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Richard Daintree / Midday Camp 1864‐70 / albumen photograph, overpainted with oils / Queensland Museum, Brisbane
THE PHOTOGRAPH AND AUSTRALIA
Now showing at QAG

Take a journey through Australia’s rich photographic history and discover how our view of the world, ourselves and each other has been changed by the advent of photography.

"If a picture is worth 1000 words, then vast tomes of history adorn the walls of Queensland Art Gallery … providing glimpses of the nation's history and its people as viewed through the lens of a camera" – Belinda Seeney, The Courier-Mail
Highlights
Max Dupain / Sunbaker 1937 / gelatin silver photograph / Purchased 1976 / Collection: AGNSW The Photograph and Australia
Now showing
Coming Soon
GOMA Talks Queensland APT8
Opening 21 Nov
FEATURED EVENTS
Michael Zavros / Bad dad 2013 / Oil on canvas / Courtesy: The artist, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, and Starkwhite, Auckland
‘GOMA Q’ Brisbane Writers Festival
PoetryQ Contemporary Queensland Poetry
Sat 5 Sep, 1.00pm | Free, no bookings required
River Room, GOMA
In response to 'GOMA Q: Contemporary Queensland Art', this BWF discussion explores contemporary Queensland poetry with some of the strongest poetic voices publishing in Queensland today. Read more
Father’s day at QAGOMA
Father’s day at QAGOMA
Sun 6 Sep, from 10.00am
QAG & GOMA
Spend Father’s day visiting one of the Gallery’s latest exhibitions, ‘The Photograph and Australia’ at QAG or ‘GOMA Q’ and ‘Robert MacPherson’ at GOMA. Afterwards, treat dad to a delicious lunch by the Brisbane River at the GOMA Cafe Bistro.

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Conservation in conversation
‘The Photograph and Australia’
50+ Conservation in conversation
Wed 16 Sep, 6.00pm | Bookings required
Exhibition spaces, QAG
Join Samantha Shellard, Conservator, Works on Paper, for behind the scenes insights into the exhibition with a particular focus on the conservation challenges faced when working with delicate photographs.
Unknown photographer / John Gill and Joanna Kate Norton 1856 / albumen photograph / Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
‘The Photograph and Australia’
Beyond the lens floor talk
Sun 20 Sep, 2.30pm | Bookings required
Exhibition spaces, QAG
Join Marcel Safier, historian and major collector of 19th and early 20th century Australian photographs as he shares his research on the history of the carte de visite in Australia.
Production still from Johnny Guitar
Lecture: The Western and the history of cinema
Sat 19 Sep, 11.00am | Free, no bookings required
Cinema B, GOMA
Dr David Baker, Lecturer, School of Humanities, Griffith University, takes us on a journey through the genre of the Western since 1900, examining the way it can be seen to mirror the history of cinema more broadly.
Curator’s insights tour
‘Robert MacPherson’ Curator’s insights tour
Sun 20 Sep, 1.00pm | Free, no bookings required
Gallery 1.1, GOMA
Jason Smith, Curatorial Manager, Australian Art, highlights key works in the exhibition in this floor talk.
The Western: Gallery of Modern Art | 11 SEP - 15 NOV 2015
SPONSORS
The Photograph and Australia sponsored by Glencore
What's On
Exhibitions

QAG

Island Currents: Art from Bentinck Island and the Torres Strait
Until 1 November

Australian, Indigenous Australian, International & Asian Collections
Ongoing

The Photograph and Australia
Until 11 October
GOMA

Terrain: Indigenous Australian Objects and Representations
Until 6 September

We can make another future: Japanese art after 1989
Until 20 September

GOMA Q: Contemporary Queensland Art
Until 11 October

Robert MacPherson: The Painter’s Reach
Until 18 October

Daniel Crooks: Motion Studies
Until 25 October


Cinema


The Western
Opening 11 September

kids

Swags and Swamp Rats
Until 5 October

Art on the Wild Side
Until 11 October


DAILY TOURS


GOMA

Robert MacPherson
11.00am

We can make another future
1.00pm

GOMA Highlights
2.00pm
QAG

The Photograph and Australia
11.00am

Indigenous Australian Art
1.00pm

QAG Highlights
1.00pm


PLACES TO EAT


GOMA Restaurant

GOMA Cafe Bistro

QAG Cafe


PLACES TO SHOP


GOMA Store

QAG Store

QAG Store artist & writers
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Queensland Government
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA)
Stanley Place, Cultural Precinct, South Bank, Brisbane, QLD 4101

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