

The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), located in The Domain in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, was established in 1897 and is the most important public gallery in Sydney and the fourth largest in Australia. Admission is free to the general exhibition space, which features Australian (from settlement to contemporary), European and Asian art. By the time the site was agreed upon in 1895, James Barnet had retired and the new Colonial Architect, Walter Liberty Vernon (1846–1914), was given the assignment. . Although the majority of Vernon's buildings are in the Arts and Crafts style, the 1897 building…