The Queensland Gallery of Modern Art (also known as GOMA) is part of the Queensland Cultural Centre at the South Bank area of South Brisbane. It holds most of Queensland Art Gallery's contemporary works, while also being the joint host to the current Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. The seventh APT is also being shown in the Queensland Art Gallery building, with displays across both sites making the exhibition twice the scale of previous Triennials.
On 2 December 2006, the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) opened. It is the Queensland Art Gallery's much-anticipated second building, and is the largest gallery of modern and contemporary art in Australia. Queensland's Gallery of Modern Art also houses Australia's first purpose built cinematheque. The gallery is situated on Kurilpa Point next to the Queensland Art Gallery and State Library of Queensland and faces the Brisbane River and the CBD, which is just across the river. The Gallery of Modern Art has a total floor area over 25,000 m² and the largest exhibition gallery is 1,100 m². The building was designed by Sydney architecture firm Architectus.
The gallery features art works from Australia, Asia, and countries within the Pacific region and includes the Australian Cinémathèque.
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