Bourgeois spiders and Kandinsky masterpieces: Sydney set for a summer of blockbuster art

Exhibitions for Paris-born sculptor, the pioneering Russian painter and ‘one of the greatest living artists’ are all headed for Australia this summer

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A major survey of the works of Louise Bourgeois and a blockbuster Wassily Kandinsky exhibition are heading for the Art Gallery of New South Wales later this year, as part of a targeted bid by the NSW government and Destination NSW to attract tourists to Sydney.

Sydney’s International Art Series for 2023-2024 will also include a major show for the British-German artist Tacita Dean at the Museum of Contemporary Art in December, which will include several new works commissioned by the museum.