The Sydney Modern project is finally open. Has the Art Gallery of NSW’s $344m expansion paid off?

Much is expected from Sydney’s most costly and long-awaited newborn.

Some $244m in public funding came from the NSW government, with the remainder from private philanthropy. The vibe at the media preview – and at a series of parties staged to toast the building last week – was that the investment has paid off.The expansion almost doubles the AGNSW’s exhibition space, to 16,000 sq metres.

Kimsooja’s Archive of Mind, the centrepiece of the Making Worlds exhibition in a gallery above, is a participatory installation that will delight all ages, with the artist inviting visitors to create their own clay spheres on an expansive table occupying its own spacious glass-walled room.

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