Queensland Art Gallery
The Queensland Art Gallery offers a collection of exciting art and special exhibitions from local Queensland artists to international blockbusters. Located on the Brisbane River and a short walk from the city centre, the Gallery has a permanent collection of nearly 10,000 art works. Featuring soaring sky-lit ceilings and a magnificent waterfall, the Gallery is the perfect place to let your imagination run wild. Strengths include; Australian Contemporary Art/ late twentieth century Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art/ fifteenth century European art/ twelfth century Asian art/ late twentieth century Asia-Pacific art.
Address:
Melbourne Street, South Brisbane, QLD
Tel:
0738407333
Hours:
10-00am to 5-00pm Daily, excluding Christmas Day Good Friday, Anzac Day 12-00 to 5-00pm
Website:
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Admission:
Free except for special exhibitions
Facilities:
Wheelchair access and wheelchairs, Gallery Store, Gallery Bistro, corporate venue hire, Gallery library (reference), lecture theatre, free guided tours, education programs, "PreView" brochure available
Collection:
The Queensland Art Gallery has a permanent collection of nearly 10,000 works including paintings, sculpture, prints, video, installations and decorative arts.
Items
painting
Epiphany
Creator:
Ian Fairweather
Description:
Synthetic Polymer paint on four sheets of cardboard on composition board
Date:
1962
painting
From Dreamtime 2 Machinetime
Creator:
Trevor Nickolls
Description:
Oil on Canvas
Date:
1979
painting
Two trees on Mary Street ... Amen!
Creator:
Willem De Kooning
Description:
Oil on Canvas
Date:
1975
sculpture
Woods III
Creator:
Shigeo Toya
Description:
Wood, ashes and synthetic polymer paint
Date:
1991-92