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23 November 2020
Inaugural China Gallery show examines culture of auspiciousness
Auspicious: Motifs in Chinese Art at the China Gallery runs until November 2021.
18 November 2020
Reframing the Enlightenment
Curator Ann Stephen discusses ‘Pediment/Impediment’, Daniel Boyd's immersive new installation in the Chau Chak Wing Museum's Penelope Gallery.
17 November 2020
Seeing the full picture
Sharing his exceptional artworks with the University isn't just an act of generosity for Kenneth Reed. It's a way to help more people find beauty and power in the arts. The Chau Chak Wing Museum will be an ideal place to connect.
16 November 2020
Sydney's newest museum opens
The museum has free entry and brings together the University of Sydney's collections of antiquities, natural history, historic photographs, cultural artefacts and art.
08 October 2020
Museum secrets to be revealed
When the Chau Chak Wing Museum opens in November, many of the extraordinary objects, specimens and works of art on display have never before been seen publicly. Dr Craig Barker describes 7 items coming out of long-term storage.
02 September 2020
Nip and tuck
As 19th century taxidermy ages, natural history specimens often require extreme makeovers. Dr Jude Philp describes how expert Sasha Stollman restored fish and mammal specimens in preparation for our opening exhibitions.
19 August 2020
Vale John Nixon
The artist John Nixon, who died earlier this week, was a seminal figure in Australian art over the last five decades. Several of his major works from the 1980s were acquired for the Power bequest collection. In memory of John we print a short extract from Linda Michael’s new essay on one of these works.
05 August 2020
Case by historic case
Collections aside, museum furniture can have its own historical significance. That’s why cabinets from
the former Macleay Museum are being restored and repurposed for a new lease on life.
05 August 2020
Moving in to the new museum
Meet some of the Chau Chak Wing Museum staff as they share their thoughts on the new building. Discover what they are most excited about, one week after moving in.
03 August 2020
Where's Woodhouse?
A project calling on members of the public to shed light on photos taken in Greece by a renowned classicist more than a century ago has yielded more than 600 responses from around the world.
Featured image (top of page): Chau Chak Wing Museum topping out ceremony, December 2019.