Major Eugene von Guérard retrospective opens at the Queensland Art Gallery

BRISBANE.- A major retrospective of the work of Eugene von Guérard (1811–1901), one of Australia’s most renowned colonial landscape painters, is being shown at the Queensland Art Gallery through 4 March 2012. Queensland Art Gallery Director Tony Ellwood said ‘Eugene von Guérard: Nature Revealed’ features over 65 works from throughout the Austrian-born artist’s 50-year career, including many of his iconic landscapes and several sketches. ‘Eugene von Guérard is arguably Australia’s most important colonial landscape painter. His works are remarkable in their detail and [...]

Major retrospective of the work of Eugene Von Guerard opens at the Queensland Art Gallery

SOUTH BRISBANE.- A major retrospective of the work of Eugene von Guérard (1811–1901), one of Australia’s most renowned colonial landscape painters, opened at the Queensland Art Gallery through 4 March 2012. Queensland Art Gallery Director Tony Ellwood said ‘Eugene von Guérard: Nature Revealed’ featured over 65 works from throughout the Austrian-born artist’s 50-year career, including many of his iconic landscapes and several sketches. ‘Eugene von Guérard is arguably Australia’s most important colonial landscape painter. His works are remarkable in their detail and greatly [...]

World-first: Matisse exhibition marks Gallery of Modern Art’s 5th anniversary

BRISBANE.- Arts Minister Rachel Nolan opened Matisse: Drawing Life, an exclusive exhibition of Henri Matisse’s drawings and prints, showing at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art until 4 March 2012. “The highlight of GoMA’s fifth anniversary celebrations, the exhibition brings together more than 300 works from international museums, the National Gallery of Australia, and private collections, including works never previously shown or reproduced,” Ms Nolan said. “This comprehensive survey explores the extraordinary range and depth of Matisse’s graphic art, providing a new understanding of [...]

Artist named for $1M sculpture commission at GOMA 5th birthday party

BRISBANE.- Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has kicked off 5th birthday celebrations for theGallery of Modern Art by announcing the winner of a $1 million sculpture commission and unveiling a model of the new art work. The Premier also marked the occasion by opening the children’s exhibition ‘we miss you magic land,’ by Perth artists Pip and Pop. “It’s hard to believe that it’s been five years since GoMA opened its doors here in Brisbane,” Ms Bligh said. “Since then more than 3.8 [...]

Two Striking Portraits of Women Enter Australia’s Queensland Art Gallery Collection

QUEENSLAND.- The Queensland Art Gallery is celebrating the entry of two striking portraits of women into its Australian collection — Lucile 1937, by Australian artist Peter Purves Smith and Self portrait 1938 by Australian artist Nora Heysen. Arts Minister Rachel Nolan said the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation had achieved its 2011 Appeal target to acquire Purves Smith’s portrait of Lucile Stephens (1916–2003), and had received funds from Philip Bacon, AM, to acquire Nora Heysen’s Self portrait. “I’m delighted these wonderful works have been [...]

Ron Mueck’s Monumental Sculpture In Bed to Tour to Five Regional Queensland Galleries

QUEENSLAND.- Arts Minister Rachel Nolan today announced monumental sculpture In Bed by Ron Mueck will tour five regional Queensland galleries in 2011-2012, as part of the Gallery of Modern Art’s (GoMA) fifth birthday celebrations. “Queensland Art Gallery is touring the breathtakingly life-like sculpture from September 2011 until July 2012, beginning with Ipswich Art Gallery, 10 September – 13 November, before travelling on to Thuringowa, Cairns, Mackay and Hervey Bay,” Ms Nolan said. “This 10 month tour is great news for regional audiences and [...]

Henri Cartier-Bresson’s “Decisive Moments” to Be Shown at Queensland Art Gallery

QUEENSLAND.- Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004), the French photographer who redefined both photojournalism and his craft as an art form, will be celebrated in a major exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery from August 27 to November 27, 2011. Queensland Art Gallery Director Tony Ellwood said “Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Man, The Image & The World‟ would feature work from throughout the renowned photographer‟s extraordinary career, which spanned over 70 years. “Cartier-Bresson‟s photography is exceptional for capturing “the decisive moment”, an illustration of action, emotion and [...]

The Prado Museum Announces Presentation of Its Collection in Australia

MADRID.- The Prado will be presenting in Australia a portrait of the Museum through the great masters in its collections. The Museo del Prado has entered into a collaborative agreement with Art Exhibitions Australia (AEA), a non-profit-making body responsible for the organisation of major exhibitions in Australian museums, and with the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane. As a result of this agreement, signed in the presence of Ángeles González Sinde, the Spanish Minister of Culture, the Prado will next year [...]

Ethel Carrick & E Phillips Fox’s Artistic Marriage Celebrated at the Queensland Art Gallery

BRISBANE.- The story of one of Australian art’s most significant marriages is told for the first time in a new exhibition at theQueensland Art Gallery. The personal artistic union of Ethel Carrick & E Phillips Fox, two of Australia’s most significant late impressionist painters, are celebrated in a major exhibition from April 16 to August 7, 2011. Queensland Art Gallery Director Tony Ellwood said ‘Art, Love and Life: Ethel Carrick and E Phillips Fox’ would includes more than 100 paintings, [...]

Ground-Breaking Exhibition of Contemporary 21st Century International Art at GoMA

QUEENSLAND.- An ambitious and ground-breaking exhibition of contemporary international art from the first decade of the twenty-first century is present at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) from December 18, 2010 to April 25, 2011. Queensland Art Gallery Director Tony Ellwood said ‘21st Century: Art in the First Decade’ would showcase over 180 works by more than 110 senior and emerging artists from over 40 countries, with most of the work from the Gallery’s own expanding collection.’ ‘The Queensland Art [...]

Colour and Modernism by Vida Lahey at the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane

BRISBANE.- Vibrant floral watercolours and depictions of Brisbane in the first half of the 20th Century are the focus of an exhibition of work by Vida Lahey (1882-1968) showing at the The Queensland Art Gallery from October 16 to February 13, 2011. Queensland Art Gallery Director Tony Ellwood said ‘Vida Lahey: Colour and Modernism’ featured 44 works painted between 1912 to 1965 by one of Queensland’s best loved artists. ‘Lahey made a major contribution to art in Australia with her [...]

Simryn Gill: Gathering Opens at Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane

BRISBANE.- A solo exhibition of key works from the past five years by leading Sydney-based Malaysian artist Simryn Gill opened at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art until October 17. Queensland Art Gallery Director Tony Ellwood said ‘Simryn Gill: Gathering’ included major works created since 2005, as well as photographs, collections, books and jewellery made from paper and found objects. ‘We are thrilled that Queensland audiences will have an opportunity to engage with Gill’s multi-disciplinary practice that questions ideas about place [...]

Premier of Queensland’s National New Media Art Award Winner Announced

BRISBANE.- Victorian artists Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine were announced as the winners of the Premier of Queensland’s National New Media Art Award in 2010. Premier and Arts Minister Anna Bligh presented Knowles and Sowerwine with the $75,000 prize at a special event held at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art. Queensland Art Gallery Director Tony Ellwood said Knowles and Sowerwine were among the seven finalists short-listed for this prestigious national art award, the most significant prize for new media in [...]

Valentino Retrospective Showing Exclusively in Brisbane

BRISBANE.- A major retrospective exhibition of the House of Valentino is being shown exclusively at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Brisbane from August 7 until November 14, 2010. Queensland Art Gallery Director Tony Ellwood said ‘Valentino, Retrospective: Past/Present/Future’ incorporated a stunning array of Valentino Garavani’s haute couture designs from the late 1950s through to his final collection in January 2008, as well as recent creations by Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli – appointed in October 2008 Creative [...]

Art Production Fund Set to Present “White Ghost” by Yoshitomo Nara on Park Avenue

NEW YORK, NY.- Art Production Fund will present “White Ghost” by Yoshitomo Nara in two locations on Park Avenue. “We are thrilled to be working with Nara to introduce his first public sculptures in New York City” says Co-founders of Art Production Fund, Yvonne Force Villareal and Doreen Remen. This public art installation will coincide with the first Nara retrospective “Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody’s Fool” opening at Asia Society in early September 2010. During August of 2010 the Park Avenue Armory [...]

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