The permanent pavilion, designed by Denton Corker Marshall was officially opened by Minister for the Arts Senator George Brandis with actor-director Cate Blanchett on Tuesday afternoon, Venice time.
Already nicknamed ‘the black box’ It is a two level concrete and steel structure, clad in granite, designed as a white box within a black box. It replaces a temporary exhibition space designed by Philip Cox and shipped to Venice in 1988 which had been nicknamed ‘the dunny’.
