Gordon Bennett

10 May – 3 August 2008 GoMA
Presenting work from 1987 to the present this comprehensive retrospective exhibition brings together many of the Notes to Basquiat 1998–2001 paintings and selected works from the Home Décor series.

Lee Mingwei Gernika in sand

3 May - 6 July 2008, GoMA
This project developed by artist Lee Mingwei re-creates Picasso’s famous work in sand. Midway through its display the artist returns to alter the work.

Mountain and Streams: Chinese Paintings from the NGV Asian Collection

19 March - 9 June 2008 QAG
This exhibition draws upon Chinese material from the National Gallery of Victoria’s important collection of Asian art, concentrating on Chinese landscape paintings from the fourteenth to the twenty-first century.

Pierre Bismuth

20 March – 22 June 2008 GoMA
This exhibition will be Bismuth’s first in Australia and will feature a group of video works surveying the artist’s engagement with feature film.

Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art and Design (2008)

20 March – 15 June 2008 GoMA
The annual ‘Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art and Design' exhibition recognises and promotes outstanding achievements by art students from state and non-state secondary schools throughout Queensland.

Anish Kapoor Untitled 2006-07

GOMA

This magnificent sculpture is a fine example of Anish Kapoor’s practice as one of the most significant sculptors of our time.

Contemporary Collection Displays

Ongoing display GoMA
Over the past 20 years, the Gallery’s acquisitions program has focused strongly on modern and contemporary cultures, and is now distinguished for its growing collections of contemporary Australian, Indigenous Australian, Asian, Pacific and international art. Experience major works from these collections in the magnificent new gallery spaces of GoMA.

QAG Collection Displays

Ongoing display QAG
The recently refurbished Queensland Art Gallery features pre-1970 works from the Collection. Highlights include the Fairweather Room, Queensland Heritage Gallery, Asian Gallery and international art displays.

Fairweather Room

Ongoing display, QAG
The Fairweather Room continues the Gallery’s history of documentation and scholarship of Ian Fairweather’s work and provides an opportunity for ongoing consideration of his achievements. The Gallery’s Collection serves as the basis for rotating displays, focusing on particular themes.