QAGOMA

QAGOMA
From top: Queensland Art Gallery riverside, Gallery of Modern Art
Established29 March 1895 (29 March 1895)
LocationSouthbank, Brisbane, Australia
Coordinates27°28′21″S 153°01′06″E / 27.4726°S 153.01828°E / -27.4726; 153.01828 (Queensland Art Gallery)
TypeArt museum
Visitors1,146,277 (2019/20)
DirectorChris Saines
Public transit accessBus: Cultural Centre station
Train: South Brisbane station
Websiteqagoma.qld.gov.au

The Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, colloquially known as QAGOMA, is an art museum in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The state’s premier institution for the visual arts consists of the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG), and its neighbouring gallery, the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), situated 150 m (490 ft) away. Both are located within the Queensland Cultural Centre in South Bank. QAGOMA holds a collection of historical and contemporary Australian art and is a leading institution in the Asia-Pacific with a significant collection built through the exhibition ‘The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’.

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