Gallery Members
Gallery Members enjoy a range of exclusive programs and benefits!
For more information on programs and special events for Gallery Members, or to join online, please visit the Gallery Member pages.
Exhibition preview for Members
‘21st Century: Art in the First Decade’ preview and artist In-Conversation
Friday 17 December
1.00–5.00pm exhibition preview
3.00pm in-conversation
Meet in the GoMA Foyer
No bookings required / Free
Come and take in this spectacular exhibition without the crowds and join us for an in-conversation with Julie Ewington, Curatorial Manager, Australian Art, and ‘21st Century’ artist Fiona Hall exclusively for Members at 3.00pm.
Special Programs
Members Christmas Party and ‘21st Century’ exhibition viewing
Sunday 19 December 5.30–8.30pm GoMA
Join us for the highlight of the Gallery Members social calendar and celebrate the year that was. Discover the newly opened, ground-breaking ‘21st Century’ exhibition and unwind with drinks and canapés. You’ll be entertained by local DJ crew White Rhino who will spin the sounds of the last decade, blurring boundaries between music genres including funk and soul, world music, electronic and robo-disco! Sunday 19 December 5.30–8.30pm GoMA Bookings required | $55 Gallery Members | $65 Members’ guests (includes drinks, canapés and entertainment) | Please call (07) 3840 7278 to RSVP by Friday 10 December
Tour and workshop with ‘21st Century’ artist Craig Koomeeta for Young Members
Thursday 13 January
9.00 am (Meet in Foyer, GoMA)
On the first day of the 21st Century Kids Summer Festival, Young Members will have the opportunity to meet artist Craig Koomeeta and to view his work on display as part of ‘21st Century’. Children may then stay on and be one of the first participants in the artist’s Summer Festival activity. Bookings required | Free | Please call (07) 3840 7278 to RSVP by Friday 7 January
*Offer available to new Members only, until 25 February 2011. Summer film pass is valid for 5 ‘A New Tomorrow: Visions of the Future in Cinema’ screenings at the Australian Cinémathèque, GoMA
‘21st Century’ after hours viewing
Wednesday 30 March, 5.30-9.00pm, GoMA
Members and their guests can enjoy a private viewing of the exhibition without the crowds at this after-hours event.
Bookings required / Free / Please call (07) 3840 7278 to RSVP by Wednesday 23 March or book online.
‘21st Century’ breakfast viewing
Sunday 3 April, 8.00am, GoMA
Wake up to the ‘21st Century’! Enjoy a private exhibition viewing followed by breakfast in the Foyer Bistro.
Bookings required / $20 Gallery Members / $30 Members’ guests (includes hot breakfast) / Please call (07) 3840 7278 to RSVP by Friday 25 March (places are limited) or book online.
In situ - talks, tours, lectures and lunches at the Gallery
Thursday monthly lunch and lecture
17 March 11.30am – 1.30pm Foyer & Foyer Bistro, GoMA
‘21st Century: Art in the First Decade’ talk by Nicholas Chambers, Curator, Contemporary International Art
Bookings required / $35 Gallery Members / $45 Members’ guests (includes lunch and a glass of wine, followed by coffee and sweets) / Please call (07) 3840 7278 to RSVP by the Friday prior to each program.
Saturday monthly tour and talk
19 March 1.00pm
Meet in Foyer, GoMA
‘21st Century: Art in the First Decade’ talk by Nicholas Chambers, Curator, Contemporary International Art
No bookings required / Free
First look - new to the Collection
On selected Sundays, be one of the first to hear about the Gallery’s new acquisitions with our special focus on ‘21st Century: Art in the First Decade’ works.
Sunday 30 January 11.30am
Meet in Foyer, GoMA
Rosie Hays, Associate Curator, Australian Cinémathèque, talks about animated documentary It’s like that 2003 by the Southern Ladies Animation Group (SLAG). The work tells the story of three children held in an Australian immigration detention centre who dream about the outside world. Told through puppet birds, It’s like that presents their stories and reflections on life as asylum seekers.
Sunday 27 February 11.30am
Meet in Foyer, GoMA
Naomi Evans, Assistant Curator, International Art, talks about Tsui Kuang-Yu’s video trilogy Shortcut to the Systematic Life 2002–05. Recorded in Taipei and London, Tsui’s short ‘action videos’ exaggerate conventions of public behaviour and city spaces and reveal, through wit and humour, some of the absurdities of urban living.
Sunday 3 April 11.30am
Meet in Foyer, GoMA
Nicholas Chambers, Curator, International Art, talks about Carsten Höller’s installation for ‘21st Century’, Left/Right Slide 2010. Described by the artist as a ‘happiness-producing machine’, the slides have an elegant, sculptural presence at the entrance to the exhibition and allow visitors to participate in the work, sending them hurtling between the Gallery’s third floor and ground level.
No bookings required / Free
