BACKING SYDNEY MODERN

IN 2016, THE ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES (AGNSW) is my church. I am an artist and an addict of culture and the visual language of contemporary art. I am also resolute in my belief in the power of art to engage and shape and change my society for the better. As a Trustee of the AGNSW, I spoke publicly for the fi rst time last year of my excitement about the Gallery’s expansion plans. I stood alongside Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA, Laureates of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, who are working with the Gallery as architects on the Sydney Modern Project. The expanded museum will instantly join the ranks of the most famous cultural institutions in the world. It will be an icon in my country that symbolises our collective cultural pursuit of excellence.

But everyone’s a critic. That’s the