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Watch • Jasmine Togo-Brisby introduces her Triennial installation 'Copper Archipelago'
Brisbane-based artist Jasmine Togo-Brisby is an Australian South Sea Islander whose great-great-grandparents were taken from Vanuatu in 1899 to be domestic … -
Watch • Celebrating the Year of the Wood Snake at Brisbane Quarter Precinct
In celebration of 'The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' and Lunar New Year, Japanese-Australian artist Elysha Rei has created a 25-metre … -
Watch • Jasmine Togo-Brisby’s Triennial installation is all about Australian South Sea Islanders
Brisbane-based artist Jasmine Togo-Brisby’s practice centres on research into the Pacific labour trade in Australia and how it intersects with her own … -
Read • Birds tweet to one another in Bird Song
Although it sounds like birds have made their way inside the art gallery, on closer inspection it becomes apparent that the birds tweeting to one … -
Watch • Tully Arnot brings bird sounds into the art gallery
Bird Song is an installation informed by Tully Arnot’s interest in mediated relations between humans and nature. The birdsongs are in fact lines of … -
Watch • Tully Arnot takes you behind-the-scenes of the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial
'Art is about seeing the world in different ways, getting out of your bubble and thinking fresh'. You'll hear Tully Arnot's artwork … -
Watch • Draw Along: Dark Theatre/ Fairy Tales
In a drawing workshop led by Dr Bill Platz, learn how to use simple materials to create your own weird world in a dark theatre … -
Watch • Rosanna Raymond's 'Backhand Maiden'
Inspired by Pacific heroines, Rosanna Raymond created 'Backhand Maiden' to challenge Western museum norms. The Edwardian-style dress made of Fijian barkcloth acts as an … -
Watch • Watch as we install Kohei Nawa's 'PixCell-Double Deer #4 for 'Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses'
We went behind the scenes of 'Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses' to get a sneak peek of the QAGOMA team installing Kohei Nawa's … -
Watch • Art Box for Kids/ Create a unique shell necklace with Elisa Jane Carmichael
Ngugi artist Elisa Jane Carmichael paints, weaves and uses textiles to explore the beauty of nature and to reflect her family’s connection to the … -
Watch • Talk/ The Problem with Fairy Tales #auslan
From wicked stepmothers to damsels in distress and even mischievous goblins, these archetypal characters have a lasting legacy in storytelling. What are the detrimental aspects … -
Watch • Discussion/ ‘mudunama kundana wandaraba jarribirri: Judy Watson’
Three of Queensland’s prominent and internationally acclaimed artists explore the melting pot that is the Queensland arts scene. Has the unique environmental, social, and … -
Watch • Discussion/ Melanesian Marking – from old to new
In this intergenerational discussion, ‘sis: Pacific Art 1980-2023’ artists Julia Mage’au Gray and Vasa Gray, alongside Ranu and Moale James discuss the family … -
Watch • Performance/ sis: Pacific Art 1980-2023 – Julia Mageau Gray
Experience the captivating performance of Papua New Guinean group Sunameke as they revisit their 2015 APT8 work, A'inaisa, in the context of their new … -
Watch • Salote Tawale discusses her involvement in the exhibition 'sis'
For nearly two decades, Salote Tawale has upended viewers’ and critics’ expectations of who she is and what she is likely to do next. Significantly … -
Watch • Fairy Tales: Behind-the-seams of the costumes from 'Mirror Mirror' (2012)
QAGOMA conservator Dr Michael Marendy takes us behind-the-scenes of the exquisitely made costumes from Mirror Mirror (2012). The ‘Cream wedding dress’ costume worn … -
Watch • Timothy Horn discusses his coach made of sugar in ‘Fairy Tales’ at GOMA
The 'Fairy Tales' exhibition comes alive with magical moments that defy expectations. Timothy Horn’s 'Mother-load' 2008 presents an improbable object — a coach made … -
Watch • Fairy Tales: Explore the many dimensions of love
When entering 'Ever After', the final chapter of our 'Fairy Tales' exhibition, we explore the many dimensions of love in all its complexities. The ‘Fairy … -
Watch • Timothy Horn discusses his jewel-encrusted slipper in ‘Fairy Tales’ at GOMA
The 'Fairy Tales' exhibition comes alive with magical moments that defy expectations. Timothy Horn’s 'Mother-load' 2008 presents an improbable object — a coach made … -
Watch • Fairy Tales: ‘Through the Looking Glass’ transports us to faraway lands
‘Through the Looking Glass’ — the second major theme of the 'Fairy Tales' exhibition — brings together art, film and design that embrace exploratory stories of …