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Through a generous gift of the Australian Government Archie Moore’s Golden Lion-winning artwork ‘kith and kin’ will be jointly acquired by QAGOMA and Tate London.   Commissioned by Creative Australia and curated by QAGOMA Curator of Contemporary Australian Art Ellie Buttrose, ‘kith and kin’ will be presented at QAGOMA from August 2025. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/gGzVV6CJ

QAGOMA has announced the full list of artists for ‘The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’. Featuring over 500 works by 70 artists and projects from more than 30 countries, the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial will present work by Dana Awartani, Brett Graham, D Harding, Mit Jai Inn, Kikik Kollektive, Saodat Ismailova, Dawn Ng, Yeung Tong Lung and Haus Yuriyal and many more when it opens at the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art from 30 November 2024 until 27 April 2025. ‘For more than three decades, this much-anticipated, home-grown exhibition has showcased an evolving mix of the most exciting and important developments in contemporary art from across Australia, Asia and the Pacific,’ QAGOMA Director Chris Saines CNZM. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/gziaBskn ‘The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ is made possible by Founding Supporter the Queensland Government and Principal Partner Creative Australia; and is supported by Strategic Partner Tourism and Events Queensland; Principal Benefactor Haymans Electrical & Data Supplies; Asia Pacific Triennial Kids Principal Benefactor Tim Fairfax Family Foundation; Major Partners Shayher Group, Urban Art Projects and Crumpler; and Grantor the Office for the Arts, part of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts. Images: Rithika Merchant / India b.1986 / Temporal Structures 2023 / Gouache, watercolour and ink on paper / 105 x 150cm / Courtesy: The artist and TARQ, Mumbai / © Rithika Merchant / Kim Ah Sam / Kalkadoon/Kuku Yalanji people / Australia b.1967 / Where our journey takes us (detail) 2022 / Twine, raffia, bamboo and emu feathers / Dimensions variable / Installation view, Outer Space Window Gallery, Brisbane, 2022 / © Kim Ah Sam / Photograph: Louis Lim / Image courtesy: Outer Space and Kim Ah Sam / Dawn Ng / Singapore b.1982 / WATERFALL VIII (still) 2023 / 4K video, 27:06 minutes, 16:9 (landscape) and 9:16 (portrait) / Courtesy: The artist and Sullivan+Strumpf / © Dawn Ng

QAGOMA is proud to announce that it is now a member of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower - Australia & New Zealand Program, an initiative to ensure those with non-visible disabilities feel safe and supported.   Visitors with disability are encouraged to collect a free sunflower lanyard or pin from the Gallery information desks to visually communicate their need for support to QAGOMA’s trained staff.   This initiative has been generously supported by Alida Rae Mayze.   Read about QAGOMA’s accessibility programs: https://lnkd.in/gq3jHfnK   Image: A visitor collecting a Sunflower lanyard at QAG, 2024 / Photograph: Nicholas Umek

Revel on the red carpet with the Gallery’s young giving circle, the Future Collective. Mingle, network and celebrate ‘Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses’ at this exclusive gala on Sat 27 July. Enjoy a curated gourmet menu and drinks throughout the evening, along with music, activations and exclusive after-hours access to this breathtaking exhibition. Plus, enter the lucky door prize and raffle on the night to win a selection of fabulous prizes! FUTURE COLLECTIVE: REVEL 2024 6.00pm, Sat 27 July | GOMA Dress to impress! Buy tickets: https://lnkd.in/e4YnwPr2 The Future Collective brings together young professionals and creatives who share a passion for arts and culture. All proceeds from this event support the ongoing development of the Gallery through the work of the QAGOMA Foundation. Images: Installation view / ‘Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses’, GOMA, 2024 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon / Guests at Future Collective Revel 2022 / Photograph: Katie Bennett / The Gallery of Modern Art on the night of the ‘Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses’ Official Celebration, 2024 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon

QAGOMA recently hosted its annual Reconciliation Circle dinner with founding partner Gadens, patrons Aurecon and Cartier and guests, which this year honoured Waanyi artist Judy Watson. Held during NAIDOC Week and among the works of Watson’s exhibition ‘mudunama kundana wandaraba jarribirri’, the evening paid tribute to one of Australia’s most important, respected and fiercely resolute contemporary artists. Guests also heard from QAGOMA Indigenous Advisory Panel member and esteemed Thabu/Samu Elder Nancy Bamaga, and Gadens Partner Sarah Toohey. The QAGOMA Reconciliation Circle contributes to meaningful outcomes for First Nations people and projects at the Gallery. Now in its second year, this fundraising initiative ensures First Nations voices are at the forefront of the work we do. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/gQUiK8ZS Images: QAGOMA Trustee and IAP member Dr Bianca Beetson (Gubbi Gubbi/Kabi Kabi & Wiradjuri peoples), QAGOMA Trustee and IAP Chair David Williams (Wakka Wakka people), QAGOMA IAP member Louisa Warren (Badulgal people), QAGOMA Director Chris Saines CNZM, Gadens Partner Sarah Toohey, Gadens CEO Mark Pistilli, Waanyi artists Judy and Joyce Watson, and QAGOMA IAP member Nancy Bamaga (Thabu/Samu people), at the QAGOMA Reconciliation Circle annual dinner, QAG, July 2024 / Waanyi artist Judy Watson key note address at the Reconciliation Circle annual dinner / QAGOMA IAP member and Thabu/Samu Elder Nancy Bamaga key note address at the Reconciliation Circle annual dinner / Photographs: Chloë Callistemon

Katina Davidson (Kullilli/Yuggera), QAGOMA’s Curator of Indigenous Australian Art, is the recipient of a prestigious curatorial fellowship offered by Creative Australia in collaboration with the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Katina will research and curate an exhibition that focuses on paintings by Spinifex People from Tjuntjuntjara, Western Australia produced between 2010 and 2021. Spinifex People left their ancestral homelands when the British began nuclear testing and commenced painting in 1997 as part of their Native Title claim involving the return of their homelands. Kluge-Ruhe holds one of the most significant collections of Aboriginal art outside of Australia, with works by leading artists including Lawrence Pennington, Tjaruwa Woods and Patju Presley. Image: Katina Davidson (Kullilli/Yuggera), Curator of Indigenous Australian Art, QAGOMA / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon

During National Reconciliation Week, the Gallery’s Project Officer, Public Engagement Sandy Harvey (Kalkadoon people), reflects on the importance of connecting through art and sharing stories from our first artists and storytellers on the QAGOMA Blog. Read the post here: https://lnkd.in/gN3FYzaU You can also join Sandy on one of our free monthly Art & This Place tours, inviting audiences to grow their knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and culture. Image: Sandy Harvey, 2024 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon

'I'm creating a space that's between reality and dreaming.' – Iris van Herpen. Iris van Herpen is the most extraordinary fashion creative of her generation, an internationally acclaimed designer renowned for her future-facing innovation and imaginative collisions of fashion, art, science and technology. Exclusive to Queensland from 29 June to 7 October 2024, ‘Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses’ at GOMA will be one of the most remarkable fashion retrospectives ever presented in Australia. Find out more and get your tickets: https://lnkd.in/gP_YqA_j Exhibition co-organised by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris and QAGOMA, Brisbane, based on an original exhibition designed by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. With thanks to Strategic Partner Tourism and Events Queensland Major Partners Shayher Group, UAP | Urban Art Projects, Tourism & Media Partners Brisbane Economic Development Agency, The Courier-Mail, JCDecaux Australia, Southern Cross Austereo, Grantors and Cultural Partners Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie, Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, through the Embassy and Consulate-General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Australia, Supporting Partners Bacchus Wine Merchant, Allpress Espresso

QAGOMA’s 2024 Foundation Appeal has just been announced! Help us acquire leading Australian artist Jenny Watson’s extraordinary ‘Private views and rear visions’ 2021–22, a major work comprising 48 individual paintings, which featured in ‘Embodied Knowledge: Queensland Contemporary Art’ at QAG in 2022–23. Until 7 July, ‘Private views and rear visions’ is on display in the Queensland Art Gallery’s Melbourne Street entrance, while the artist discusses the work in a video screening on level 2 at GOMA. Find out more and make a donation at: qagoma.qld.gov.au/appeal #QAGOMAFoundationAppeal #QAGOMAFoundation Image: Jenny Watson / Australia VIC/QLD b.1951 / 'Private views and rear visions' (installation view) 2021–22 / Proposed for the QAGOMA Collection / © Jenny Watson / Photograph: Joe Ruckli

‘Here in Australia, most of us live in the diaspora. That means living away from your lands and having a multitude of histories. It’s not two different histories, it can be three or four or more. And I think that’s a really big part of our identity.’ – Salote Tawale For nearly two decades, Salote Tawale has upended viewers’ and critics’ expectations of who she is and what she is likely to do next. Tawale's work is on display in ‘sis: Pacific Art 1980–2023’, which brings together three decades of art-marking by a sisterhood of artists from across Oceania, at GOMA until 25 Aug 2024.