Biennale artwork to become part of City of Sydney’s Collection

The City of Sydney salutes contemporary art with a $300,000 commission of an Biennale of Sydney artwork every two years.
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Detail of Cardiff and Miller’s interactive video walk, commissioned for the Biennale of Sydney and acquired for the City of Sydney’s permanent public-art collection.

In a remarkable partnership, the Biennale of Sydney announced this week the Inaugural City of Sydney Legacy Artwork, what equates to a commitment to the tune of $300,000 every two years to add dynamic contemporary artworks to the city’s permanent collection.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina