Kandinsky comes to Oz

The largest ever collection of paintings by Russian artist, Vasily Kandinsky to be brought to Australia will be exhibited at the Art Gallery of NSW this summer as part of their Sydney International Art Series 2023-24. 

The more than 50 works are part of the exhaustive Kandinsky collection held by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, and represent the range and depth of the artist’s work. They will act as a visual biography and CV, depicting his early creative output in Munich, his return to his origins in Moscow, the time spent in Germany between wars and his final years in Paris. 

The artworks show Kandinsky’s progression through artistic movements as well as his own explorations. Considered one of the most outstanding exponents of modernism, Kandinsky is not only highly regarded but has always been very popular. The permanent exhibition in the Guggenheim is one of the most visited among their exceptional displays. 

This Sydney tour has been curated by the Guggenheim’s curator of modern art and provenance, Megan Fontanella in collaboration with with Jackie Dunn, senior curator of exhibitions at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Fontanella created the phenomenally successful Vasily Kandinsky: Around the Circle  exhibition at the Guggenheim in 2021-22 and this has informed her curation for the Sydney show which will feature many of the artist’s most loved and recognisable works. 

November 4, 2023 — March 10, 2024

Art Gallery of NSW, Art Gallery Rd, Sydney

www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au