We were delighted to close APT8 with an attendance of almost 605 000 — the most visited APT since APT5 in 2006, which coincided with the opening of GOMA. It has contributed greatly to a cumulative attendance across eight Triennials of three million visitors. APT8 Live, which is our first performance program presented under its…
We were deeply saddened to learn of the passing on Friday of S. Teddy Darmawan, or S. Teddy D as he was better known. Teddy was born in 1970 in Padang, West Sumatra, to a Javanese military family, but became exposed to social activism that complicated this background for him while a student in the…
Enjoy reading about Sally Gabori, a senior Kaiadilt artist from Bentinck Island, and an exhibition of her work opening at the Gallery this weekend. QAGOMA’s Curator of Indigenous Australian Art Bruce McLean has drawn together more than 50 artworks painted since Gabori commenced painting at 81 years of age. In remote Carpentaria, Sally Gabori communicated in…
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‘Cindy Sherman’ is the first in-depth profile of the artist’s work since 2000 to be shown in Australia, and the first chance for you to see in Brisbane large-scale, digital-based photographic works. QAGOMA is proud to present six of Sherman’s series: ‘head shots’ 2000–02, ‘clowns’ 2003–04, ‘society portraits’ 2008, ‘murals’ 2010 and two of her…
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Taiwanese artist Yuan Goang-Ming’s affecting three-channel video Disappearing Landscapes – Passing II 2011 combines images of a dreamlike uninhabited city with scenes of ‘micro-documentation’ of the artist’s daily life in the deserted building where he made his home while creating the work. Touching on bigger topics like civilisation versus ruin, it also refers more personally…
QAGOMA today announced it would commission a major public artwork by an established Queensland Indigenous artist to be positioned at the entry of the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA). The Queensland Indigenous Artist Public Art Commission would make a significant addition to the memorable public artworks already situated in the Cultural Precinct by leading Australian…
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