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Pam Wilson / Australia QLD b.1931 / Wall hanging: Spring Hill (detail) 1982 / Appliqué with commercially printed (Marrimekko) cottons / Purchased 1982 with the assistance of the Crafts Board of the Australia Council / Collection: QAGOMA / © QAGOMA

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QAGOMA, home to more than 20 000 artworks, connects visitors with the enduring power of art and creativity. The Gallery's significant focus on contemporary work from Australia, Asia and the Pacific reflects more than 30 years of its flagship exhibition series, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art.

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Artist Joe Furlonger, seated in his studio

Artist Joe Furlonger in his studio, Samford Valley, March 2022 / Photograph: Joe Ruckli, QAGOMA

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A seat, with papers exploding upwards and papers flying out

Chiharu Shiota / Japan/Germany, b.1972 / A question of perspective 2022 / Commissioned 2022 with funds from Tim Fairfax AC through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Chiharu Shiota / Photograph: Merinda Campbell, QAGOMA

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Close up of restoration process happening on the Romney Frame

Collection Online Photographer Mark Sherwood prepares Fred Embrey's Untitled ceremonial figure c.1930 for photogrammetric capture, QAGOMA, January 2024 / Purchased 2020 with funds from the Mather Foundation through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Photograph: N Umek, QAGOMA

The Fred Embrey Sculpture Research Project

Explore a collaborative research project between QAGOMA and UQ to find out who made Djan'djari figure c.1930s, a rare object of national significance.

EMBREY | PROJECT

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Artwork HIV, discrimination and grief threaten our community. Build our strength, stay together and support each other (from untitled series) this artwork made of Colour offset print on paper, created in 1992-01-01

HIV, discrimination and grief threaten our community. Build our strength, stay together and support each other (from untitled series) 1992
Artwork Some of us are in love, some of us in lust. All of us fuck with condoms - every time! (from untitled series) this artwork made of Colour offset print on paper, created in 1992-01-01

Some of us are in love, some of us in lust. All of us fuck with condoms - every time! (from untitled series) 1992
Artwork Some of us have HIV, some of us don't. All of us fuck with condoms - every time! (from untitled series) this artwork made of Colour offset print on paper, created in 1992-01-01

Some of us have HIV, some of us don't. All of us fuck with condoms - every time! (from untitled series) 1992
Artwork Some of us inject, some of us don't. Always use clean needles - every time! (from untitled series) this artwork made of Colour offset print on paper, created in 1992-01-01

Some of us inject, some of us don't. Always use clean needles - every time! (from untitled series) 1992