The Best Ways to Get Your Art Fix in Sydney this Week
Giant labyrinths to get lost in. Waterfall swings to trump any regular playground. Brooklyn and Sydney, battling it out in collage. There's art rampaging through the streets of Sydney, in laneways, parks, galleries and warehouses. With Sydney Festival getting artistic appetites going, there's plenty to feast your eyes on this week.
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EventYangjiang Group: Actions for Tomorrow
Sat, 17 Jan - Sat, 7 Mar 2015
4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney
Chinese art collective Yangjiang Group comment on society with a room-size installation and 'After Dinner Calligraphy'.
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EventSamuel Hodge: Skate or Die
Wed, 14 Jan - Sun, 25 Jan 2015
Alaska Projects, Kings Cross
Catch the photographer's playful exploration of self and sexuality at one of Sydney's most surprising micro-galleries.
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EventBrooklyn Vs Sydney at M2 Gallery
Fri, 9 Jan - Tue, 13 Jan 2015
M2 Gallery, Surry Hills
A tale of two cities, battled out in collage.
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EventPop to Popism
Sat, 1 Nov 2014 - Sun, 1 Mar 2015
Sydney's summer blockbuster exhibition has arrived with a bang.
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EventChuck Close: Prints, Process and Collaboration
Thu, 20 Nov 2014 - Sun, 15 Mar 2015
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, The Rocks
Your last chance to experience the impossibly intricate portraits of an artist who always wanted to be a magician.
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EventZhang Huan: Sydney Buddha
Thu, 8 Jan - Sun, 22 Mar 2015
Carriageworks, Eveleigh
We've waited for that head to fall all summer. Now it looks like this is our lucky day, as a special performance closes the show.
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EventHigher Ground
Thu, 8 Jan - Sun, 25 Jan 2015
Hyde Park North, Sydney
Street artist Maser is set to dominate your Instagram feed this SydFest.
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EventKurt Cobain: The Last Session
Thu, 4 Dec 2014 - Sat, 17 Jan 2015
Blender Gallery, Paddington
Kurt Cobain lives in the photography of Jesse Frohman, who shot the grunge god in his final months.
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EventSealed Section
Tue, 25 Nov 2014 - Sat, 7 Feb 2015
Artbank, Waterloo, Waterloo
Artbank is turning heads.
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EventMind the Gap
Fri, 28 Nov 2014 - Sun, 25 Jan 2015
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula
It's a commute less ordinary when artists get their hands on model trains.
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EventMira Calix: Inside There Falls
Thu, 8 Jan - Sat, 17 Jan 2015
Carriageworks, Eveleigh
A large-scale, ethereal labyrinth to get lost in.
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EventRecollect: Shoes
Sat, 29 Nov 2014 - Fri, 29 May 2015
Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo
The Powerhouse is putting their 800 pairs of shoes on display.
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EventWot? No Fish!!
Tue, 13 Jan - Sun, 18 Jan 2015
A great-uncle's doodlings come to life through on-stage storytelling.
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EventWaterfall Swing
Thu, 8 Jan - Sat, 24 Jan 2015
Darling Harbour, Sydney
This is one souped-up piece of play equipment.
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BarZigi's Wine Bar
8 Shepherd Street, Chippendale
Art, wine and cheese, it’s the golden trifecta. It’s not in the title, but it does cooking classes, too.
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BarChiswick at the Gallery - CLOSED
Art Gallery Of New South Wales, Art Gallery Road, Sydney
The Art Gallery of NSW latest acquisition equally satisfies both eyes and stomach.
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RestaurantMCA Cafe
140 George Street, Sydney
The rooftop cafe is now serving an all-vegetarian menu by Cornersmith — and everything is under $20.
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RestaurantEat Art Truck
You'd be hard pressed to find food this good and fast in any bricks and mortar establishment in Sydney.
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NewsSydney Festival's Massive, Walk-Through Paper Maze: Inside There Falls
Pick your path through a delicate story, with random interludes from the Sydney Dance Company.
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NewsBehind Sydney Festival 2015's Most Visible Art Work
Higher Ground is a perspective-skewing, Op Art-inspired installation by Maser, Ireland's favourite street artist.
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BarThe Bearded Tit
183 Regent Street, Redfern
Turn left at the crocheted penises and enter Redfern's brazen art bar.
