The western Sydney arts precinct’s long-awaited opening risks being overshadowed by an investigation into governance and procurement
The decade-long project to build a world-class museum and cultural precinct, called the “opera house” of western Sydney, will open its doors next week.
But as the scaffolds came down from the white-latticed walls of the new Powerhouse and galleries began to fill with artistic commissions, an investigation into the governance and procurement at the museum, 11th-hour changes in leadership, a cadre of highly paid artistic “consultants” and the precinct’s sheer cost have threatened to overshadow the grand reveal.
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