Plans to overhaul the Gallery get underway as the jury for an internationl architectural competition is unveiled.

Inside the Grand Courts, Art Gallery of New South Wales. Image: courtesy of the Gallery 

It's rare for an Australian gallery to extend the call for an architect beyond local boundaries. But that's exactly what the Art Gallery of NSW has done in their national and international callout for the Gallery's transformation into 'an art museum for the 21st century'.

As part of the Sydney Modern Project, The Art Gallery of NSW has announced the jurists to decide the architectural practice that will be responsible for the Gallery’s transformation. 

According to Guido Belgiorno-Nettis, President of the Gallery’s Board of Trustees, the Gallery is honoured that such esteemed leaders in architecture, landscape architecture, cultural leadership and curatorship have agreed to play a role in the future of the Gallery......Continue Reading

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