The GOMA Restaurant kitchen was graced this week by world-famous Iron Chef Hiroyuki Sakai and his team. Sakai-san enlisted the assistance of QAGOMA Executive Chef Josue Lopez and team to prep today’s lunch for the Advance Queensland Summit delegates, hosted by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk at GOMA’s Roof Terrace. Chef Sakai is best known as…
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…
The Gallery is saddened by the recent passing of renowned German-born Australian sculptor Inge King in Melbourne on 24 April 2016. A pioneer of Australian contemporary sculpture, King moved to Australia in 1951 and was a founding member of the Centre Five group of sculptors who came to prominence in Melbourne in the 1960s and…
At an exclusive launch at the Gallery of Modern Art, this striking self-portrait Bad dad 2013 by Michael Zavros was announced as the focus of the QAGOMA Foundation 2016 Appeal. This is the first time a work by a contemporary Queensland artist had been the sole focus of the Foundation’s Annual appeal. With the help of…
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The Gallery acknowledges and is saddened by the recent passing of Beatrice (Bea) Maddock in Launceston, Tasmania on 9 April 2016. Maddock, one of Australia’s much loved and respected contemporary artists was awarded the Order of Australia in 1991. Between 1993 and 1998 Maddock created TERRA SPIRITUS … with a darker shade of pale, a…
We remember the late photographer Malick Sidibé (1936–2016) with our previous post when the Gallery acquired a group of photographs taken soon after independence was declared in the north-west African country of Mali. Know Brisbane through the Collection / Hear artists tell their stories / Read about the Australian Collection / Subscribe to QAGOMA YouTube to go behind-the-scenes #QAGOMA
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art stands and recognise the creative contribution First Australians make to the art and culture of this country.