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Media office

Welcome to the Art Gallery of New South Wales Media Office, where you can view media releases for recent announcements and current and upcoming exhibitions, as well as access the media release archive. Images and content related to our programming and announcements can also be accessed for media use from our Media Room below. 

  • What we can help with

    Our team can assist journalists, photographers and film crews with interview, photography and filming opportunities relating to media reports and reviews of exhibitions and events at the Gallery. We can also provide copyright-cleared images and video content for media purposes only.

    Please direct all non-media image licensing requests to the Image Reproduction team at imagereproduction@ag.nsw.gov.au

    For commercial photo shoot and filming enquiries, please contact the Venues team at venues@ag.nsw.gov.au

  • Media Room – assets for media

    Our Media Room is a simple, self-service tool for registered media users to easily access the images and content available at any given time related to our current exhibitions and programming.  

    To protect artwork copyright and the moral rights of artists, access is restricted to media only for the purposes of editorial coverage of the Art Gallery of NSW's exhibitions, programs, and announcements within the ‘fair dealings’ provisions of the Australian Copyright Act. 

    Access to the Art Gallery of New South Wales Media Room and use of materials located within is subject to terms and conditions. 

    Visit Media Room

    Access to the Media Room for first time users

    1. Visit the link above  

    2. Click on ‘Register’ 

    3. Follow the prompts and enter your details to create a login, accepting the Terms and Conditions 

    4. Check your email inbox for a verification message and click the link provided to validate your email address (check your spam folder if you can’t find the email) 

    5. Complete the registration process by providing details about the media organisation your work for or use ‘Freelance’ if you are a freelancer 

    6. The Art Gallery Communications team will be notified of your registration and will review and approve your signup  

    7. Once approved you are able to login and browse the currently available images 

    If your request is time-sensitive, please contact the communications team directly.