Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane

Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)
Main entrance to GOMA.
Main entrance to GOMA.
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EstablishedDecember 2006 (2006-12)[1]
LocationStanley Place, South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates27°28′14″S 153°01′02″E / 27.470606°S 153.017235°E / -27.470606; 153.017235
TypeArt museum
Visitors667,657 (2016)[2]
DirectorChris Saines[3]
OwnerGovernment of Queensland
Public transit accessBus: Cultural Centre station
Train: South Brisbane station
Websiteqagoma.qld.gov.au

The Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) is an art museum located within the Queensland Cultural Centre in the South Bank precinct of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The gallery is part of QAGOMA.

GOMA, which opened on 2 December 2006, is the largest gallery of modern and contemporary art in Australia,[4] and houses Australia's first purpose-built cinematheque. The gallery is situated on Kurilpa Point next to the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) building and the State Library of Queensland, and faces the Brisbane River and the CBD. The Gallery of Modern Art has a total floor area over 25,000 square metres (270,000 sq ft) and the largest exhibition gallery is 1,100 square metres (12,000 sq ft). The building was designed by Sydney architecture firm Architectus.

  1. ^ Queensland Art Gallery. "History". Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Visitor Figures 2016" (PDF). The Art Newspaper Review. April 2017. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. ^ Queensland Art Gallery. "Trustees & Executive Management Team". Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  4. ^ QAGOMA. "Our Story - History, Architecture, Strategic Plans & Review". QAGOMA. Retrieved 14 February 2020.