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Carriageworks, the cultural centre based in the historic Eveleigh rail yards, has become Sydney’s first major arts company to call in administrators as the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc across the industry.
The organisation, which is without a permanent chairperson, called in KPMG restructuring partners Philip Quinlan and Morgan Kelly on Monday after standing down half their core staff in April.
Sources close to discussions said the decision to put Carriageworks, the largest contemporary multi-arts centre in the country, into administration was made after it became clear the NSW government would not guarantee regular grant funding due in July.
Government sources, who were not authorised to comment publicly, rejected the claims. NSW has not had a permanent arts minister since the resignation of Liberal MP Don Harwin from the job in late April.
The sources suggested Carriageworks was the “canary in the coal mine” of Sydney’s arts sector because of its heavy reliance on…