Fifty years of contemporary visual art in Papua New Guinea, with a focus on the country’s relationship with Australia, is explored in a major exhibition opening at the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) from 15 October 2016 to 29 January 2017. No.1 Neighbour: Art in Papua New Guinea 1966–2016 will delight audiences with bold colour, towering…
Anne and Greg Hunter can tell a remarkable tale of art enthusiasm and generosity – it starts with them reading an artwork label and ends with them helping to realise the acquisition of a talented Mithila artist’s work. Having relocated to Brisbane after many years in regional Queensland, QAGOMA Premium Members Anne and Greg Hunter…
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Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori lived an entirely traditional life for her first 23 years, moving between her family’s main homeland sites and living according to an unbroken ancestral culture. In 1948, following devastating drought, storms and a near four-metre tidal surge, she and her kin were moved to nearby Mornington Island. In our series on her work…
Continue reading » “Visit Makarrki, Sally Gabori’s brother’s country”
The renovation of our Collection storage facility at the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) posed a particular challenge for the curators in Australian Art. The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Galleries and Queensland Artists’ Gallery will be temporarily closed during the renovation period, resulting in many treasured works from the Australian Art Collection being away from…
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, the National Museum of Art in Osaka, Singapore Art Museum and QAGOMA have collaborated to produce ‘Time of others’ — an exhibition of artworks drawn from all four museum collections and shown alongside loans and new works. Here, we expand on time as a useful device for considering other…
Continue reading » “Tanin no jikan: The simple courtesy of respecting other people’s time”
This morning, it was my pleasure to be joined at the Galley of Modern Art (GOMA) by Leeanne Enoch, Queensland’s Minister for Innovation, Science and the Digital Economy and Minister for Small Business, for the announcement that Queensland artist Judy Watson has been selected to realise a major public artwork at the building’s entrance. The…
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