There's an arts festival happening in the city at the moment called 'Art & About'. There are lots of different events and shows going on but one of the more interesting exhibitions is called 'Laneways', which has involved a number of artists taking over some of the smaller lanes that connect up the main streets. Our favourites were a display of giant exercise balls wrapped in fabric, and an enormous stripy inner tube suspended between two buildings. We're never going to make it as art critics are we?
There's also a specific piece called 'Acts Of Kindness' by a British Artist called Michael Landy who has made up a massive jigsaw based on individual stories of kind acts which have happened all over the city. The overall jigsaw is in Martin Place but there are copies of each piece at the spot where the act happened. The piece was commissioned by a famous Australian Philanthropist called John Kaldor who is well known for having a fantastic art collection (think Satchi) and has recently donated his entire collection to the art gallery of NSW.
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