The obliteration room 2002–present by renowned Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is an interactive work initially developed by the artist in collaboration with the Gallery in 2002, consisting of a series of domestic-style rooms recreated in the gallery space, complete with locally sourced furniture and ornamentation, all of which are painted completely white. This functions as a blank canvas to be enlivened especially by children buzzing around with stickers in hand, the white rooms gradually covered over the course of the exhibition — or, in Kusama’s vocabulary, ‘obliterated’ — through the application to every available surface of brightly coloured stickers in the shape of dots. Why dots? When Kusama was young, she started seeing the world through a screen of dots, they covered everything she saw — even her own body. Dots first emerged in Kusama’s work in the 1960s where they appeared in her paintings, sculptures, installations, and people’s bodies. Later, dots developed into an artistic strategy that the artist described as ‘self-obliteration’. Such is the appeal of The obliteration room, particularly on social media, that its popularity has proliferated around the world. Watch | Our transformation time-lapse We can’t believe our interactive installation once was pristine white. This series of images shows The obliteration room when the exhibition opened, along with the application of the very first dot stickers. Enter the world of Yayoi Kusama and help transform The obliteration room 2002-present in 'Wonderstruck' at the Gallery of Modern Art until 6 October 2025 or delve into the captivating works on display with our weekly highlights. The first dot stickers We've gone dotty Immerse yourself in The obliteration room 2002-present Wonderstruck 28 June – 6 October 2025 Gallery of Modern Art Gallery 1.1 (The Fairfax Gallery), Gallery 1.2 & Gallery 1.3 (Eric and Marion Taylor Gallery) Brisbane, Australia Free entry

We can’t believe our interactive installation once was pristine white. Watch our new version of Yayoi Kusama's 'The obliteration room' in 'Wonderstruck' from the application of the very first dot sticker. Why dots? When Kusama was young, she started seeing the world through a screen of dots, they covered everything she saw. Later, dots developed into an artistic strategy that the artist described as ‘self-obliteration’. Visit 'The obliteration room' before 6 October 2025 and be part of its transformation. Wonderstruck 28 June – 6 October 2025 Gallery of Modern Art Gallery 1.1 (The Fairfax Gallery), Gallery 1.2 & Gallery 1.3 (Eric and Marion Taylor Gallery) Brisbane, Australia Free entry Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Brisbane Australia © Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees, 2025 https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au #qagoma MusicBed SyncID: MB01LPLW22DA5QP

For their ‘Traveler’ series, artists Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz have used snow globes to transport you into miniature worlds of fantastical snowscapes, where the boundaries between reality and imagination blur. In Traveler 225, the contrast between the elegantly attired woman and the wintery setting implies a staged scene, but what could the group be doing? Traveler 311 presents another mystery: Are the figures wearing costumes, or are they horse-human hybrids? Two people dressed in polar bear and deer costumes are found in Traveler 335, inviting you to consider the characters’ dynamic. Intrigue abounds in these works in minute detail. Each contains a unique tale devised by the artists, set against a wintery wonderland, however, unlike a traditional snow globe, these figures invite us to take a closer look and interact with the scene, allowing us to step into imagined worlds. Travellers they may be, but we have to ask ourselves, where is their final destination as these characters are sealed within their own little worlds? Adding to the fantasy, the convex nature of the glass surrounding the scenes creates unpredictable distortions enhancing the diorama. View Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz's snow globes 2007 in 'Wonderstruck' at the Gallery of Modern Art until 6 October 2025 or delve into the captivating works on display with our weekly highlights. Traveler 225 2007 Traveler 311 2016 Traveler 335 2018 Wonderstruck 28 June – 6 October 2025 Gallery of Modern Art Gallery 1.1 (The Fairfax Gallery), Gallery 1.2 & Gallery 1.3 (Eric and Marion Taylor Gallery) Brisbane, Australia Free entry

Tim Maguire’s artworks often depict fragments of landscape and celebrate the ethereal beauty of nature. His practice walks a fine line between modernist painting and digital printmaking. Initially, Maguire translates photographs into oil and solvent paintings before converting these into computer files. His technical inventiveness allows him to work in a range of colours, and on a monumental scale, unobtainable in other kinds of printmaking. The artist describes his Trees and snow works as ‘a fusion of both photographic and hand-painted elements. The trees I photographed in East Sussex, and the painted snowflakes, were based on photographs of snow collected from various sources at various times. Hence, the more generic title . . . [but] one could say that the reference to location in the titling of recent works reflects a growing interest in the specificity of place. These carefully manipulated photographic prints capture the simple beauty of one of his favourite subjects, much of his work revolves around the metaphorical powers of landscape, whether Australian deserts or urban European scenes. Whether Maguire’s works are based on photographic studies of specific locations or incorporate a more generic visual language, they are always submitted to a rigorous process of selective intensification and re-colouration. Using advanced digital techniques, and deploying extremely sophisticated printing techniques that permit the production of these very large prints on paper, Maguire then works with a master printer to refine the visual and emotional effect of the final images. The prints depict, as the titles suggest, ‘trees and snow’. Or rather, that is where they begin. They have since been dramatically enhanced, glorified by the application of digital techniques that allow Maguire to ponder on the processes of perception and image-making. The ceaseless moment of the falling snow and its beauty both attract and fascinate him. View Tim Maguire’s Trees and snow 2008 in 'Wonderstruck' at the Gallery of Modern Art until 6 October 2025 or delve into the captivating works on display with our weekly highlights. Wonderstruck 28 June – 6 October 2025 Gallery of Modern Art Gallery 1.1 (The Fairfax Gallery), Gallery 1.2 & Gallery 1.3 (Eric and Marion Taylor Gallery) Brisbane, Australia Free entry