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

Posted by Elliott Murray ● 11 Jul 2022

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…

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Queensland Art Gallery: The design competition

Posted by QAGOMA ● 28 Jun 2022

As we celebrate 40 years at South Bank, we continue our series and focus on the two-stage design competition that was conducted for the new Queensland Art Gallery building. The Planning Brief submitted in March 1972 was a key document in the successful design and development of the Gallery, due to its clarity, vision and…

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Queensland Art Gallery: Finding a suitable site

Posted by QAGOMA ● 20 Jun 2022

As the Queensland Art Gallery celebrates 40 years on the South Bank of the Brisbane River on 21 June 2022 — in a building dedicated for the display of the State Art Collection — we look back at the story to find a permanent home. After the Queensland National Art Gallery was established, the Gallery…

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A Cultural Centre for Queensland: The proposals

Posted by QAGOMA ● 13 Jun 2022

The Queensland Art Gallery celebrates its 40th anniversary at our South Bank site on 21 June 2022. Over the coming weeks, we will look back at the Gallery’s history, delve into our archives, and share our stories. Since the Gallery opened at South Bank in 1982, the Cultural Centre has evolved into the arts and…

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Queensland Art Gallery: An historical perspective

Posted by QAGOMA ● 9 Jun 2022

When the new Queensland Art Gallery opened on the South Bank of the Brisbane River on 21 June 1982, it seemed that the hopes expressed at the Gallery’s initial opening in 1895 were at last being realised — that the beginning of the Gallery, though ‘small and humble… would be the beginning of a very…

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10 memorable Watermall projects

Posted by Elliott Murray ● 30 Mar 2022

We look back at all the Queensland Art Gallery’s Watermall installations from 1993 — ten memorable Asia Pacific artist projects encompassing almost three decades. The Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) was designed around the Brisbane River and the Watermall within the Gallery runs parallel to the waterway threading its way through the river city. This grand…

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