Half-day Art Course Baroque Art – From then to now

Name: Half-day Art Course
Start: 2026-03-20T22:30:00.000Z
End: 2026-03-21T02:00:00.000Z

Left: Tintoretto, Italy 1518 – 1594 /Cristo risorgente (The risen Christ) (detail)c.1555/ Oil on canvas / Purchased 1981 through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art | Right: Yuki Kihara, Samoa b.1975 / Siva in Motion (detail) 2012 / Single-channel HD video: 8:14 minutes, looped, colour, silent / Purchased 2015 with funds from Tim Fairfax AC through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Yuki Kihara / View full image

When

8.30 am – 12.00 pm, Sat 21 Mar 2026

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Where

Queensland Art Gallery

Accessibility

Wheelchair Accessible

What to expect

Admission

QAGOMA Member
$76.00
General Admission
$95.00

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About

Discover how the drama and ideas of the Baroque continue to shape contemporary art, in this intensive half-day Art Course.

Trace universal themes across Baroque and contemporary practice through artworks from the QAGOMA Collection and beyond. A tour of ‘Worlds within Worlds: Baroque Traditions, Contemporary Visions’, an in-depth lecture and a discussion with a contemporary artist will reveal compelling connections between artists and ideas across time, offering an engaging exploration of the Baroque, then and now.

Schedule

Registrations and Arrival tea & coffee | 8.30 – 9.15am
Sculpture Courtyard, QAG.

Curatorial Tour ‘Worlds within Worlds: Baroque Traditions, Contemporary Visions’ | 9.15 – 9.45am
Led by Dr Jacinta Giles (Assistant Curator, International Art, QAGOMA).

Focus Lecture: Baroque to Now | 9.50 – 11.00am
Dr Andrea Bubenik (Associate Professor, School of Communication and Arts, The University of Queensland).

Discussion | 11.10am – 12 noon
Christopher Bassi (Artist), Dr Jacinta Giles (Assistant Curator, International Art, QAGOMA) and host Dr Andrea Bubenik (Associate Professor, School of Communication and Arts, The University of Queensland).

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this half-day course participants will be able to identify key Baroque themes, and articulate how their influence continues to shape contemporary art.

Attendees will receive course materials and complimentary tea and coffee on arrival. This half-day Art Course is suitable for all knowledge levels.

Dr Jacinta Giles

Jacinta Giles is the Assistant Curator, International Art, with the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA). Jacinta joined QAGOMA in 2019 and the International Art team in 2022. She holds a Doctorate and Master in Visual Arts from Griffith University, and a Master of Education and Bachelor of Creative Arts from the University of Southern Queensland.

Since commencing in International Art, Jacinta has curated ‘Worlds within Worlds: Baroque Traditions, Contemporary Visions’ (2026), ‘Birds of Passage: Ian Fairweather and Paul Jacoulet ’ (2024–26), ‘Women in Modern Art’ (2024–26), and ‘Journey’ (2024). She has also been part of the QAGOMA curatorial team for ‘Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses’ (2024) and ‘Air’ (2022).

Dr Andrea Bubenik

Dr Andrea Bubenik’s research and teaching is focused on Renaissance and Baroque art (especially Albrecht Dürer and his followers), histories of printmaking, court cultures and collecting, early modern links between art and science, the historiography of art from ancient times to the present, and theories of reception. Her books include The Persistence of Melancholia (editor, 2019), Perspectives on Wenceslaus Hollar (co-edited with Anne Thackray, 2016), and Reframing Albrecht Dürer (2013). She was the curator of the exhibitions ‘Ecstasy: Baroque and Beyond’ (2017) and ‘Five Centuries of Melancholia’ (2014), both held at the UQ Art Museum. In her curating Andrea explores the afterlives and migrations of images, and ways of creating and enlivening dialogues between historical and contemporary art.

Christopher Bassi

Christopher Bassi is an artist of Meriam, Yupungathi and British descent. Working with archetypal models of representational painting, his work engages with the medium as sociological and historical text and as a means to address issues surrounding cultural identity, alternative genealogies, and colonial legacies in Australia and the South Pacific. Through critical re-imagining, his paintings become a space for a type of speculative storytelling that consider questions of history and place and the entangling of personal and collective experience.

Zilvinas Kempinas, Lithuania b.1969 / Columns 2006 / Magnetic tape, painted wood panels and nails / Purchased 2012 with funds from Tim Fairfax AM through the QAG Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Zilvinas Kempinas / Photograph: N Harth © QAGOMA — Zilvinas Kempinas, Lithuania b.1969 / *Columns* 2006 / Magnetic tape, painted wood panels and nails / Purchased 2012 with funds from Tim Fairfax AM through the QAG Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Zilvinas Kempinas / Photograph: N Harth © QAGOMA / View full image

Worlds within Worlds: Baroque Traditions, Contemporary Visions

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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 half-day Art Course is suitable for all knowledge levels.
Attendees will receive course materials, including an outline of the artworks and themes discussed, along with optional additional resources and suggestions for further reading.
Facilitators will encourage discussion during the event. You may participate, ask questions, or simply listen.
You are welcome to come with a friend or by yourself. Many people attend the Gallery solo.
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 and Accessibility

Registrations and arrival tea and coffee will take place in the outdoor Sculpture Courtyard, which has some undercover areas. The space can get bright and sunny, so attendees may wish to take sun-smart precautions.
Speakers will use an amplified microphone. Please let us know in advance if you are hard of hearing so we can make this talk accessible for you.
A screen/projection will be used during the event.
Different areas of the event and exhibition will be dimly or brightly lit (you may choose to wear sunglasses).
The tour will be held in the Gallery 4 exhibition space, with portable stools without backs available. Should you require a chair with a back, please email events.plus@qagoma.qld.gov.au in advance.
The lecture and discussion will be held in Lecture Theatre, which is a 110 seat theatre space, the lights will be turned down on the audience during the event. You can leave the space at any time and re-enter the event.
The Gallery air conditioning is set to 21°C to conserve the artworks.
We try our best to minimise sound in the surrounding space, but sometimes there might be low level noise from a nearby artwork or the sounds of the Gallery.
If the event becomes overwhelming or stressful, earmuffs and sensory kits are available. Each kit contains a number of resources for self-regulation and calming. Please speak to a staff member for assistance. These kits can also be requested in advance by emailing
This event will be photographed by QAGOMA staff. If you do not wish to be photographed or filmed, please advise a QAGOMA staff member on arrival.

Companion Cards

We accept Companion Cards. A Companion Card is issued by the Queensland Government for those with a disability and need for attendant care support. The ‘Companion’ ticket type is only valid for your companion to gain complimentary entry. A General Admission or QAGOMA Member ticket is required for the Companion Card holder to access this event. A valid companion card number is required to be supplied upon booking.

QAGOMA Members ticket vouchers

A valid Half-Day Art Course ticket is required to attend this event. QAGOMA Members ticket vouchers are not valid for this event.