Sydney Contemporary, in partnership with Principal Partner MA Financial Group, has launched its eighth edition, and announced the winner of the acquisitive $10,000 MA Art Prize as emerging First Nations artist Alfred Lowe. 
Presented at Presenting Partner Carriageworks from 5 ? 8 September 2024, Sydney Contemporary showcases over 85 galleries and more than 400 artists from Australia and around the world, alongside a dynamic program of installations, performances and talks.
Since its foundation in 2013, Sydney Contemporary has established itself as Australasia?s premier art fair, regularly attracting over 25,000 visitors at each edition and recording over $121 million in art sales since its launch. The Fair is the pre-eminent meeting place for the art world, and critical to the growth of the art market in Australia.  Highlights this year include a giant 20m wide Skywalker Gibbon installation by renowned contemporary artist Lisa Roet on the roof of Carriageworks for Installation Contemporary; a dynamic Talk Contemporary program headlined by a conversation with Mona?s Kirsha Kaechele; a vibrant immersive performance by multidisciplinary artist HOSSEI for Performance Contemporary; and artist Lara Merrett leading Kid Contemporary. 
?We are excited to throw open the doors to this year?s Sydney Contemporary, which features an incredible lineup of galleries and artists from Australia and around the world,” said Sydney Contemporary Fair Director, Zoe Paulsen.
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