Visit the Gallery Watermall & Sculpture Courtyard

The Queensland Art Gallery’s (QAG) permanent home at South Brisbane since 1982 was designed around the Brisbane River, and the spectacular Watermall within its cavernous interior runs parallel to the waterway threading its way through the ‘River City’. Watermall On entering the Queensland Art Gallery, the grand Watermall is one of the most striking exhibition…

Picture-perfect weddings in Brisbane

Thinking of tying the knot in style, or know someone who might be? Whether your vision is classic or runs to the avant-garde, QAGOMA offers three stunning venues for standout weddings. You know the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) as a Brisbane riverside landmark, home to exquisite artworks and awe-inspiring exhibitions.…

Queensland’s National Art Gallery: The opening Collection

On 18 September 1894 local artist and president of the Queensland Art Society, R Godfrey Rivers, sent to the Queensland Government a full proposal for a State Art Gallery, Rivers noted that the Government was already in possession of a number of fine engravings. He suggested in his proposal that about fifty be mounted and…

Go back in time to the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Fountain

We take a look back at a lost but not forgotten Brisbane landmark — The Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Fountain — however the installation of a fountain in the Brisbane River in front of the Queensland Art Gallery was not part of the original plans for the Queensland Cultural Centre. When the Queensland Government…

Queensland Art Gallery: The beginning of South Bank’s transformation

In 1969, the announcement of the Queensland Art Gallery’s new premises to be built at South Brisbane, bounded by Melbourne and Grey Streets to Stanley Street and the Brisbane River, and ultimately morphing into the Queensland Cultural Centre, would signal the transformation of the area. The project would be the catalyst for other major developments…