A harbour city whose museums are learning to put First Nations art at the centre.
The state gallery, with SANAA's glass Sydney Modern building (2022) stepping down to the harbour, and the Yiribana Gallery of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at its heart.
Contemporary art on the harbour, with a strong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collection.
Brett Whiteley's studio in a former T-shirt factory, kept as he left it in 1992, with his paintings and the wall of images and notes above his bed.
Rooms, ruins and curiosities: the city's other museum.
Wendy Whiteley began clearing a derelict railway lot below her house after Brett's death, and kept going for thirty years. Now a public garden of paths, sculptures and benches.
Jørn Utzon's shells of 1973, a UNESCO site. Utzon left before it was finished and never saw it complete; the interior of the Utzon Room is the one he designed.
Tao Gofers's Brutalist public housing block of 1979, stacked like concrete boxes beside the Harbour Bridge.
The ruins of an 1866 reservoir, turned in 2009 into a sunken garden among brick arches and iron columns.
Arthur Boyd's gift to the nation, about 2.5 hours south.
Art Gallery of New South Wales at opening → walk through the Domain and the Botanic Garden → the Opera House → the MCA → ferry to Lavender Bay for Wendy's Secret Garden.