Annual Review 2016

HIGHLIGHTS: JULY – OCTOBER The inaugural Future Collective Revel brought together the Gallery’s new group of young and passionate Foundation supporters for a night of art and revelry, with live music from Brisbane’s irrepressible Michelle Xen and the Neon Wild. Future Collective Revel guests / Photograph: Joe Ruckli Ah Xian: Naturephysica 28 May – 3 October 2016 | GOMA To coincide with ‘A World View: The Tim Fairfax Gift’, Chinese–Australian artist Ah Xian worked with the Children’s Art Centre on the interactive project ‘Naturephysica’. The exhibition invited visitors to explore the artist’s ideas and artworks through a projected pattern and drawing activities inspired by his 2007 ‘Metaphysica’ sculpture series. Photographs: Chloë Callistemon and Mark Sherwood QAGOMA Store's biannual market, which features handmade ceramics, jewellery, textiles and paper products made by local designers and artists, provides a chance to support local craft and buy direct from the maker. The Winter Design Market attracted the biggest selection of designers, and number of shoppers, to date. Photograph: Mark Sherwood For a special Good Food Month event, Paul Carmichael from Sydney’s Momofuko Seiōbo joined QAGOMA’s Josue Lopez to recreate cherished childhood recipes cooked by their respective mothers. GOMA Restaurant received the Good Food Guide’s coveted two-hat rating for the second consecutive year. Photograph: Brock McFadzean QAGOMA tapped into the augmented reality of Pokemon Go with lures and a Pokemon gym. It’s rumoured that the rare and tough Rhydon was lurking in the environs of the Cultural Precinct . . . Photograph: Mark Sherwood 'GOMA HELPED ME FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS CITY WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE. IT MADE ME FEEL WELCOME IN A CITY WHERE I HELD NO SENSE OF PLACE OR BELONGING.' Rebecca Olive , Future Collective member 32 ▼  REVIEW 2016 REVIEW 2016 ▼ 33 2016 IN REVIEW 2016 IN REVIEW