Cindy Sherman doesn’t want for the world’s attention – she has had it since the late-1970s, when ‘Untitled Film Stills’ announced her arrival. I am so pleased we were able to welcome Cindy to GOMA for the opening of her exhibition ‘Cindy Sherman’. Cindy’s most recent show opened 3 weeks ago in New York and we…
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…
‘A Bit Na Ta’ locates the – source of the sea – Blanche Bay, Rabaul – in the Tolai language of East New Britain. It is also the title of a project commissioned for the upcoming Queensland Art Gallery exhibition ‘No 1 Neighbour: Art in Papua New Guinea 1966-2016’. Comprising a music video installation and performance event, the…
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Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori had close to a century of stories to tell by the time she passed away — stories of a traditional life lived with family on Bentinck Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria; stories of her brother, known as King Alfred, and his sworn rival Pat Gabori, whom Sally would later marry;…
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The first Australian solo exhibition in more than 15 years by New York-based artist Cindy Sherman opens at GOMA this weekend. The exhibition will include Sherman’s two subversive fashion house collaborations, ‘Balenciaga’ 2007–08, and ‘Chanel’ 2010–2013, her iconic ‘Head shots’ 2000-02 and ‘Clowns’ 2003–04, as well as the ‘Society portraits’ from 2008. These intriguing, beautiful and…
Education is a key player in bridging gaps and reconciling histories with futures. Like-minded thinkers in the Cultural Precinct are combining resources and investing time into the future of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and design. QAGOMA Learning, Gilimbaa: an indigenous creative design agency, the State Library of Queensland’s kuril dhagun and Asia Pacific…
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