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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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Biennale of Sydney

Festival

International festival of contemporary art held every two years at various locations around the city. It is the third longest running biennale in the world.

Milestone
Date of event
1973 -
Position
Curator
Waterlow, Nick
1979
Curator
Waterlow, Nick
1986
Curator
Waterlow, Nick
1988
Type
Festival

The Biennale of Sydney

CC BY-SA 2.0
by
Lizzy Marshall
,
2014
supported by
City of Sydney - Cultural Ribbon Foreshore Histories Project

Spanning multiple venues from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Cockatoo Island and the Museum of Contemporary Art, The Biennale of Sydney embraces the city as physical space and cultural landscape. As sites to be celebrated, explored and culturally excavated, the exhibitions have become as much a celebration of how visitors experience Sydney as how audiences experience art.

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