Annual Review 2016

MOVING PICTURES: TOWARDS A REHANG OF AUSTRALIAN ART 28 MAY 2016 – AUGUST 2017 With a growing Collection of 17 000+ objects, the Gallery proactively addressed its future storage requirements with a project that will expand storage in the Queensland Art Gallery by 30 per cent. Following an enormous logistical exercise — which saw works in storage temporarily relocated to the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Galleries — we presented a concentration of Australian collection highlights. ‘Moving Pictures’ included a salon hang of Collection favourites by Rupert Bunny, Vida Lahey, R Godfrey Rivers, Russell Drysdale, Ian Fairweather, Sydney Long, George W Lambert, E Phillips Fox, Nora Heysen and more with an ‘open storage’, behind-the-scenes element. High-resolution touchscreens provided information on artists and works, and allowed visitors to magnify their favourites and examine them in minute detail. Registration, Conservation and Workshop staff undertake the relocation of the Collection works stored at QAG / Photographs: Natasha Harth and Mark Sherwood OPPOSITE PAGE Installation view of ‘Moving Pictures’ / May 2016 / Photograph: Natasha Harth The Gallery’s regular volunteer- guided tours for people living with dementia are delivered at a relaxed pace and encourage reminiscence, conversation and shared experience. ABOVE Art and Dementia tour of ‘Moving Pictures’ / September 2016 / Photograph: Mark Sherwood 16 ▼  REVIEW 2016 REVIEW 2016 ▼ 17 2016 IN REVIEW 2016 IN REVIEW