In May, the QAGOMA Trustees announced the first artworks to be acquired through The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Charitable Trust, established in 2018 with the extraordinary $35 million bequest of the late Win Schubert AO (1937–2017). Here, curators Geraldine Kirrihi Barlow, Sophie Rose and Samantha Littley introduce these landmark acquisitions. Win Schubert AO was…
Uncovered from the treasure trove of QAGOMA Research Library’s Asia Pacific Triennial (APT) Archive, we highlight a selection of ‘Exquisite Corpse’ drawings from the APT1 artists’ retreat. ‘The First Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT1) opened on 18 September 1993 with the aim of facilitating opportunities for cultural exchange across the Asia Pacific region.…
Church interior c.1941-42 (illustrated) is one of Grace Cossington Smith’s most significant achievements, incorporating her major stylistic approaches and interests. It is also meaningful in terms of the artist’s personal history, as it depicts the Smith family’s place of worship, the new St James’ Anglican Church in Turramurra, Sydney, built in 1941. The painting encapsulates…
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The recent passing of Inge King AM, and Bea Maddock AM saw the loss of two significant and highly respected figures in Australian art. We commemorate these great women in the Collection. Inge King Ingeborg Viktoria (Inge) King AM (1915–2016) was a leading non-figurative sculptor in Australia for more than five decades. Born in Berlin,…
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To truly appreciate the epic work that is TERRA SPIRITUS … with a darker shade of pale 1993–98 (illustrated), you must immerse yourself and absorb this expansive installation which reaches almost 40 metres in length. This work has been described as Bea Maddock’s ‘Magnum Opus’1, indeed it is the accumulation of not only years of dedication…
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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.