Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Engagement Strategy

Posted by Jason Smith   ●   22 Dec 2015

In April of 2015, the Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees formally endorsed the Gallery’s new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island (ATSI) Engagement Strategy, which provides practical and ethical guidelines and procedures relating to our commitment to Indigenous Australian art and culture. QAGOMA is committed to representing Indigenous Australian art and culture through collection development,…

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Vale: Robert Dickerson

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   15 Dec 2015

The Gallery acknowledges the recent passing of Robert Dickerson (1924 – 2015), one of Australia’s best known artists and a unique artistic personality. Robert Dickerson was a distinguished Australian artist whose long standing commitment to his art was widely acknowledged throughout Australia. Born in Sydney, Dickerson had an unconventional path as an artist, self-taught with…

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Vale: Ray Crooke AO

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   9 Dec 2015

The Gallery acknowledges the passing of Ray Crooke AO (12 July 1922–5 December 2015), and we pause to reflect on his unique vision, particularly of the tropical north of Queensland, and celebrate his extraordinary contribution to Australian art. Crooke was a romantic-realist artist whose images emerged from an acute and highly sensitive observation of the…

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Behind the SaVAge K’lub

Posted by Amanda Pagliarino   ●  

In the lead-up to ‘The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT8), QAGOMA’s conservation staff applied their skills and knowledge to several artworks that are on display. We share some background information on one of the exhibition’s major works, which required the collaboration of the Queensland Museum. Collaboration with the Queensland Museum Rosanna Raymond’s APT8…

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APT8: Justin Shoulder and Bhenji Ra

Posted by Kyla McFarlane   ●   8 Dec 2015

In the past two-and-a-half years, Justin Shoulder and Bhenji Ra have collaborated on performances and video, as well as club-based event production under the moniker of ‘Club Ate’, working with queer people of colour. Justin Shoulder and Bhenji Ra are collaborators from Sydney, brought together by a shared cultural lineage within Australia’s Filipino diaspora. Shoulder…

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