Asian gallery is devoted to the arts of Asia . In the past, it has housed the Kenneth and Yasuko
Myer Gallery of Japanese Art and the Edward and Goldie Sternberg Gallery of
Chinese Art.
The first works to enter the collection in
1879 were a large group of ceramics and bronzes – a gift from the Government of
Japan following the Sydney International Exhibition that year. The Asian
collections after grown from that beginning to be wide-ranging, embracing the
countries and cultures of South, Southeast and East Asia .
Japanese tea room is a fully operational
Japanese tea room, in which traditional tea ceremonies are performed as part of
educational programs and, from time to time, for the general public.
Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Gadigal people of the Eora nation are
the traditional custodians of the land on which the Art Gallery of NSW is
located.
Established in 1871, the Gallery is proud
to present fine international and Australian art in one of the most beautiful
art museums in the world. We aim to be a place of experience and inspiration,
through our collection, exhibitions, programs and research. Admission to the
Gallery is free, as are our permanent galleries and most exhibitions and
events.
Collection
Modern and contemporary works are displayed
in expansive, light-filled spaces, offering stunning views of Sydney Asia
and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art.
As a museum of art we must be a place of
experience and inspiration. It is an art museum that lives and breathes its
role; we want our visitors to enjoy their visit and at the heart of that lies
our enormously rich and varied collection.
The collections of an art museum such as
those of the Art Gallery of NSW are enormously rich and varied. They are a
fascinating barometer of the evolution of taste and style, and of changing
social, cultural and even political values. They are also a definitive marker
of the growth of an institution. In our roughly 130-year history, the Art
Gallery of NSW has become far more than just a destination for looking at
pictures. We have in that century or so evolved into a place of more extended
experience: a place to enjoy lectures, films, concerts and performances, a
place to meet friends or take part in education programs or special events. But
above all, as a museum of art we must be a place of experience and inspiration,
and at the heart of that lies our collection.
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander art.
The collection represents Indigenous
artists from communities across Australia
Asian art
The first works to enter the collection in
1879 were a large group of ceramics and bronzes – a gift from the Government of
Japan following the Sydney International Exhibition that year. The Asian
collections after grown from that beginning to be wide-ranging, embracing the
countries and cultures of South, Southeast and East Asia .
Australian art
The collection dates from the early 1800s,
and includes many iconic paintings and sculpture from the annals of Australian
art history. 19th-century Australian artists represented include: John Glover,
Arthur Streeton, Eugene von Guerard, John Russell, Tom Roberts, David Davies,
Charles Conder, William Piguenit, E. Phillips Fox (including Nasturtiums),
Frederick McCubbin, Sydney Long and George W. Lambert.
20th-century Australian artists represented
include: Arthur Boyd, Rupert Bunny, Grace Cossington Smith, H. H. Calvert,
William Dobell, Russell Drysdale, James Gleeson, Sidney Nolan, John Olsen,
Margaret Preston, Hugh Ramsay, Lloyd Rees, Imants Tillers, J. W. Tristram,
Roland Wakelin, Brett Whiteley, Fred Williams and Blamire Young.
Forty four works held at the gallery were
included in the 1973 edition of 100 Masterpieces of Australian Painting.
Contemporary art
The contemporary collection is
international, encompassing Asian and Western as well as Australian art in all
media. With the gift of the John Kaldor Family Collection, the Gallery now
holds arguably Australia
Pacific art
The collection of art from the Pacific
region began in 1962 at the instigation of our then deputy director, Tony
Tuckson. Between 1968 and 1977, the Gallery acquired over 500 works from the
Moriarty Collection, one of the largest and most important private collections
of New Guinea Highlands art in the world.
Photography
The photography collection has major
holdings of a wide variety of artists including Tracey Moffatt, Bill Henson,
Fiona Hall, Micky Allan, Mark Johnson, Max Pam and Lewis Morley. As well as
contemporary photography, Australian pictorialism, modernism and postwar photo
documentary is represented by The Sydney Camera Circle, Max Dupain and David
Moore. The evolution of 19th-century Australian photography is represented with
emphasis on the work of Charles Bayliss and Kerry & Co. International
photographs include English pictorialism and the European avant garde (Bauhaus,
constructivism and surrealism). Photo-documentary in 20th-century America
Western art
The gallery has an extensive collection of
British Victorian art, including major works by Lord Frederic Leighton and Sir
Edward John Poynter. It has smaller holdings of European art of the 15th to
18th centuries, including works by Peter Paul Rubens, Canaletto, Bronzino,
Domenico Beccafumi, Giovanni Battista Moroni and Niccolò dell'Abbate. These
works hang in the Grand Courts along with 19th-century works by Eugène
Delacroix, John Constable, Ford Madox Brown, Vincent van Gogh, Auguste Rodin,
Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Camille Pissarro.
British art of the 20th century occupies a
significant place in the collection together with major European figures such
as Pierre Bonnard, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Auguste Rodin, Ernst Ludwig
Kirchner, Alberto Giacometti and Giorgio Morandi.
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