{"id":679948,"date":"2026-05-19T16:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/679948\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T16:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:06:12","slug":"qagoma-brisbanes-rising-voices-art-collection-makes-history-at-londons-victoria-albert-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/679948\/","title":{"rendered":"QAGOMA: Brisbane\u2019s Rising Voices art collection makes history at London\u2019s Victoria & Albert Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brisbane is used to importing art from Europe \u2013 QAGOMA\u2019s current blockbuster exhibition of Scandinavian artist Olafur Eliasson being a prime example.<\/p>\n

But in a reversal of that flow, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art has exported a major show of its works to one of the most important galleries in Europe \u2013 the Victoria & Albert Museum in South Kensington, London.<\/p>\n

Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific celebrates QAGOMA\u2019s art from those regions.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe landmark exhibition celebrates the globally significant collection of contemporary Asian, Australian and Pacific art held by the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.David Parry<\/p>\n

The works were collected across 30 years of the galleries\u2019 flagship event, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art.<\/p>\n

Visitors to the V&A will pay \u00a317 ($32) to see the Rising Voices exhibition, which will run until January 10, 2027.<\/p>\n

QAGOMA director Chris Saines said the opening of Rising Voices was \u201ca watershed moment\u201d for the gallery as the V&A was one of the most influential and visited museums in the world.<\/p>\n

\"TakahiroTakahiro Iwasaki, Reflection Model (Perfect Bliss), 2010-12 will feature in the V&A exhibition. David Parry<\/p>\n

\u201cVisitors to the V&A will be struck by the astonishing diversity in artistic and material practice that has distinguished the Triennial for over three decades,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Arts Minister John-Paul Langbroek said Rising Voices was \u201ca significant moment for the contemporary art of our region\u201d and provided an international platform for local artists.<\/p>\n

Langbroek said more than 4 million visitors had experienced the Asia Pacific Triennial over the past three decades and the event had injected $140 million into Queensland\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n

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Being shown in the V&A\u2019s Porter Gallery, Rising Voices features art from Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, and beyond.<\/p>\n

Queensland artists Michael Cook, Naomi Hobson, Shirley Macnamara, Ken Thaiday Sr and Judy Watson are included.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese works have never been seen in the UK before, yet they speak to histories and perspectives that are essential to a fuller understanding of our shared contemporary world,\u201d said Daniel Slater, director of exhibitions at the V&A.<\/p>\n

Established in 1852, the Victoria and Albert Museum has a collection of more than 4.5 million objects of art, design and historical craft.<\/p>\n

It recently opened a new building in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, East London, that includes an archive of musician and artist David Bowie\u2019s collection.<\/p>\n

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\"NickNick Dent<\/a> is a Culture Reporter at Brisbane Times, covering arts and things to do in the city.Connect via email<\/a>.From our partners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75],"class_list":["post-679948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}