APT9 Exhibition Report

INTERNATIONAL VISITORS PROGRAM (IVP) Through the support of the Australia Council for the Arts, QAGOMA hosted 12 international arts professionals from 21–27 November 2018, who engaged with exhibiting artists, key curators, writers and experts from the Asia Pacific region. Exclusive tours, talks and opportunities gave the group additional opportunities to meet with Australian artists. Key outcomes achieved: ▲ Increased awareness and profile of Queensland and Australian artists within the international context of the IVP participants. ▲ The program extended participants’ networks, increased their interest in presenting, buying or commissioning Australian work and enhanced their relationships with other visiting curators and academics. ▲ Assisted with the development of international networks for industry leaders, enabling them to act as ambassadors for Australian visual arts. ▲ Extended Australian industry sector’s awareness and knowledge of international markets and trends through networking opportunities. ▲ Contributed to increased profile and career development prospects for participating artists in APT9 along with contemporary Australian art in the QAGOMA Collection. APT9 IVP Participants: ▲ Henriette Bretton-Meyer, Curator, Kunsthal Charlottenborg (Denmark) ▲ Beatriz Bustos, Director, Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda (Chile) ▲ Daria de Beauvais, Senior Curator, Palais de Tokyo (France) ▲ Christine Eyene, Artistic Director of the 4th International Biennial of Casablanca 2018 (France/Cameroon/Britain) ▲ Nav Haq, Senior Curator at MuHKA, Antwerp (Belgium) ▲ Hiroyuki Hattori, Independent Curator (Japan) ▲ Healoha Johnston, Assistant Curator for Arts of Hawai‘i, Honolulu Museum of Art (USA) ▲ Yulin Lee, Director, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (Taiwan) ▲ Alexandra A Seno, Head of Development, Asia Art Archive (Hong Kong) ▲ Jordan Strom, Curator, Exhibitions and Collections, Surrey Art Gallery (Canada) ▲ Yuka Uematsu, Curator, National Museum of Art, Osaka (Japan) ▲ Carol Yinghua Lu, Director, Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing (China) In addition to attendance at the opening weekend program of events, activities included: ▲ an IVP welcome event ▲ a tour of several Brisbane art institutions and lunch with representatives from Contemporary Arts Organisations Australia ▲ a welcome BBQ with APT9 artists, the QAGOMA Executive Management Team, APT9 curators and key staff, First Nations curators and APT9 Interlocutors ▲ a tour of the Australian art collection and a talk by local Indigenous artist Dale Harding ▲ optional visits to local commercial galleries and studios showing works by Australian artists ▲ an intimate farewell dinner with key QAGOMA staff. 59 IVP