Opened on 2 December 2006, the GOMA 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 GOMA has a total floor area over 25,000 square metres (270,000sqft) and the largest exhibition gallery is 1,100 square metres (12,000sqft). The building was designed by Sydney architecture firm Architectus.
In July 2002, Sydney-based company Architectus was commissioned by the Queensland Beattie Government following an Architect Selection Competition, to design the Queensland Art Gallery's second site, the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA). A main theme of Architectus's design was a pavilion in the landscape, one which assumes its position as both hub and anchor for this important civic precinct. Critical to this is the building's response to the site, its natural topography, existing patterns of urban generation, and the river. Architectus was awarded the 2007 RAIA National Award for Public Architecture for the design of GOMA.[5] The final construction cost was around 107 million dollars.[6]
The Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) hosts the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art jointly with the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG), since opening in 2006.
The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT10) (4 December 2021 - 25 April 2022)[22]
The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT9) (24 November 2018 - 28 April 2019)[23]
The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT8) (21 November 2015 - 10 April 2016)[24]
The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT7) (8 December 2012 – 14 April 2013)[25]
The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT6) (5 December 2009 – 5 April 2010)[26]
The 5th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT5) (2 December 2006 – 27 May 2007)[27]
The 4th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT4) (12 September 2002 - 27 January 2003)[28]
The 3rd Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT3) (9 September 1999 - 26 January 2000)[29]
The 2nd Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT2) (27 September 1996 - 19 January 1997)[30]
The 1st Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT1) (17 September -5 December 1993)[31]
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Stead, Naomi (2015). "The Brisbane Effect: GOMA and the Architectural Competition for a New Institutional Building"(PDF). Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand. 32 (' Architecture, Institutions and Change' (edited by Paul Hogben and Judith O’Callaghan)): 627-639. Archived from the original on 25 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)