In 2019 Kaldor Public Art Projects will celebrate 50 years of groundbreaking projects. The anniversary will recall and reimagine some of the most ambitious public art works to have been presented in Australia, through a major exhibition and a dynamic series of programs and events.

Half a Century in the Public Eye, an exhibition created by acclaimed British artist Michael Landy, will be presented as a collaboration between Kaldor Public Art Projects and the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), from 6 September 2019 until 16 February 2020.

The exhibition at the AGNSW will survey the rich history of Kaldor Public Art Projects through original artworks, archival materials and re-presentations of past projects. From Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Wrapped Coast (1969), to Jeff Koons’ flower Puppy (1995), Marina Abramović’s In Residence (2015) and Jonathan Jones’ barrangal dyara (skin and bones) (2016), the exhibition revisits each of the past Kaldor Public Art Projects and brings them together for the first time.

Kaldor Public Art Projects presented its first project in 1969 with Christo and Jeanne- Claude’s iconic Wrapped Coast – One Million Square Feet, Little Bay, Sydney, and has since presented 32 public art projects, which have transformed the cultural landscape of Australia.

Image: Kaldor Public Art Project 1: Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Wrapped Coast – One Million Square Feet, Little Bay, Sydney, 28 October–14 December 1969. Photo: Harry Shunk