Barangaroo metro station is an underground station on the Sydney Metro North West & Bankstown Line in the inner city suburb of Barangaroo. It opened in 2024 when the Metro North West Line was extended from Chatswood to Sydenham via Central. These escalators connect the concourse with the platforms below. The artwork on the sandstone wall is ‘In Time We Shall’, created by Western-Sydney artist Khaled Sabsasi. They are two of seven circular 3-metre sculptures of trees with leaves fabricated from copper and steel.
This mural is on the wall of Mixtape Brewing, a microbrewery and bar along Victoria Road, in the inner west suburb of Marrickville. It was created in 2024 by graffiti and mural artist Sam Absurd.
This sculpture is located at the entrance to the Ovolo Hotel, in the inner city suburb of Woolloomooloo. The Ovolo Hotel logo features this sphere design, replicated in this sculpture. It seems they might have had trouble with visitors touching the sculpture so they've installed an amusing sign which reads: Please don't touch our balls, and we won't touch yours.
This mural has been painted on the roller shutters of a shopfront on the corner of Marrickville Road and Victoria Road in the inner west suburb of Marrickville. It was created in 2025 by Jotados Graffiti, a Colombian realist graffiti artist and muralist. It is an advertisement for 'Victoria Yeeros', a Greek restaurant located next door. The artwork depicts a Greek mythological character and ancient Greeks eating Greek food including a yeeros or gyros.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Mosaic Monday, Aww Mondays.
This mural is on the side of a shop along Morts Road, in the southern suburb of Mortdale. "Life is Better With Gelato" was created by street artist DevilsOner.
Linked to: Monday Mural, Aww Mondays.
Looking at First Fleet Park at The Rocks, near Circular Quay, during the Vivid Sydney Festival. "Embrace" was an art installation that takes inspiration from children's paper chains. The circle of life-sized silhouettes respond to human touch, creating striking light patterns. "Samsung Chorus of Light" is an immersive art installation that unites humanity through our hopes for the future. The technology manufacturer is a major sponsorship partner of the festival. The office building and hotels rising above have also been illuminated.
This installation was located outside the International Convention Centre Sydney, along Tumbalong Boulevarde at Darling Harbour for the Vivid Sydney Festival. "Kia Kaleidoscope" has the body of the car transformed into a literal kaleidoscope of pattern, colour and movement using light projections. The car manufacturer is a major sponsorship partner of the festival.
The Capitol Theatre is located along Campbell Street, in the inner city suburb of Haymarket. It was originally built in 1892 in the Federation Free Classical style for use as the Belmore Markets. In 1916, the building was converted to a hippodrome designed specifically for the Wirth Bros circus. It was converted into the Capitol Theatre in 1928 by John Eberson, a renowned American designer of theatrically themed theatres. In 1981, a conservation order saved it from demolition and it was restored and reconstructed in the 1990s. It is currently hosting another run of the musical Beauty and the Beast.
This artwork has been installed along the Dixon Street pedestrian mall in Chinatown, in the inner city suburb of Haymarket. The Jigsaw Rabbit was created by Australian-Chinese artist Chris Yee to celebrate the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Rabbit. SBS is the Special Broadcasting Service, a public service broadcaster which provides multilingual and multicultural radio and television services.
These retro sculptures were installed on the awning of a menswear shop along Marrickville Road, in the inner west suburb of Marrickville. More than a dozen were originally commissioned by the City of Marrickville as a novelty tourist attraction to coincide with the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics. Created by Ces Camilleri, only six displays remain on the shopfront awnings but the council removed and stored the rest, so they may appear elsewhere in the future.
The Cruise Bar Rooftop at the Overseas Passenger Terminal has been transformed into the American Express Light Lounge for the duration of the Vivid Sydney Festival, which is running from 27 May to 18 June 2022. At the entrance to the bar is this large neon light installation of a centurion which is the symbol for American Express.
This mural is on the wall of this cafe, in the southern suburb of Rockdale. The Welcome Swallow depicted is being used to promote the Swallow Coffee Traders cafe.
"The Chain" is a sculpture created as a promotion for the designer brand Bottega Veneta. The sculpture is a replica of the gold gourmette chain which is used by the brand as handbag straps or jewellery. This travelling sculpture has already visited ports in Japan and China. It is currently located at Campbells Cove in The Rocks, with the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a backdrop.
The Forest Inn Hotel was built is located along Forest Road between Stoney Creek Road and Kingsland Road South, in the southern suburb of Bexley. The hotel was originally known as Hotel Bexley.
This promotion in the middle of Martin Place was created by Remedy Kombucha, which is a fermented iced tea. Two colourful tents house a sideshow alley, an Australian term for the cluster of attractions at public events such as agricultural shows. They typically comprise of a variety of amusement rides, games, and concession booths, run by independent operators known as 'showies'. At Remedy Alley, they have knock down tin cans, the laughing clowns game, cannon blast and a whack-a-mole game.
