The Art Gallery of New South Wales was founded in 1872 and occupies a magnificent centrally-located parkland site in Sydney near the CBD. It is one of Australia’s flagship art museums and amongst the country’s largest arts institutions.
In December 2022, the Art Gallery doubled its footprint as a destination for art and culture across two buildings connected by a public art garden. The expansion created a prominent new destination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, with a larger dedicated space to showcase the Art Gallery’s internationally renowned collection.
The Art Gallery has a range of versatile event spaces for business events, whether for conferences or incentives, cocktail events, dinners and award nights. These include various indoor and outdoor function spaces, galleries, restaurants, and tiered-seating theatres and an auditorium.
Six unique and flexible event spaces are available in the original landmark building, now known as the South Building, whilst an additional five event spaces are available in the stunning new contemporary building, the North Building.
The Art Gallery has a range of enjoyable, fascinating and immersive experiences for event guests. From guided tours through our new building, cultural experiences celebrating our first nations people in our Yiribana Gallery, to hands-on and immersive experiences including art, drawing and digital workshops, there’s something for every guest to enjoy.
Two different after-hours experiences have been developed by the Art Gallery to deliver an evening of art, creativity, fine food and wine and are ideal for exclusive business event groups.
These three-hour evening experiences provide in-depth curated encounters with the Art Gallery’s extensive art collections and are designed as high-end small group options for a minimum two to a maximum of ten guests.
- ‘A Night at the Gallery’ is hosted by one of the Gallery’s senior curators and includes a champagne welcome followed by a five-course dinner. Guests enjoy up-close encounters with the Art Gallery’s vast collection and enjoy an after-hours tour of the inspiring building.
- ‘The Yiribana Experience’ will enhance appreciation of the Gallery’s impressive Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art collection and is fully escorted by an Indigenous host. The five-course meal features indigenous ingredients and is set in the Gallery’s breathtaking new building.