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10 Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees Annual Report 2016–17
AT A GLANCE
2016–17 AT A GLANCE
DIVERSE EXHIBITIONS
FOCUS ON WOMEN ARTISTS
MIRDIDINGKINGATHI JUWARNDA SALLY GABORI,
CINDY SHERMAN, GEORGIA O’KEEFFE,
MARGARET PRESTON, GRACE COSSINGTON SMITH
MAJOR SURVEY OF ART
FROM PAPUA NEW GUINEA
TRANSFORMATIVE GIFTS
ARTWORKS WORTH $6.3 MILLION
GIFTED TO THE COLLECTION
STORAGE UPGRADE
QAG STORAGE CAPACITY HAS
BEEN INCREASED BY 30%
MORE THAN 12 000 COLLECTION
ITEMS HAVE BEEN RELOCATED
RECORD ENGAGEMENT
84 QUEENSLAND VENUES
AND 24 000 CHILDREN
PARTICIPATED IN
'KIDS ON TOUR'
BLOCKBUSTER
EXHIBITIONS
‘SUGAR SPIN: YOU, ME ART
AND EVERYTHING’
MORE THAN 628 000 VISITS
‘MARVEL: CREATING THE
CINEMATIC UNIVERSE’
MORE THAN 95 000 VISITS
IN THE FIRST FIVE WEEKS
GOMA
TURNS 10
HALF OF THE AUDIENCE WERE
‘BLOWN AWAY’ BY THEIR EXPERIENCE
SUMMER FESTIVAL –
52 000 VISITS OVER FIVE DAYS
QUEENSLAND INDIGENOUS ARTIST
PUBLIC ART COMMISSION –
JUDY WATSON
YOUNG PEOPLE FLOCKED TO GOMA –
71% OF VISITORS
AGED UNDER 34
RECORD NUMBER
OF VISITS
MORE THAN 2 MILLION VISITS
(1.73 MILLION ONSITE,
0.3 MILLION AT TOURING VENUES)
THE HIGHEST IN THE
GALLERY’S HISTORY