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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Art Gallery Road, The Domain.
Map 2 D4. Tel 9225 1744.
∑ artgallery.nsw.gov.au
Open 10am–5pm daily (to 10pm
Wed). Closed Good Fri, 25 Dec.
Transport
@ Sydney Explorer, 441.
g Circular Quay.  St James,
Banks of the Marne (c. 1888) Martin Place.
This landscape painting by the post-Impressionist
artist Paul Cézanne is a highlight of the gallery’s
collection of modern art.

Guardians, Tang Dynasty
These 7th-century Chinese
Lower Level 2
figures are part of a
collection highlighting
different traditions, periods
and cultures from the many
countries of Asia.

Natives on the Ouse River, Van Diemen’s
Land(1838)
Lower English-Australian artist John Glover was
Level 1 dubbed the father of Australian landscape
painting for his bright depictions of the
Van Dieman’s Land bush (now Tasmania).

Key to Floorplan
Australian Art
European Art
Asian Art
Modern Gallery (20th-Century
Mars and the European Art)
Vestal Virgin Contemporary Art
Domain Theatre
The sandstone Yiribana Aboriginal Gallery
entrance was . The Golden Fleece (1894) Temporary exhibition space
added in 1909. Also known as Shearing at Newstead, this Non-exhibition space
work by Tom Roberts marks the coming
of age of Australian Impressionist art. Photography Gallery