Embracing the human qualities of the title of the 19th Biennale of Sydney, Artistic Director Juliana Engberg describes the Art Gallery of NSW as ‘the beating heart, and the Promethean fire of this year’s Biennale of Sydney’.
The Biennale of Sydney is Australia’s largest and most exciting contemporary visual arts festival, held every two years across multiple venues in Sydney. The Art Gallery of NSW is a major venue and has been part of the Biennale since 1976.
Taking account of the Gallery’s concurrent contemporary season of exhibitions and the major Afghanistan show, Engberg has selected the work of the 17 artists for the Art Gallery of NSW that focus on the human qualities in the title of the 19th Biennale of Sydney: You Imagine What You Desire.
Some 39 works by 17 artists w...
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