How did we install Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir’s ‘Nervescape V’?

Nervescape V 2016 by Icelandic artist Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir adorns the walls of the Long Gallery, transforming GOMA in 2016 as we celebrate it turning ten. Exuberant, tactile and sprawling, her installation is constructed from massed bundles of synthetic hair. Under her influence, the smooth white walls of the gallery become something much more animal, untamed…

2016: GOMA turns 10 countdown

GOMA. A place where people come together to be inspired and imaginations spark. A place where ideas meet. This summer will be packed with even more excitement as GOMA turns 10. So come along and help us celebrate. GOMA Turns 10 this weekend and we’re celebrating. Enjoy a range of programs, special events and related exhibitions —…

Interview: Alex Lotersztain, Designer & GOMA Ambassador

GOMA Ambassador Alex Lotersztain, designer of the official ‘GOMA turns 10′ Ambassador chair, the QTZ limited edition GOLD Alex Lotersztain is a Brisbane-based designer with an international reputation and a multi-disciplinary studio and also one of our GOMA Turns 10 Ambassadors. He’s spent the last decade sharing a postcode with the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA),…

Brisbane rehearsal for Nick Cave’s HEARD•BNE 2016 at the Gallery of Modern Art / Photograph: Chloe Callistemon © QAGOMA

A behind-the-scenes look at the rehearsals for Nick Cave’s HEARD performance

Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the rehearsals for Nick Cave’s HEARD•BNE 2016 performance which was performed over the opening weekend of ‘Sugar Spin: you, me, art and everything’ in December 2016 and again in mid-January 2017 to celebrate GOMA turning 10. HEARD consists of 30 ‘soundsuits’, made to be worn or displayed as sculpture. HEARD comes alive…

Design meets art – ideas meet at GOMA

As part of GOMA turning ten, the Gallery has launched a new Ambassador program of supporters to assist in advocating GOMA as a space where people can connect to the relevance and transformative potential of contemporary art and ideas. These Ambassadors are successful across a range of different fields, reflecting the diversity of GOMA’s audiences.…

You, me, art and everything: GOMA turns 10

Sugar Spin: you, me, art and everything is our major, free exhibition headlining the tenth anniversary celebrations for the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) this year. ‘Sugar Spin’ will showcase contemporary works from the collection across GOMA, every delight that ‘Sugar Spin’ offers also has an edge and the complex connections between humanity and the natural world…