The Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) is an

art museum An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the display of art, usually from the museum's own Collection (artwork), collection. It might be in public or private ownership, be accessible to all, or have restrictions in place. Although ...

located within the Queensland Cultural Centre in the

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precinct of

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, 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

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, and faces the

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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 Architectus is a architectural firm based in Australia and New Zealand. The firm has over 700 staff with offices in Adelaide, Auckland, Brisbane, Christchurch, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Wellington. Architectus’ portfolio includes commerc ...

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 (GOMA). 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

Entrance to GoMA - 21st Century - Art in the First Decade

Past and current exhibitions at GOMA include: *Fairy Tales (2 December 2023 – 28 April 2024) *Water (7 December 2019 – 26 April 2020) *I, Object (3 August 2019 - 29 August 2021) *Work, Work, Work (3 August 2019 - 19 July 2020) *Perceptions of Time (25 May 2019 - 28 June 2020) *Geometries (25 May 2019 - 2 February 2020) * Quilty (29 June - 13 October 2019) *

Margaret Olley Margaret Hannah Olley (24 June 192326 July 2011) was an Australian painter. She held over ninety solo exhibitions during her lifetime. Early life Margaret Olley was born in Lismore, New South Wales. She was the eldest of three children of J ...

: A Generous Life (15 June - 13 October 2019) * Patricia Piccinini: Curious Affection (24 March - 5 August 2018) *

Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and Installation art, installation, and she is also active in painting, performance art, performance, video art, Fashion design, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. Her wo ...

: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow (4 November 2017 - 11 February 2018) *

Gerhard Richter Gerhard Richter (; born 9 February 1932) is a German visual artist. Richter has produced Abstract art, abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, photographs and Glass art, glass pieces. He is widely regarded as one of the most important con ...

: The Life of Images (14 October 2017 - 4 February 2018) *

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: Creating the Cinematic Universe (27 May - 3 September 2017) * Cindy Sherman (28 May - 3 October 2016) *

David Lynch David Keith Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 16, 2025) was an American filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and actor. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Lynch was often called a "visionary" and received acclaim f ...

: Between Two Worlds (14 March - 8 June 2015) *Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion (1 November 2014 – 15 February 2015) * Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back to Earth (23 November 2013 – 11 May 2014) * Matisse: Drawing Life (3 December 2011 – 4 March 2012) *

Henri Cartier-Bresson Henri Cartier-Bresson (; 22 August 1908 – 3 August 2004) was a French artist and Humanist photography, humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography, and an early user of 135 film, 35mm film. He pioneered the genre of street ...

: The Man, The Image & The World (28 August - 27 November 2011) *

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: The Poetry of Dreams (11 June - 2 October 2011) *21st Century: Art in the First Decade (18 December 2010 – 26 April 2011) * Valentino, Retrospective: Past/Present/Future (7 August – 14 November 2010) * Ron Mueck (8 May – 1 August 2010) *The China Project (28 March – 28 June 2009) *

Picasso Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, Ceramic art, ceramicist, and Scenic ...

& his collection (9 June - 14 September 2008) *

Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (;''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''"Warhol" born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director and producer. A leading figure in the pop art movement, Warhol ...

(8 December 2007 – 13 April 2008)

Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

The Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) hosts the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art jointly with the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG), since opening in 2006. *The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT10) (4 December 2021 - 25 April 2022) *The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT9) (24 November 2018 - 28 April 2019) *The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT8) (21 November 2015 - 10 April 2016) *The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT7) (8 December 2012 – 14 April 2013) *The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT6) (5 December 2009 – 5 April 2010) *The 5th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT5) (2 December 2006 – 27 May 2007) *The 4th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT4) (12 September 2002 - 27 January 2003) *The 3rd Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT3) (9 September 1999 - 26 January 2000) *The 2nd Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT2) (27 September 1996 - 19 January 1997) *The 1st Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT1) (17 September -5 December 1993)

Select exhibits

*''Im Wald (In the Forest)'', 1990, by

Georg Baselitz Georg Baselitz (born 23 January 1938) is a German Painting, painter, Sculpture, sculptor and Graphic arts, graphic artist. In the 1960s he became well known for his Figurative art, figurative, expressive paintings. In 1969 he began painting his ...

*''A book from the sky'', 1987–91, by Xu Bing *''The cubic structural evolution project'', 2004, by Olafur Eliasson *''Best Foot Forward,'' 2011, by Julia Mage’au Gray *''Untitled'', 2006–07, by Anish Kapoor *''Void (#13)'', 1991–92, by Anish Kapoor *''Two trees on Mary Street ... Amen!'', 1975, by

Willem de Kooning Willem de Kooning ( , ; April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. Born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, he moved to the United States in 1926, becoming a US citizen in 1962. In 1943, he married pa ...

*''Soul under the moon'', 2002, by

*''Infinity nets'', 2000, by

*''The obliteration room'', 2002–present, by

*''Global groove'', 1973, by

Nam June Paik Nam June Paik (; July 20, 1932 – January 29, 2006) was a South Korean artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the founder of video art. He is credited with the first use (1974) of the term "electronic super highway" ...

*''TV cello'', 2000, by

*''Untitled 2007/2008'', by Cindy Sherman *''Night Life'', 2018, by

James Turrell James Turrell (born May 6, 1943) is an American artist known for his work within the Light and Space movement. He is considered the "master of light" often creating art installations that mix natural light with artificial color through openings ...

*''With Winds'', 1990, by Lee Ufan *''Dropping a Han dynasty urn'', 1995, by

Ai Weiwei Ai Weiwei ( ; , IPA: ; born 28 August 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been ...

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