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    Photograph: Shunk-Kender © J. Paul Getty Trust. All Rights Reserved.'Wrapped Coast – One Million Square Feet' © Christo
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    Photograph courtesy Art Gallery of New South Wales'The Singing Sculpture' © Gilbert & George
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    Photograph: Eric Sierins'Puppy' © Jeff Koons
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    Photograph: Pedro Greig'Marina Abramović: In Residence' © Marina Abramović
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    Photograph: Pedro Greig barrangal dyara (skin and bones) © Jonathan Jones
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    Photograph: John GollingsInstallation view of the box for project 10: Jeff Koons, Puppy, 1995
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    Photograph: John GollingsInstallation view of the box for Project 4: Miralda, 'Coloured Feast', 1973
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    Photograph: Jenni CarterInstallation view of the exhibition
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    Photograph: John GollingsInstallation view of the box for Project 3: Gilbert & George, 'The Singing Sculpture', 1973
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    Photograph: John GollingsInstallation view of the box for Project 30: Marina Abramović: in residence, 2015

Making Art Public: 50 Years of Kaldor Public Art Projects

Explore Sydney's rich artistic past in this retrospective exhibition of groundbreaking contemporary art
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Time Out says

Fifty years ago, a young John Kaldor changed Australian art history when he invited international artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude to Sydney to wrap two and a half kilometres of coastline with vast swathes of white fabric. The artwork made international headlines and was at that time the biggest single work ever seen in the world.

Fast forward half a century, and Kaldor has now staged 34 awe-inspiring public art projects from artists including Jeff Koons, Marina Abramovic, Gilbert & George, Jonathan Jones and Sol LeWitt. To mark this anniversary, he's inviting British artist Michael Landy to create a retrospective exhibition that uses archival material to bring the projects back to life. Each of the projects will have its own individual four-metre square archive box, most dreamed up by Landy with the original artists.

Read about Kaldor's public art journey and five of his most influential projects.

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