Artspace, officially Artspace Visual Arts Centre, formerly stylised ARTSPACE Visual Arts Centre,
is a leading international residency-based
contemporary art centre, housed in the historic
Gunnery Building in
Woolloomooloo, fronting
Sydney Harbour
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in
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
, Australia. Devoted to the development of certain new ideas and practices in contemporary art and culture, since the early 1980s Artspace has been building a critical context for Australian and international artists, curators and writers.
Each year, Artspace presents between 24 and 30 gallery projects, hosts over 50 artist residencies, initiates a range of public program and education activities, and publishes a regular projects journal together with cultural theory books and artist monographs.
Artspace is supported by the
Visual Arts and Crafts Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments. It is also assisted by the
Government of New South Wales
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through
Create NSW and by the
Australia Council, the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body.
Artspace is a member of the advocacy organisation
Contemporary Art Organisations Australia.
Alexie Glass-Kantor was Executive Director in 2014, when she was invited as guest judge for
the churchie national emerging art prize in
Brisbane.
[
she still holds this position.]
See also
* Culture of Sydney
References
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Arts centres in Australia
Contemporary art galleries in Australia
Art museums and galleries in Sydney