Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art

🐴 Horse lovers, it’s time to saddle up for a journey through the QAGOMA Collection, where artists from across the globe have been inspired by the grace and power of the horse.

Discover the many forms this noble creature has taken, from Hilda Rix Nicholas’s cherished painting 'The Fair Musterer' (1935) to Albrecht Dürer’s striking 'The Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse (from ‘The Apocalypse’ series)' c.1497–98 – horses have been galloping through art history.

Take the reins and begin your exploration – giddy-up! 🐎👉 https://brnw.ch/21wOnfV

Sundays are made for creativity! ✏️ Join us at QAG for a relaxing day surrounded by your favourite works from the Australian and International Collection. Just bring your imagination – we’ll provide the rest: inspiring gallery spaces, comfy seating, drawing boards, paper, and pencils.

Share your masterpiece with us by tagging .

QAG is open daily 10.00am to 5.00pm, free entry: https://brnw.ch/DropInDrawing_QAG

Grab the popcorn! 🍿 The first Asia Pacific Triennial cinema program begins tomorrow!

Explore the celebrated works of maverick Malaysian filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang from acclaimed feature films to shorts and rare telefilms, along with his exquisite 'Walker' series, now in its tenth iteration.

Join us at for Asia Pacific Triennial: Tsai Ming-liang from 1 Nov – 22 Dec 2024. Explore the full program at https://brnw.ch/21wOfQ4

Everyone has that one *unforgettable* Asia Pacific Triennial experience at GOMA.

From Richard Maloy's striking yellow cardboard box installation to the colourful window vinyl by Shannon Novak, the architectural marvel of Asim Waqif's timber structure or Yosh*tomo Nara's whimsical automobile, there are countless artworks that have captured your heart over the years.

Which artwork lives rent free in your mind?

Join us as we take a moment to celebrate some of the most remarkable installations from the Asia Pacific Triennial at GOMA 👉 https://brnw.ch/LookingBack_APT_GOMA

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Shannon Novak / '81 Percent (Australia): Someone you know (from ‘Make Visible: Queensland’)' 2021 / Site specific work commissioned for ‘The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’, GOMA 2021 / © Shannon Novak

Richard Maloy / 'Big Yellow' 2012 / Site specific work commissioned for ‘The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’, GOMA 2012 / Courtesy: The artist and Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland / © Richard Maloy

YNG (Yosh*tomo Nara and graf) / 'Y.N.G.M.S. (Y.N.G.’s Mobile Studio)' 2009 and overhead, Wit Pimkanchanapong’s 'Cloud' 2009 / ‘The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’, GOMA 2009 / © The artists

Asim Waqif / 'All we leave behind are the memories' 2015 / Site specific work commissioned for ‘The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ GOMA 2015 / © Asim Waqif

Every few years, the iconic QAG Watermall is transformed during the Asia Pacific Triennial. From Huang Yong Ping’s colossal snake skeleton to Yayoi Kusama’s 2000 mirror balls, the Watermall has played host to spectacular art installations over 3 decades.

Join us as we revisit the 10 incredible Watermall installations dating back to the first Triennial in 1993. Which was your favourite? 🤔

https://brnw.ch/Triennial_QAGWatermall



📷: Kamruzzaman Shadhin / ‘The fibrous souls’ 2018–21 / Gidree Bawlee Foundation of Arts, Bangladesh, est. 2001; Collaborating artists: Johura Begum, Monowara Begum, Majeda Begum, Fatema Begum (1), Shabnur Begum, Chayna Begum, Fatema Begum (2), Samiron Begum, Shirina Begum, Rekha, Nasima Begum, Shushila Rani, Protima Rani, Akalu Barman / Purchased 2021 with funds from Metamorphic Foundation through the QAGOMA Foundation / Collection: QAGOMA / © The artists

Huang Yong Ping / ‘Ressort’ 2012 / Site-specific work commissioned for ‘The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’, 2012 with funds from Tim Fairfax AM through the QAG Foundation / Collection: QAGOMA / © Huang Yong Ping/Copyright Agency

Ai Weiwei / ‘Boomerang’ 2006 / Site-specific work commissioned for ‘The 5th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’, 2006 / Gift of the artist through the QAG Foundation 2007 / Collection: QAGOMA / © Ai Weiwei

Yayoi Kusama / ‘Narcissus garden’ 1966/2002 / Site-specific work commissioned for ‘The 4th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’, 2002. Gift of the artist through the QAG Foundation 2002 / Collection: QAGOMA / © Yayoi Kusama, Yayoi Kusama Studio Inc

The world is a carnival of criminality, corruption and psychosexual strangeness in Tod Browning’s macabre silent horror ‘The Unknown’ starring Lon Chaney and Joan Crawford.

Accompanied by David Bailey on the Gallery’s 1929 Wurlitzer organ, experience the full force of Browning’s gothic masterpiece this Halloween. 🎃

‘The Unknown’, Thu 31 Oct, 6.30pm
Get tickets 🎟️ https://brnw.ch/TheUnknown_GOMAcinema

👉 The year was 2002: Kylie Minogue's 'Can't Get You Out of My Head' was playing on your Walkman, you were probably wearing low-rise jeans or cargo pants with tiny butterfly clips in your hair... and you stepped into Yayoi Kusama's iconic coloured dot room at QAG for the first time at the 4th Asia Pacific Triennial – were you there?

As we prepare for the 11th iteration of the Asia Pacific Triennial, we're taking a moment to look back at some of the most unforgettable moments from past Triennials: https://brnw.ch/UnforgettableMoments_AsiaPacificTriennial

The countdown is on! The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial is coming to QAGOMA this summer. Only in Brisbane 30 Nov 2024 – 27 Apr 2025.

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📸 Yayoi Kusama / ‘The obliteration room’ 2002-present / Furniture, white paint, dot stickers / Collaboration between Yayoi Kusama and Queensland Art Gallery. Commissioned Queensland Art Gallery. Gift of the artist through the QAG Foundation 2012 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Yayoi Kusama

Dancer, choreographer, filmmaker, and writer, Yvonne Rainer is a pioneering figure of the avant-garde movement whose deeply political and feminist work has challenged formal conventions for more than five decades.

🎬 Until 27 October, is screening seven of her trailblazing feature films and a documentary on her enigmatic life in Yvonne Rainer: Everything is a Performance.

👉 Explore the full program at https://brnw.ch/21wNSiG