Asia Pacific Triennial Valentine's Day

Ever After Valentines Day / February 2024 / Gallery of Modern Art, GOMA / Photography: J Ruckli, QAGOMA / View full image

When

5.30 – 8.30 pm, Fri 14 Feb 2025

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Where

Gallery of Modern Art

Accessibility

Wheelchair Accessible

What to Expect

Admission

General Admission
$30.00
QAGOMA Member
$25.00

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About

Art that sweeps you off your feet

Fall head over heels for art, culture, and creativity this Valentine’s Day at the Triennial. Whether you’re celebrating with your partner, your bestie, or flying solo, this late-night opening of the Asia Pacific Triennial is the perfect excuse to spend an inspired Friday night at GOMA.

Wander through the Triennial's captivating exhibition spaces to the backdrop of live music, grab a curated cocktail and delightful bite to eat at our pop-up GOMA Bar, dive into thought-provoking talks, flex your creative energy with art-making workshops and see where the night takes you.

One night only. Only at the Triennial.

A valid Asia Pacific Triennial Valentine’s Day event ticket is required for this event. QAGOMA Members free ticket vouchers cannot be redeemed for this event.

Asia Pacific Triennial Opening Weekend / November 2024 / Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane / Photograph: Katie Bennett, QAGOMA / View full image

Art | Asia Pacific Triennial

5.30 – 8.30pm | GOMA only

Art that takes you places.

Bringing compelling new art to Brisbane, The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art is a gateway to the rapidly evolving artistic expression of Australia, Asia and the Pacific. Alongside artists and makers whose work has not been previously seen in Australia are a raft of new co-curated projects investigating artforms and cultural contexts rarely encountered outside their home localities. Read more.

Ixaras / Photography: Gabi Rankine Creative / Image courtesy: Ixaras / View full image

Live Music | Ixara (Solo set) (QUBE Effect Winner)

7.30 – 8.00pm | River Room

Experience an intimate solo set by Ixaras, 2024 Multi QUBE Effect Award winner in the heart of the Asia Pacific Triennial.

Raised in Meanjin, Brisbane, Ixara is a 17-year-old Indie/ Pop/ Rock artist who is the embodiment of self - expression and youth today. In the last 2 years, she has turned herself from an underground, DIY Brisbane staple, to an artist gaining huge national attention, running her own all ages, sold - out headline shows through her company ‘Anti Dismal’ and producing - ‘charismatic indie pop with flair and stamina’ (Triple J) in her friends' bedrooms

Ruha Fifita, Curatorial Assistant, Pacific Art, QAGOMA / December, 2024 / Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane / Photograph: Joe Ruckli / © QAGOMA / View full image

Short & Sweet Art Talks

6.00–6.15pm & 7.00–7.15pm | Level 1

Join Asia Pacific Triennial curator, Ruha Fifita for a short talk about the Hawaiian artists and their artworks in the exhibition.

6.00pm | Mele Kahalepuna Chun

7.00pm | Bernice Akamine

Valentine's Day: Ever After / February 2024 / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane / Photograph: Joe Ruckli / © QAGOMA / View full image

Art-Making Workshop | Time Travel Objects

5.30 – 8.30pm | GOMA Foyer

Asia Pacific Triennial artist, Rithika Merchant invites you to imagine you have travelled to a far-away planet in the future that humans have terraformed to make a new home. Create a keepsake object with polymer clay, inspired by your journey into the future. No prior art making experience required

This program was created in collaboration with Brisbane City Council.

Art-Making Workshop | Feeling Memories

5.30 – 8.30pm | GOMA Foyer

Asia Pacific Triennial artist, Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar invites you to drop in and take a moment to reminisce. Think of a significant place in Brisbane, how you felt there and a memory that you hold close. Contribute a written or drawn memory to a ‘Monster of Places in Brisbane’ or take home as a keepsake. No prior art making experience required

This program was created in collaboration with Brisbane City Council.

GOMA Friday Nights / August 2024 / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane / Photography: Katie Bennet, QAGOMA / View full image

GOMA Bar

5.30 – 8.30pm | River Room

Take a seat, savour the river view, treat yourself to a cocktail and share a bite to eat in the heart of ‘The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’.

APT11 Opening Weekend / November 2024 / Brisbane / Gallery of Modern Art, GOMA / Photography K Bennett, courtesy of QAGOMA / View full image

GOMA Store

5.30 – 8.30pm

Beautiful gifts, books and homewares for you and your loved one, including a selection of Asia-Pacific delights – apparel, accessories and cuisine, celebrating this diverse region.

Production still from Loveland 2022 / Director: Ivan Sen / Image courtesy: Bunya Productions / View full image — Production still from *Loveland* 2022 / Director: Ivan Sen / Image courtesy: Bunya Productions / View full image / View full image

Cinema | Loveland 2022 M

6.00pm (102 mins) | Cinema A GOMA

Australian director Ivan Sen’s Loveland is a visually seductive science fiction noir that imagines the struggles to find love in a competitive future world.

Set in a neon-drenched metropolis, a mercenary-like figure named Jack is deep in the throes of an existential crisis. Numbed by the malaise of contemporary society, Jack turns to the company of strangers to temporarily relieve him from his feelings of loneliness and unfulfillment. As the unrelenting nature of his seemingly hollow existence persists, Jack meets a young Vietnamese singer named April who reinvigorates his very existence, setting him on a broader discovery of identity and self.

Influenced by the director’s own experiences living and working in Hong Kong, Loveland is a futuristic love story that avoids conventional romantic storytelling in favour of an alternative science-fiction based rhetoric. A film 14 years in the making, Ivan Sen’s Loveland is a love letter to the genre of science fiction and its ability to create speculative futures that pose prescient questions to audiences in the present.

M | Science fiction violence and infrequent coarse language

What to Expect

Here’s what to expect at this event.

Everyone is welcome! Please contact events.plus@qagoma.qld.gov.au in advance of the program if you have any access needs or queries about the event. Find out more about Accessibility at QAGOMA and planning your visit.

Participation and content

This event is not just for romantic couples. Friends, families (including children), and solo visitors are all welcome at this event.
This event has a capacity of 500 attendees.
We ask all attendees to be kind, respectful, and courteous to all participants, speakers and staff at this event. This program will be monitored by QAGOMA staff to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our attendees, speakers and staff.

Sensory aspects

Speakers will use an amplified microphone for talks.
Between 7.30 – 8.00pm, there will be a live music performance within the Gallery. Music will be amplified.
Background music will be played during the event.
The lighting in the exhibition space is dimly lit in areas. Other areas of this event will be brightly lit (you may choose to wear sunglasses).
The Gallery air conditioning is set to 21°C to conserve the artworks.
This event will be photographed/filmed by QAGOMA staff. If you do not wish to be photographed/filmed, please advise a QAGOMA staff member on arrival.
QAGOMA is cashless. Card payments only.