With a career spanning over 50 years there are hundreds of media articles on Grahame and his work. A very small selection is represented here. For access to the full media archives please email grahame@grahamesydney.com
Milford Galleries, Queenstown is holding a major survey of Grahame Sydney’s work and the exhibition will be open to the public every day from 22 August to 21 September 2026. Entitled ‘Close to Home’ the exhibition features 32 works comprising landscapes, figure studies and work from his time in Europe
Article in Otago Daily Times (August 2026). Words by Grant Miller. He is well known for his landscape paintings, but renowned artist Sir Grahame Sydney is delighted some of his wider work will soon be in front of a broader audience. Some include the human figure. One painting among more
Article in New Zealand Herald’s Lifestyle Magazine (July 2026). Words by Joanna Wane, Senior Features Writer. Widely regarded as one of New Zealand’s greatest living painters, Sir Grahame Sydney has today announced his first solo exhibition in 15 years. Only two of the artworks have been shown in public before.
Article in Generus Living’s ‘Living Magazine’ (published 2024). Words by Cameron Officer. Photographs by Vinesh Kumaran. In creating the actual from the imagined, Sir Grahame Sydney’s singular aesthetic is astonishing in its detail. Yet such awe inspiring power and quiet drama on the canvas is hard fought and won in the studio.
The man synonymous with the spare, wide open landscapes of Central Otago is fighting to stop them being erased. An article in the Listener, March 2023. Written by Sharon Stephenson. There are two ways to think about Central Otago’s Cambrian Valley – a place you sweep through on the way
One of our greatest living artists on the importance of work, the beauty of the South Island and why he has his ‘foot to the floor’ in driving his legacy. From the article published in the New Zealand Herald’s ‘The Great NZ Road Trip’ by Shayne Currie. 02 November 2023
New Zealand’s Greatest Living Artist on his legacy, his inspiration and saying no to Elton John. An extract [abridged] from the article published in the New Zealand Herald March 2023 by Kurt Bayer, Senior Journalist. Download PDF at bottom of this page. Sir Grahame Sydney is perhaps New Zealand’s greatest
An interview by Graham Beattie as featured in Webbs Auction Catalogue 2015. GB: Your paintings are al known for depicting Otago in one way or another. You obviously have a lifelong love affairs with the province. GCS: It all started with holidays in Arrowtown with families from our home neighbourhood
An indepth interview with Mike White as featured in North and South Magazine, 2014. “They call Central ‘Big Sky Country’…The other name they give it is “Sydney Country”. So entwined in the public imagination are the landscapes of Central Otago and Sydney’s portrayal of them that his name has been