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The Asia Pacific Triennials Fly-Eye Approach to Contemporary Art

Spotlight The Asia Pacific Triennial’s Fly-Eye Approach to Contemporary Art Sam Gaskin Now in its 11th edition, QAGOMA's enduring survey show looks out through the eyes of some 70 artists and collectives spanning a vast and diverse part of the world.

QAGOMA Announces 11th Asia Pacific Triennial Artists

News QAGOMA Announces 11th Asia Pacific Triennial Artists Sam Gaskin Dana Awartani, Brett Graham, and Dawn Ng are among 70 participants in the Brisbane galleries' signature exhibition series.

GOMA Conjures up Fairy Tales Exhibition in Brisbane

News GOMA Conjures up ‘Fairy Tales’ Exhibition in Brisbane Sam Gaskin Featured works include a twisted wood by Henrique Oliveira, a rock sugar stagecoach by Timothy Horn, and Trulee Hall's sculpture Witch House.

Australian Artists and Institutions Caught in Historic Rain Bomb

News Australian Artists and Institutions Caught in Historic ‘Rain Bomb’ Sam Gaskin 'We had everything on the top floor, which is now gone,' said Ashleigh Ralph, director of Lismore Regional Gallery.

At the Asia Pacific Triennial Universal Concerns Are Personal

Spotlight At the Asia Pacific Triennial, Universal Concerns Are Personal Pamela See The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial continues to culturally engage neighbouring countries.

The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial Keeps Up With The Zeitgeist

Spotlight The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial Keeps Up With The Zeitgeist Susan Acret The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (24 November 2018–28 April 2019), offers the obvious but nevertheless intriguing parallel of peering into the worlds of its exhibiting artists.

APT4 Nalini Malani discusses her video installation Remembering Toba Tek Singh

Related Video & Audio APT4 / Nalini Malani discusses her video installation ‘Remembering Toba Tek Singh’ Nalini Malani's ambitious video installation 'Remembering Toba Tek Singh' was made for the 16th World Wide Video Festival in The Netherlands and was shown in Mumbai at the Prince of Wales Museum in 19

Patricia Piccinini

Conversation Patricia Piccinini Natalie King I've always been interested in dioramas. They are these little worlds captured and represented with a combination of artifice, verisimilitude and trickery.

Ellie Buttrose on Cindy Sherman

Conversation Ellie Buttrose on Cindy Sherman Tess Maunder Ellie Buttrose, Associate Curator of Contemporary International Art speaks about Cindy Sherman's show at Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art QAGOMA.

APT8 A fragmenting vision of the future

Spotlight APT8: A fragmenting vision of the future Susan Acret APT8's focus is on performance, and this idea allows the curatorial staff to go back to the seeds of the first triennials and to reference the exhibition's history of engagement in this sphere.

Aileen Burns and Johan Lundh

Conversation Aileen Burns and Johan Lundh Rachael Vance Having held the dual role of co‑directors of Brisbane’s Institute of Modern Art (IMA) for almost two years, Aileen Burns and Johan Lundh have shaken up the city’s contemporary art land

Institutional critique in the 8th Asia Pacific Triennial

Spotlight Institutional critique in the 8th Asia Pacific Triennial Tess Maunder Reflecting on recent politics from within the Asia‑Pacific region, it is apparent that exhibitions such as APT require a new set of responsibilities in order to maintain criticality with audiences

Aaron Seeto 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

Conversation Aaron Seeto: 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art Rachael Vance I look forward to adding to the depth of conversations about Asian and Pacific art—to look at new artists and practices emerging in the region, whilst reinforcing QAGOMA's global leadership in the field.

QAGOMA secures major work by Lisa Reihana

Related Video & Audio QAGOMA secures major work by Lisa Reihana The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) has announced the acquisition of the striking four‑channel video work, in Pursuit of Venus [infected] 2015, following the success of the 2015 QAGOMA Foundation Appeal. The important work by renowned New Zealand artist Lisa Reihana offers a contemporary, creative response to...

Bruce Mclean

Conversation Bruce Mclean Kate Brettkelly-Chalmers The idea that aboriginal people were considered sub‑human until 1967—that has a big impact on a lot of artists working today.

Cai Guo-Qiang

Conversation Cai Guo-Qiang Laura Thomson I tend to be relatively cautious and timid, serious and controlling, which are not very good traits for an artist.

Where To From Here Innovators In The Australian Arts

Spotlight Where To From Here? Innovators In The Australian Arts Stella Rosa McDonald ‘For me, one of the most political acts of the 21st Century is to be vulnerable. It’s not to take a single position or write a manifesto of democracy, it’s to actually make yourself vulnerable to being wrong. If you can do this then you can create a different space of risk for others to come in and create encounters.’...

Sydney Contemporary Art Fair Scaf 2013 Part 2

Spotlight Sydney Contemporary Art Fair (Scaf) 2013: Part 2 Rachel Fuller At the close of Sydney Contemporary 13 the general consensus amongst gallerists was that Sydney’s first art fair has been a resounding success. The response to the timing and venue was positive and consistent crowds meant that the Carriageworks site was continually filled with collectors and art lovers for the entire three days of the...

Sydney Contemporary Art Fair Scaf 2013 Part 1

Spotlight Sydney Contemporary Art Fair (Scaf) 2013: Part 1 Rachel Fuller After the swift success of ART HK and the launch of Art13 London in March of this year Tim Etchells (Founder of SCAF) is now turning his hand to the Australian art market with the inaugural Sydney Contemporary, Sydney’s first premium art fair. Etchells’ company, Australian Art Events has also taken over the management of the...

Review 13 Rooms Kaldor Public Art Projects

Spotlight Review: 13 Rooms, Kaldor Public Art Projects Tess Maunder 13 Rooms marks the 27th program Australia's Kaldor Public Art Projects has produced. It's fitting for Kaldor and international curators Hans Ulrich Obrist and Klaus Biensenbach to collaborate, as each figure is identified by their longstanding attention to large‑scale projects, working with international artists.

Apt7 A Live Archive

Spotlight Apt7: A Live Archive Laura Brown This year the Asia Pacific Triennial celebrates its twentieth year ‑ a fact emphasised many times over across promotional material and in conversation amongst visitors, and reason alone for many visitors from other cities and countries during the exhibition's opening weekend.

Apt7 Active Spectatorship In The 20 Year Archive

Spotlight Apt7: Active Spectatorship In The 20 Year Archive Tess Maunder The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial at the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art marks the 20th anniversary of the flagship exhibition series committed to an investigation of Asian, Pacific and Australian contemporary practices.

The 7Th Asia Pacific Triennial - A 20 Year Journey

Spotlight The 7Th Asia Pacific Triennial - A 20 Year Journey Carmen Ansaldo "APT7 has no overarching theme, but it does have a number of focuses," states the Gallery of Modern Art's acting director, Suhanya Raffel. In lieu of an overriding curatorial theme, APT7 has maintained the course of its predecessors by forming its curatorial scope around conceptualising the geographical site of the Asia Pacific.

Suhanya Raffel

Conversation Suhanya Raffel Ocula Editors Suhanya Raffel is Acting Director of the Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, Australia, and responsible for creative and curatorial development of the exhibition and program initiatives.

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