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Read • 30 minutes or 3 hours: Here’s the best way to spend your time on a visit to QAGOMA
If you’re a local or visiting Brisbane, whether you have a spare 30 minutes to drop in for a dose of art at either … -
Read • Visit the QAG Watermall & Sculpture Courtyard
The Queensland Art Gallery’s (QAG) permanent home at South Brisbane since 1982 was designed around the Brisbane River, and the spectacular Watermall within its … -
Read • Go on a sculpture walk at QAG or GOMA
Ever wondered how many sculptures are surrounding the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art? We have compiled our precinct Sculpture Walk highlighting the … -
Read • Lee Mingwei ‘Bodhi Tree Project’
Since 2008, a Bodhi tree (Ficus religiosa) has become a natural part of the urban landscape outside the Gallery of Modern Art. Today, in conversation … -
Read • Snowman makes Brisbane its home in the QAG Sculpture Courtyard
Defined by warm weather for most of the year, sun seekers flock to Brisbane to enjoy the Queensland capital’s subtropical climate, perfect weather to … -
Read • How often do you see a five tonne sculpture float down the river?
How often does a five metre high, five and a half tonne bronze sculpture, arrive by barge on the Brisbane river with the aim to … -
Read • The World Turns: A warm, witty outdoor sculpture
Michael Parekowhai is known for the use of wry humour and his skilful combination of popular culture, art, literature and history. If you haven’t … -
Read • Martin Boyce re-imagines twentieth-century Modernism
A hidden gem on the Kurilpa Lawn outside the western precinct of the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), Martin Boyce’s three Cubist inspired trees … -
Read • Works by Auguste Rodin offer an insight into his practice
The charismatic and obsessive French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) remains a fascinating figure, his work, the subject of numerous controversies during his lifetime, continues … -
Read • Lee Mingwei ‘Bodhi Tree Project’: An ambitious living artwork
Every year as part of Brisbane’s Buddha’s Birthday Festival, members of Chung Tian Buddhist Temple perform a special blessing ceremony on the front …