Home of National Art School gets $18 million facelift
Advertisement Multimillion-dollar renovations to the heritage-listed home of the National Art School will begin in the new year, repairing the 200-year-old hand-hewn sandstone walls, wings, and walkways of the former Darlinghurst Gaol. The $18 million facelift was announced by the Minister for Arts Don Harwin at the end of year graduate students' award ceremony on Friday night and welcomed by the art school as an "uplifting way" to end a difficult year. Set for renovation: The historic walls of the former Darlinghurst Gaol. The grant comes two months after the 45-year lease on the site and it...