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Since Christo and Jeanne-Claude created Wrapped Coast - One Million Square Feet, Sydney in 1969, John Kaldor Art Projects has invited many leading international artists to Australia. In a 30-year pioneering tradition, successive influential art projects have played an important role in bringing groundbreaking trends to the Australian public. These events have contributed significantly to changing the understanding of contemporary art in Australia.

From Jeanne-Claude & Christo to Jeff Koons, Gilbert and George to Ugo Rondinone, each artist created unique, often site-specific works that have been enthusiastically received by the art world and the general public alike. This local engagement with leading and emerging international artists has helped to foster an appreciation of Australia in the wider international art community.

  

Ugo Rondinone, Our Magic Hour, 2003


Jeff Koons, Puppy, 1995		  





In 2003, John Kaldor Art Projects was granted charitable status in recognition of the long-term contribution to the cultural life of Australia. This heralds a new chapter, enabling the transition from the personal endeavour of John Kaldor to an organisation with the ability to grow and take on major projects on a regular basis.


   
 

A board has been appointed comprising of Naomi Milgrom, Jillian Broadbent, Rupert Myer and John Kaldor. The members of the Board were selected for their experience in both the arts and the corporate worlds.

The aim of Kaldor Art Projects Inc. is to continue to bring ground-breaking contemporary art to Australia. For the artists selected, these projects often represent a unique opportunity to take their work a step further at times in a new direction. Exciting new plans are under development and their scope is challenging.

Christo & Jeanne-Claude’s Wrapped Coast was made possible by finding and obtaining permission for a site in Sydney and after thirty years has become part of Australian art history. Jeff Koons’ Puppy won the hearts of Sydney and thousands of visitors before its permanent installation at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain.

 


Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Wrapped Coast - One Million Square Feet, 1969

 

Kaldor Art Projects's goal is to build on the successes of the past with an extended program of groundbreaking projects, through which we will continue to share our passion for contemporary art with the Australian public.

Gilbert & George, Singing Sculpture, 1973