A cultural centre for Queensland
Since the Queensland Art Gallery opened in 1982, the Cultural Centre has evolved into the arts and culture centrepiece of the state. The Gallery and the Cultural Centre is architecturally significant...
View ArticleRobin Gibson’s legacy of light and air
At a time when most Australian galleries were temple-like buildings that upheld the exclusivity of art appreciation, architect Robin Gibson’s Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) was truly extraordinary:...
View ArticleQueensland Art Gallery: Brisbane’s architectural landmark
Australia’s most outstanding concrete public architectural works have recently been chosen from a judging panel comprising some of Australia’s best-known architects and building experts with Robin...
View ArticleA message on sustainability
Water is one of humanity’s common denominators. We are all made of it, we immerse ourselves in it and our lives depend upon it. These are among the weighty considerations that ‘Water’, our major summer...
View ArticleGrowing with the Queensland Art Gallery
Miriam Prystupa worked at the Queensland Art Gallery from its opening on South Bank in 1982 until 1999. However, she also has a more personal connection to the Gallery, her father Peter was appointed...
View ArticleClimate for galleries: An evolution in thinking
The cultural heritage sector recognises the need to demonstrate a commitment to social, environmental and economic sustainability. Traditionally museums and galleries have been significant consumers of...
View ArticleQueensland Art Gallery: Celebrating 125 years
In the late 19th century, Queensland artists Isaac Walter Jenner and R. Godfrey Rivers successfully lobbied for the creation of a state art gallery, with the Queensland National Art Gallery established...
View ArticleQAGOMA Foundation: Integral to the story of our Collection
As the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) celebrates 125 years since its establishment on 29 March 2020, we look at the role of the Foundation in sustaining a philanthropic...
View ArticleQAGOMA during COVID-19: Director’s update
What a strange and perilous and testing time we find ourselves in. Like art communities and institutions right across the world, QAGOMA has acclimatised to uncertainty as we grapple together with the...
View ArticleInto the night: An interview with James Turrell
James Turrell’s Architectural Light series represents the artist’s smallest works in number, but the largest in terms of sheer physical size, and they adorn public and private buildings and structures...
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