The acclaimed Argentinian sculptor’s immersive installation will headline the gallery’s $344m expansion, which opens in December
Four stories underground, a 2,200 sq metre second world war fuel bunker has been transformed into a showpiece gallery for the Art Gallery ofArt by acclaimed Argentinian sculptor Adrián Villar Rojas will be the first installed in the AGNSW’s new Tank gallery, which will open free to the public in December as part of the majorSydney Modern is the AGNSW’s new contemporary art museum and sits alongside the original gallery.
Villar Rojas worked on the project in Argentina and New York. He first visited the Sydney fuel bunker during building works in 2018. Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning
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