The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) has recently undergone what is arguably the most intensive period of rebuilding and remodelling in its 152-year history. Most visible is the new SANAA-designed Sydney Modern building, but along with this expansion, a number of important modifications and manipulations have taken place.
The community groups – benefactors, members, curators, researchers and librarians, to name a few – that surround a gallery as important as AGNSW require appropriate spaces and services to deliver what is expected of the institution. Throw into the mix changing attitudes about how art is presented and expectations from gallery visitors, and
