Annual Review 2017

2017 IN REVIEW ABOVE | Bringing together the artist’s 15-year series of ‘Map’ paintings, ‘ Noel McKenna: Landscape – Mapped ’ (18 November 2017 – 2 April 2018 | QAG) takes a droll approach to ordering the contents of Australia, including its public swimming pools, oversized ‘big’ things, dangerous animals and butterflies. Curator Peter McKay (left) with Felix McKenna, the artist, Margaret McKenna and Director Chris Saines. Photograph: Brad Wagner ABOVE | From the National Gallery of Australia, ' Picasso: The Vollard Suite ' (2 December 2017 – 15 April 2018 | QAG) includes 100 etchings, engravings and aquatints created by the famed artist in the 1930s. Their themes include the classically derived subjects of the Minotaur and Pygmalion, with the works complemented by selected sculpture from QAGOMA’s holdings. LEFT | In the Children’s Art Centre, ‘ Me, Myselfie and I ’ (9 December 2017 – 22 April 2018) invites children to consider different ways of creating portraits through interactive making and multimedia projects, and artworks from the Gallery’s Collection. Photographs: Chloë Callistemon 43