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Read • Looking back — extraordinary Triennial Watermall projects at QAG
We look back at all eleven previous Asia Pacific Triennial’s memorable installations on the Queensland Art Gallery Watermall, dating back to the first Triennial … -
Read • Celebrating the Asia Pacific Triennial from 1993 to 2024
For more than three decades, the much-anticipated, home-grown exhibition — The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art — has showcased an evolving mix of the … -
Read • Art meets fashion in ‘Sculpting the Senses’
One of the most rewarding aspects of translating ‘Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses’ for a Brisbane context and audience was the opportunity to bring … -
Read • Fairy Tales: Curiouser & curiouser!
Just as the woods are a recurrent setting in classic fairy tales, gardens are important to many stories told since the nineteenth century. Expectations of … -
Read • QAGOMA receives transformative bequest from Win Schubert
Some 125 years on from its establishment, QAGOMA has received the largest philanthropic gift in its history: a $35 million bequest from the late Win … -
Read • QAGOMA Foundation: Integral to the story of our Collection
As the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) celebrates 125 years since its establishment on 29 March 2020, we look at the role … -
Read • 5 Women artists with a connection to water
We highlight five women artists who reflect on the cultural traditions of water, consider our reliance on water, and examine the environmental and social challenges … -
Read • Yayoi Kusama’s 'The obliteration room' once looked like this
We can’t believe our interactive installation once was pristine white. The obliteration room 2002-present is transformed over time as coloured dots accumulate in … -
Read • Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow
The Gallery presents an expansive survey of works by senior Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who seamlessly intergrates Pop, Surrealism, Minimalism and psychedelia. ‘Yayoi Kusama: Life … -
Read • Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow
A career-spanning survey of work by leading contemporary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama opens at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) from Saturday 4 November … -
Read • Another dot in the world: Five things to know about Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is an international phenomenon. Her captivating creations and unique perspective have made her a pre-eminent figure in 21st century contemporary … -
Read • Journey through key moments in Yayoi Kusama’s artistic career
‘Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow’ is a wonderful journey through key moments in Kusama’s vast artistic career over seven … -
Read • Vale: Win Schubert
It was with deep sadness that the Gallery – and the greater Queensland arts community – said farewell to one of its greatest supporters and friends, Mrs … -
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Watch • Watch as Yayoi Kusama's 'The obliteration room' is transformed with coloured dot stickers
Yayoi Kusama's 'The obliteration room' is a dynamic artwork transforming over time through the active participation of visitors. The changing nature of the room … -
Read • We can make another future: Japanese art after 1989
‘We can make another future: Japanese art after 1989’ includes works by Yayoi Kusama, Lee Ufan, Daido Moriyama and others. This is an insight … -
Read • Yayoi Kusama’s 'The obliteration room'
Renowned Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s The obliteration room 2002–present is an interactive work initially developed by Kusama in collaboration with the Queensland Art … -
Read • Dots obliterate the internet!
It’s been a bit of a whirlwind since worldwide interest in Yayoi Kusama’s interactive project The obliteration room was sparked by a single … -
Read • Before the first dot. Yayoi Kusama’s 'The obliteration room'
The installation of Yayoi Kusama’s popular interactive children’s project has taken the work to a new scale, filling our Children’s Art Centre …