Annual Review 2017

JULY & AUGUST RIGHT | The Gallery’s Australian Centre of Asia Pacific Art and Griffith University’s Griffith Asia Institute continued their long-running Perspectives: Asia lecture series, which unpacks the region’s history, politics and culture. Guest speakers during the year included Senator the Hon Penny Wong. Photograph: Chloë Callistemon BELOW | Drawn from the Asian and Pacific Art collection, The Long Story (19 August 2017 – 23 September 2018 | GOMA) addresses the historical narrative, the experience of conflict, relationships to land, and the construction of public image and space. Photograph: Chloë Callistemon ABOVE | Workshops and roundtables at venues across Queensland, including the Butter Factory Arts Centre in Cooroy, were part of the new ‘ Art as exchange ’ initiative to better connect QAGOMA with arts educators and students across the state. Photograph: Henri van Noordenburg 2017 IN REVIEW REVIEW / 2017 26