We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of New South Wales stands.

Naala Nura

Our original south building

Ground level

24th Biennale of Sydney: Ten Thousand Suns
Exhibition
A major international contemporary art event, held across several Sydney venues. Also on lower level 2.

Grand Courts
Collection: 1400–1900
Displays of some of the Art Gallery’s great historic artworks.

20th-century galleries
Collection: 1900–60s
Australian and international art from the first decades of the 20th century.

Asian Lantern
Collection: Asian art
Correspondence illuminates the power of exchange across geographical and cultural boundaries.

  • Welcome desk

  • Kaldor Hall

  • Cloaking

  • Gallery Shop

  • The Art Gallery Restaurant

  • Function room

  • Lift

Lower level 1

20th-century galleries
Collection: 1960s–2000
Tracing the connections and distinctions between local artists and global developments in the later 20th century, from pop to political art.

Asian Lantern
Collection: Asian art
Elemental explores the elements historically thought to comprise the world – fire, earth, water, wind, void, wood and metal.

  • Centenary Auditorium

  • The Gallery Cafe

  • Lift

  • Toilets

Lower level 2

24th Biennale of Sydney: Ten Thousand Suns
Exhibition
A major international contemporary art event, held across several Sydney venues. Also on ground level.

ARTEXPRESS 2024
Exhibition
A selection of outstanding student artworks developed for the art-making component of the HSC examination in Visual Arts.

  • Study room

  • Lift

  • All-gender toilets

  • Changing Places facility

Lower level 3

  • Domain Theatre

  • Library, archive and children’s art library

  • Members Lounge

  • Lift

  • Toilets