2009: GOMA turns 10 countdown

This, our fourth blog highlights another major exhibition in our weekly countdown to GOMA’s tenth birthday this December. In 2009 ‘The China Project’ opened at GOMA (28 March – 28 June 2009), a three-part display of contemporary Chinese art practice that displayed around 150 extraordinary works from the 1980s by 51 contemporary Chinese artists. Paralleling this…

No.1 Neighbour: Art in Papua New Guinea 1966-2016

Our major spring exhibition presents a snapshot of the contemporary art and culture to be found in this dynamic young nation. Here, we outline some of the highlights and their histories. ‘No.1 Neighbour: Art in Papua New Guinea 1966–2016’ is on view at the Queensland Art Gallery until 29 January 2017 Geographically, the mainland of…

Into View: Five female artists working in Asia

The art of five female artists working in Asia exemplifies how photography and video have been used to challenge dominant portrayals of society, gender and the environment. Drawn from the Gallery’s modern and contemporary Asian art collection, their provocative and poetic works are currently on display until February 2017. Nasreen Mohamedi’s (India 1937–90) father owned a photography…

2008: GOMA turns 10 countdown

As we continue our countdown to ‘GOMA Turns 10’ in December 2016, we look back to 2008 to ‘Picasso and his collection’ which attracted over 206 000 visitors. The collection was presented for the first time outside Europe exclusively at GOMA from 9 June to 14 September 2008, Picasso’s collection has only ever previously been seen…

2007: GOMA turns 10 countdown

In 2007, GOMA showcased Australia’s first major Andy Warhol retrospective, bringing together more than 300 works spanning all areas of Warhol’s practice from the 1950s until his death in 1987. The exhibition organised by the Gallery and The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh was the final installment in GOMA’s year long program to celebrate its…