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Queensland Art Gallery | Modern Art Blog
14.11.2024
Have you ever been to an exhibition and wondered what the inspiration for a work was, or how it was created or even installed?
12.11.2024
From 1914 onward Australian women’s magazines and newspaper supplements included craft patterns to keep up patriotic sentiments at home
To mark the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial we highlight 8 artists who are exhibiting in this year’s Triennial and who are also past participants
10.11.2024
04.11.2024
We look back at the circumstances of how and why ‘The 1st Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ was conceived, developed and realised
01.11.2024
QAGOMA presents specially curated programs throughout the 11th Triennial bringing together moving-image works from across the region
28.10.2024
Evening light is a rare work that depicts the river and the Brisbane Customs House illuminated by the moon.
22.10.2024
21.10.2024
To mark the eleventh chapter of the Asia Pacific Triennial we look back at all the Queensland Art Gallery's Watermall installations
For more than three decades, the Asia Pacific Triennial has showcased an evolving mix of the most exciting developments in contemporary art
The growth of the Triennial was part of the impetus for the Gallery’s second site, it was appropriate that GOMA opened with the fifth Triennial
18.10.2024
17.10.2024
11.10.2024
The QAGOMA Research Library has a varied collection of artists’ books connected to various art movements and international avant-gardes
09.10.2024
Now restored, Anthony Alder's Heron’s home represents the artist's skills in depicting natural history subjects
03.10.2024
Charles H Lancaster’s 1937 Brisbane cityscape depicts a canopy of fig trees and roof tops captured in the muted late afternoon light.
01.10.2024
Inspired by her new rural surroundings Janet Dawson began to embrace more flowing forms shiftng her focus away from hard-edge painting
25.09.2024
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec moved to Paris in 1882 and was instantly drawn to the city’s nightlife and entertainment
24.09.2024
James Gleeson was one of Australia’s most celebrated Surrealists, by the mid-1970s he began experimenting with collage
23.09.2024
Among the most memorable contributions to the inaugural Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in 1993 is Shigeo Toya’s Woods III 1991–92
18.09.2024
At the heart of 'Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses' lies a collaboration with Dutch sound designer and composer Salvador Breed
17.09.2024
Birds regularly appear in Brett Whiteley’s paintings. As a child he was a frequent visitor to Sydney’s Taronga Park Zoo
16.09.2024
Una and the fauns by Australian artist Rupert Bunny was inspired by Edmund Spencer's epic poem and fantastical allegory The Faerie Queene
10.09.2024
In Spaces Between Houses – Two Blocks 1977 Virginia Coventry uses the camera as an observational and recording device.
09.09.2024
George Lambert Portrait group (The mother) 1907 features the artist's wife, their children, Maurice and Constant and artist Thea Proctor. #GeorgeLambert
Influenced by Symbolist and Surrealist literature, Iris van Herpen loves reinterpreting literary representations of transformation
04.09.2024
Summer haze by William Bustard depicts the view to the city from St Andrew’s Church and Brisbane State High School at South Brisbane
03.09.2024
Through its ongoing commitment to Access programs QAGOMA strives to create a truly inclusive space for the whole community.
02.09.2024
For Iris van Herpen a splash, bubbles, raindrops, snowflakes, mist and fog — water, in all its shape-shifting states is an inspiration
28.08.2024
Emanuel Phillips Fox’s 'The end of the story' depicts a woman in contemplation, reclining upon a lounge in a boudoir setting
27.08.2024
Fashion and art collide in Sculpting the Senses bringing Iris van Herpen’s designs into conversation with contemporary artworks
Ziggy may have played guitar, but it was David Bowie who played an alien, a vampire, and a goblin king, all with effortless style
26.08.2024
David Bowie is synonymous with transcendent stage performances, eye-catching costumes, & an androgynous brand of cool ahead of its time
21.08.2024
In Brisbane’s Wintry sunshine Vida Lahey has captured the Albert Street Methodist Church casting shadows across the foreground of the painting
20.08.2024
This contemporary cabinet of curiosities or Kunstkammer, distils many of Iris van Herpen's wideranging sources of inspiration
19.08.2024
The collaborative research of curator and conservator can deeply enhance our understanding and evaluation of works of art
13.08.2024
In Cosmic Bloom Iris van Herpen's gowns are unbound by gravity, a state of elevation to which the designer aspires
12.08.2024
09.08.2024
The wattle provides nourishment, is a connection to Country, displays the national colours of Australia and has become a symbol of remembrance
08.08.2024