Brisbane may once have been know as a 'big old country town' but the choice of art galleries found in Brisbane certainly contradicts this view...

Gallery of Modern Art (GoMa)

The new Gallery of Modern Art is Australia's largest gallery of modern and contemporary art. The original Queensland Art Gallery was established in 1895 as the Queensland National Art Gallery. The Gallery did not have a permanent home until the opening of its current architecturally acclaimed on Brisbane's South Bank in 1982.

Since opening, the Gallery's exhibitions and collections have grown in size, complexity and diversity. To cater for the community's future needs, the new Gallery of Modern Art was opened in December 2006 and complements the Queensland Art Gallery building. Situated at Kurilpa Point only 150 metres from the Queensland Art Gallery building, the Gallery of Modern Art focuses on the art of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

The Gallery is committed to profiling Indigenous Australian art and is recognised as an international leader in presenting innovative museum-based learning programs for children. Developing youth audiences for visual art is one of the Gallery's priorities. In addition, to ensure all Queenslanders have access to the Collection, travelling exhibitions tour to regional and remote centres of the state on a regular basis.

Updated 8.2.07