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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, having performed for Project 29: Tino Sehgal in 2014, and collaborated as part of Project 31: Xavier Le Roy in 2015. We spoke with…

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 that move between disciplines and draw upon collaborations with artist-friends and family members. We sat down with Raza to find out more about…

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 NSW government sector, schools, nation-wide universities and major regional and metropolitan institutions in NSW, ACT and VIC attended the event. Speakers and attendees…

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 of New South Wales. My family is Kamilaroi, from north-west NSW.   How can museum and gallery collections be shared with Indigenous communities,…

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 of Library services for Indigenous peoples and communities in NSW. One of our main aims is to connect with Aboriginal and Torres Strait…

  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 dyara (skin and bones), up to 15,000 broad shields are being created as a memorial to the significant Aboriginal cultural objects that were…

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 Garden and the 1879 Sydney International Exhibition.   What are the roles of Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden Library and Herbarium? We exist mainly to…

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 our most ambitious projects to date, and will soon be open to the public as a vast installation and program of events transforming…