Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane


The Gallery of Modern Art is an art museum located within the Queensland Cultural Centre in the South Bank precinct of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The gallery is part of QAGOMA.
Opened on 2 December 2006, the GOMA is Australia's largest gallery of modern and contemporary art. It also houses the Australian Cinémathèque,the only facility of its kind in an Australian art museum. The gallery is situated on Kurilpa Point next to the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) building and the State Library of Queensland, and faces the Brisbane River and the CBD.
The GOMA has a total floor area over and the largest exhibition gallery is. The building was designed by Sydney architecture firm Architectus.

Design

In July 2002, Sydney-based company Architectus was commissioned by the Queensland Beattie Government following an Architect Selection Competition, to design the Queensland Art Gallery's second site, the Gallery of Modern Art. A main theme of Architectus's design was a pavilion in the landscape, one which assumes its position as both hub and anchor for this important civic precinct. Critical to this is the building's response to the site, its natural topography, existing patterns of urban generation, and the river. Architectus was awarded the 2007 RAIA National Award for Public Architecture for the design of GOMA. The final construction cost was around 107 million dollars.

Exhibitions

Past and current exhibitions at GOMA include:

Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

The Gallery of Modern Art hosts the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art jointly with the Queensland Art Gallery, since opening in 2006.
  • The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
  • The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
  • The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
  • The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
  • The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
  • The 5th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
  • The 4th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
  • The 3rd Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
  • The 2nd Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
  • The 1st Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

Select exhibits