Queensland Art Gallery

Queensland Art Gallery
From top: Queensland Art Gallery riverside façade in South Bank, Entrance atrium and Watermall
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Established1895 (1895)[1]
LocationStanley Place, South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates27°28′22″S 153°01′06″E / 27.472733°S 153.018453°E / -27.472733; 153.018453
TypeArt museum
Visitors572,762 (2016)[2]
DirectorChris Saines[3]
Public transit accessBus: Cultural Centre station
Train: South Brisbane station
Websiteqagoma.qld.gov.au

The Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) is an art museum located in South Bank, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The gallery is part of QAGOMA.[4] It complements the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) building, situated only 150 metres (490 ft) away.

The Queensland Art Gallery is owned and operated by the Government of Queensland,[5] which created the institution in 1895 as the Queensland National Art Gallery.[1]

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Government of Queensland. "Cultural Precinct Strategy" (PDF). Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts (Queensland). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  5. ^ Government of Queensland. "Queensland Art Gallery Act 1987" (PDF). Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.