Composer Larry Sitsky comments that the opera theatre has many 'liabilities'. Opera director Sam Wanamaker suggests that the space is manageable. 

The charismatic architect of the Sydney Opera House, Jørn Utzon, is initially enthusiastic about undertaking the construction of Australia’s most famous building.

The lighting of the Opera House sails has been an integral part of the Vivid Sydney festival since its inception in 2009.

These film and sound portraits of famous Australian artists show the interconnected world of art in Australia.

Celebrating Australian art, artists and exhibitions through interviews and documentary footage from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Home movie footage taken by Gerty Anschel (c.1954-1955) with audio commentary by artist and filmmaker Philippe Mora.

The first Australian public viewing of Blue Poles (Number 11, 1952) by American abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock at the Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW), 1974.

Jeffrey Smart corresponds with fellow artist Margaret Olley about painting her for the Archibald Prize.

Artist Jeffrey Smart observes that he doesn’t like viewing his finished work as 'every picture is a defeat’.

Artist Jeffrey Smart takes the audience on a whimsical visit to an industrial landscape where he set a painting featuring bicycle riders.