Annual Review 2016

After opening with a bang in late 2015, APT8 attracted almost 605 000 visits. Combined attendance to the Triennial since 1993 now totals more than three million people. Nearly a quarter of APT8 visitors were under the age of 12 and took advantage of the APT8 Kids artworks in both galleries, supported by the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation. Interstate and overseas guests accounted for 31 per cent of visitors, and the exhibition pumped more than $21 million into Queensland’s economy. Performance was a major theme, highlighted by the APT8 Live program, which brought the exhibition spaces to life with regular performances, workshops, talks and tours. We also enriched our holdings of Asian and Pacific contemporary art, with 70 per cent of the 250 artworks in APT8 acquired for the Collection through the QAGOMA Foundation, thanks to the generosity of benefactors as well as artists featured in the exhibition. APT8 Cinema screenings were seen by 5198 people, and the APT8 Kids on Tour attracted 7819 participants at 64 regional and remote galleries, community centres, schools and hospitals. APT8 was made possible thanks to Audi Australia, Tourism and Events Queensland, the members of the Asia Pacific Council, and our many other generous sponsors and partners. CLOCKWISE FROM FAR LEFT Visitors ‘actiVAting’ Rosanna Raymond’s SaVAge K’lub / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon Performance of Gabriella Mangano and Silvana Mangano’s There is no there 2015 for APT8 Live / January 2016 / Photograph: Chloë Callistemon Asia Pacific Council members at an APT8 cocktail event / March 2016 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood Darnley Island kids take part in APT8 Kids on Tour / Image courtesy: Erub Erwer Meta, Darnley Island Art Centre THE 8TH ASIA PACIFIC TRIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART 21 NOVEMBER 2015 – 10 APRIL 2016 QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY | GALLERY OF MODERN ART 10 ▼  REVIEW 2016 REVIEW 2016 ▼ 11 2016 IN REVIEW 2016 IN REVIEW