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Anthony Bond is currently Director of Curatorial Services at The Art Gallery of New South Wales where he also heads the Western Art Department. His curatorial specialisation is in 20th century and contemporary International art. His recent major projects include curating TRACE the inaugural Liverpool Biennial in England 1999, BODY an exhibition tracing aspects of realism in art from the mid 19th century to today AGNSW 1997, Ken Unsworth Survey 1985-1998 AGNSW 1998, The Biennale of Sydney 1992/93 and three Australian Perspecta exhibitions at AGNSW, 1985, 1987 which toured Germany after Sydney and Perth and 1989. He also regularly curates project shows at the gallery and presents papers at Universities and conferences in Australia and overseas.

His ongoing research is in the function of objects and materials in art as traces that trigger memory and the evolution of thinking about representation this entails. Another recent project was an exhibition of the history of self portraits by painters from 1500 to 2000 and was shown in London at The National Portrait Gallery, October 2005 and Sydney at The Art Gallery of New South Wales, March 2006. He chairs the AAANZ NSW committee that regularly organizes art historical conferences through the AGNSW. He sits on a number of advisory boards including the Biennale of Sydney and the Council of the Power Foundation at Sydney University and is Treasurer of AICA Australia.