Fairy Tales
Promotional image from Mirror Mirror 2012 showing ‘Yellow dress with hood’ worn by Lily Collins as ‘Princess Snow’ / Director: Tarsem Singh / © 2012 UV RML NL Assets LLC. / Photograph: Jan Thijs / View full image
When
2 Dec 2023 – 28 Apr 2024
Where
Gallery of Modern Art, Foyer, Gallery 1.1 (The Fairfax Gallery), Gallery 1.2 & Gallery 1.3 (Eric and Marion Taylor Gallery)
Admission
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Adult
$28.00 -
Concession
Concession Tickets
The Gallery accepts the following concession cards. Individual patrons must show concession cards to receive concessional entry.
Eligibility for standard concession entry includes:
- State and regional Gallery Guides - Association of Australian Gallery Guiding Organisations (AAGGO)
- Full Time Australian Tertiary and TAFE Students
- Full Time International Tertiary and TAFE Students with ISIC card and individual institution cards
- State Government Seniors Card (please note we do not accept Seniors Business Card Holders)
- Australian Government Pensioner Concession Card
- Australian Government Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
- Department of Veteran Affairs / Repatriation Health Card (Gold and White)
- Carer Business Discount Card / Department of Families Card Holders
- National Association of the Visual Arts (NAVA) Members
- Australian Museums and Galleries Association Membership Card (AMaGA)
The following Concession Cards are not accepted by the Gallery:
- Senior Business Discount Cards
- National Seniors Cards
- Any International Seniors Cards (including New Zealand)
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Member
Member Tickets
QAGOMA Gallery Members and QAGOMA Foundation Members are entitled to a special Members ticket price. We also provide reciprocal membership with the following galleries:
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (AGNSW)
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide (AGSA)
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (AGWA)
- Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne (ACMI)
- Auckland Art Gallery (AAG)
- Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory, Darwin (MAGNT)
- Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA)
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (NGA)
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (NGV)
- National Portrait Gallery, Canberra (NPG)
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart (TMAG)
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Youth 13-17
$18.00 -
Child 5-12
$10.00 -
Child Under 4 (no ticket required)
Free -
Family
Family Tickets
Family ticket is for 2 adults & up to 3 children aged between 5-12 years.
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Companion Card
Companion Card Tickets
We accept Companion Cards. The Companion Card holder is entitled to a concession ticket, which can be purchased in advanced online. Show your Companion Card to Ticket staff at the exhibition entry to receive complimentary entry for your companion.
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Season Pass Adult
Season Pass Tickets
A Season Pass entitles a single person to unlimited entry for a specific exhibition. The identification card that the holder used to validate the Season Pass must be shown each time the Season Pass is used.
Please note Season Passes are not valid for Special Events, such as Up Late, and are not transferrable to any other person than the Season Pass holder. Season Passes are for single exhibitions only and do not allow entry into any other ticketed exhibition or cinema program.
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Season Pass Concession
Season Pass Tickets
A Season Pass entitles a single person to unlimited entry for a specific exhibition. The identification card that the holder used to validate the Season Pass must be shown each time the Season Pass is used.
Please note Season Passes are not valid for Special Events, such as Up Late, and are not transferrable to any other person than the Season Pass holder. Season Passes are for single exhibitions only and do not allow entry into any other ticketed exhibition or cinema program.
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Season Pass Member
Season Pass Tickets
A Season Pass entitles a single person to unlimited entry for a specific exhibition. The identification card that the holder used to validate the Season Pass must be shown each time the Season Pass is used.
Please note Season Passes are not valid for Special Events, such as Up Late, and are not transferrable to any other person than the Season Pass holder. Season Passes are for single exhibitions only and do not allow entry into any other ticketed exhibition or cinema program.
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Season Pass Youth 13-17
Season Pass Tickets
A Season Pass entitles a single person to unlimited entry for a specific exhibition. The identification card that the holder used to validate the Season Pass must be shown each time the Season Pass is used.
Please note Season Passes are not valid for Special Events, such as Up Late, and are not transferrable to any other person than the Season Pass holder. Season Passes are for single exhibitions only and do not allow entry into any other ticketed exhibition or cinema program.
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Season Pass Child 5-12
Season Pass Tickets
A Season Pass entitles a single person to unlimited entry for a specific exhibition. The identification card that the holder used to validate the Season Pass must be shown each time the Season Pass is used.
Please note Season Passes are not valid for Special Events, such as Up Late, and are not transferrable to any other person than the Season Pass holder. Season Passes are for single exhibitions only and do not allow entry into any other ticketed exhibition or cinema program.
About
Exclusive to Brisbane, the ‘Fairy Tales’ exhibition explores how fairy tales from across the world have held our fascination for centuries through art and culture by showcasing the way visual storytellers draw on these narratives to entrance, delight and disconcert audiences.
Bringing together artists, film makers and designers through painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, film and filmic elements, props, costumes, and fashion, the exhibition highlights the archetypal figures we know so well – wicked witches, stalwart princes and princesses, and magical animals, both fierce and friendly.
‘Fairy Tales’ explores prominent narrative themes; stories of children coming of age and ageing, the shifting role of gender and otherness, tales of bravery and justice, loyalty and humility, cunning and aspiration. In doing so it brings together well-known visual motifs of woods and trees, mirrors and blood, impossible shoes and clothing for royalty, castles and coaches, and at least one pumpkin.
Polixeni Papapetrou, Australia 1960-2018 / I’m not myself you see 2004 / Type C Photograph / 105 x 105cm / Gift of Robert Nelson through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2023 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Polixeni Papapetrou/Copyright Agency / View full image
Timothy Horn, Australia b.1964 / Glass slipper (ugly blister) 2001 / Lead crystal, nickel-plated bronze, easter egg foil, silicon / 51.0 x 72.0 x 33.0cm / Purchased 2002 / Collection: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra / © Timothy Horn / View full image
Gustave Doré, France 1832-83 / Little Red Riding Hood c.1862 / Oil on canvas / 65.3 × 81.7cm / Gift of Mrs S. Horne, 1962 / Collection: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne / View full image
Yayoi Kusama, Japan b.1929 / Pumpkin 1992 / Colour screenprint on paper / 84 x 71cm / Purchased 1996 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Yayoi Kusama / View full image
Del Kathryn Barton, Australia b 1972 / The Nightingale and the Rose (still) 2015 / Film, 14 min, edition of 6 + 2AP / Courtesy: The artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney / © Del Kathryn Barton / View full image
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