The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), is extremely pleased to have been invited to present an exhibition of works from ‘The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT9) and previous APT exhibitions at the Centro Cultural La Moneda in Santiago, Chile (CCLM). This is the first time a selection of…
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Christine France offers her personal reflections on Margaret Olley’s life, work and her generous spirit. Visit the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) until 13 October 2019 to view the free exhibition ‘Margaret Olley: A Generous Life’, which examines the legacy and influence of one of Australia’s most beloved artists, a charismatic character whose life was…
QAGOMA conservators collaborated with specialist East Asian Art Conservator Jennifer Loubser to assess the conservation repairs necessary to stabilise an unusual 8-panel Japanese folding screen, Scenes from Genji Monogatari to allow its safe handling and display – in assessing the condition of the work when it came into the Collection it was found that hundreds…
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We continue our Open Studio series of blogs to explore the artist’s practice and delve into the processes and ideas that drive the artist to create an artwork – until 29 September 2019, still life artist and art educator John Honeywill explores the studio as an essential site for housing ideas, images and objects. Pick…
With the exhibition ‘Quilty‘ at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) until 13 October 2019, you have the opportunity to view and compare three portraits of Albert Namatjira — William Dargie’s iconic image has become the most identifiable image of the artist, and works by Ben Quilty and Vincent Namatjira who have each been inspired…
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Emily Wakeling continues her conversation with Kim Barrett, Conservator, Works on Paper with a focus on displaying and caring for Japanese Scrolls. The exhibition ‘A fleeting bloom’ at the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) includes a number of hanging scrolls, and we prepared these delicate works for display. Japanese scrolls are long works on paper that…