For the 38th Kaldor Public Art Project, John Kaldor has invited German artist Thomas Demand to create an extraordinary exhibition space in the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ Naala Badu building, specifically designed to display the John Kaldor Family Collection in a whole new light.
Demand, who is well known for his photographs, has become deeply interested in architecture and exhibition design. For this project, he turns his attention to the artworks in the Kaldor Collection and to the Art Gallery’s SANAA-designed building. Demand is familiar with SANAA’s practice, having made a series of research visits to their Tokyo studio. This project has been closely informed by his research.
Demand has developed a remarkable spatial design and exhibition layout which transforms Naala Badu’s expansive contemporary collection gallery into a labyrinth of floating, coloured planes and pavilions, offering a surprising new experience of the gallery space and the art it contains.
The project features renowned artists from the Kaldor Collection of over 200 works, including Francis Alÿs, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Gilbert and George, Andreas Gursky, Sol LeWitt, Robert Rauschenberg, Ugo Rondinone and Saskia Olde Wolbers.
John Kaldor and Thomas Demand first collaborated in 2012 for the 25th Kaldor Public Art Project, presented at the Commercial Travellers’ Association in Sydney’s Martin Place.
Event Details:
Dates: 30 August 2025 – 11 January 2026
Location: Art Gallery of New South Wales - Naala Badu, our north building - Lower level 1
Cost: Free