaldor and Emily Sullivan, the experimental online publication presents all 18 artist instructions alongside the creative…

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 a commissioned live work by artist Miralda. Best known for his artworks combining food, colour and ritual, Catalan artist Miralda created a kaleidoscopic…

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 delivered in May–August 2020 and was specially tailored for Stage 5 (Year 9–10) learners. Young people from eight schools in diverse locations across…

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 Projects at the Art Gallery of NSW. From 7 September 2019 to 16 February 2020, a weekly roster of readers, selected by Gothe-Snape…

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. Inside the boxes are thousands of items that have been collected through our 50-year history of creating groundbreaking projects with Australian and international…

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 to rich engagements with students from Bourke, Dubbo, Parkes, Wilcannia, Western Sydney and Sydney’s Inner West. Kaldor Public Art Projects’ physical archive serves…

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 of letters, artist sketches, photography, personal notes, press clippings and mementos to create Making Art Public: 50 Years of Kaldor Public Art Projects,…

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 and what are you studying, and what is your area of research? I am currently working on my PhD. I’m at the University…