John Peart ‘Shoot point’

Shoot point 1967, whose acquisition was generously supported by James C Sourris, AM, is a major work from a pivotal point in Peart’s career, and an important addition to the Gallery’s holdings of 1960s Australian painting. John Peart displayed remarkable artistic talent from very early in his life. Born in Brisbane in 1945, Peart commenced…

Highlight: Taloi Havini and Stuart Miller ‘Blood Generation’

Three large-scale photographs from this photographic series were recently acquired for the Collection and will appear in APT8 in November this year. Here is the background to these sublime portraits. The photographic series ‘Blood Generation’ is born out of the people of Bougainville’s ongoing grief over the loss of their land as the result of mining…

GOMA presents ‘Cult Japan’ film program

Japanese film will make a long-awaited return to the Australian Cinémathèque at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) when ‘Cult Japan’ opens next month. Tickets are now on sale for the eight-week film program running from 3 July to 2 September 2015. Featuring atomic monsters, cool assassins, geishas and gargantuas, ‘Cult Japan’ celebrates some of the most…

The banana cutters, a rare figurative work by Margaret Olley

The banana cutters, a rare figurative work by the much loved Australian artist Margaret Olley (1923-2011) is an intriguing and valuable addition to our Collection. Working in the second half of the twentieth century, Olley made traditional still life and interior subjects uniquely her own. It was in Brisbane in the 1960s that she first…

Uuriintuya Dagvasambuu / Path to wealth 2013

Artists from Asia and the Pacific take the international stage

All eyes will focus on QAGOMA in November 2015, when we host over 80 artists at the world’s largest exhibition focused on art from Asia and the Pacific, ‘The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT8). On display at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) and Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) from 21 November 2015…

Lisa Reihana ‘in Pursuit of Venus [infected]’ 2015 | Foundation Appeal

Filling the intimate space of Gallery 6 of the Queensland Art Gallery, the compelling soundscape of the QAGOMA Foundation’s 2015 Appeal artwork beckons. Lisa Reihana’s in Pursuit of Venus [infected] 2015 heralds visitors into a dynamic space which re-examines the story of Pacific exploration and encounter. This new perspective excites the imagination, populating this history…