In May 2011 the Gallery unveiled our new contemporary galleries, featuring the John Kaldor Family Collection John Kaldor Family Collection. The Gallery now holds Australia’s most comprehensive representation of contemporary art from the 1960s to the present day.
The Kaldor family gift, together with funds donated by the Belgiorno-Nettis family, enabled us to redevelop the Gallery’s old storage area and display space to create an entire new floor of 3300 square metres of exhibition space.
The first display from the Kaldor Collection features works by Robert Rauschenberg, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Donald Judd, Carl Andre, Frank Stella, Jeff Koons, Nam June Paik, Bill Viola, Andreas Gursky and Thomas Struth, among others.
Alongside there will be a number of commissioned and newly installed site-specific artworks, including five vast wall drawings by Sol LeWitt, a major wall work by Richard Long, and a new installation by Ugo Rondinone.
Major works from the Gallery’s collection will also be on show from artists such as Jannis Kounellis, Mike Parr, Anselm Kiefer, Doris Salcedo, Rosemary Laing, Janet Laurence, Patricia Piccinini, Del Kathryn Barton and Ricky Swallow.
Currently on show in Contemporary galleries
New contemporary galleries
featuring the John Kaldor Family Collection
until 2 May 2012
View collection works on display in Contemporary galleries
Directions
- Head towards the rear of the Gallery
- Take the escalators down two levels
- The contemporary galleries are to your left and right
Accessible directions
- Take the lift (on your left) down one level, to 2
- Exit and turn left
- The contemporary galleries are to your left and right