5 4 ARTLINES 3 | 2025 MESSAGE EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Chris Saines, Simon Wright, Simon Elliott, Tarragh Cunningham, Judy Gunning, Michael O’Sullivan PROJECT TEAM ARTLINES EDITOR / Stephanie Kennard DESIGNER / Jenna Hoskin SENIOR EDITOR / Mark Gomes SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER / Jenna Hoskin SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER / Nicholas Umek ISSN 1325-8842 3–2025 (SEP OCT NOV) Artlines is published quarterly (March, June, September and December) QAGOMA, PO Box 3686, South Brisbane Qld Australia 4101 [email protected] | qagoma.qld.gov.au © Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees, 2025 This work is copyright and all rights are reserved. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part of this magazine may be reproduced or communicated to the public in any form or by any process without prior written permission from the publisher. The views expressed are not necessarily those of the Gallery, its Trustees or staff. 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MESSAGE Visitors to the Gallery are spoiled for choice with a wealth of exhibitions having recently opened across QAG and GOMA. ‘Under a Modern Sun’ has debuted at QAG, tracking the development of Modernism in Queensland from 1930 to the 1950s through the works of renowned Australian artists Vida Lahey, William Bustard, Kenneth Macqueen, Joe Rootsey, Sidney Nolan, Max Dupain and more. The exhibition also features a rich seam of sculpture, textiles and decorative arts that further contextualise this dynamic period in the rapidly urbanising state. Curator of Australian Art Samantha Littley writes about the exhibition in these pages. Also in this issue, Grace Jeremy (Assistant Curator, Australian Art) interviews Brisbane artist and academic Pat Hoffie, who ventures into the medium of intaglio printmaking for the first time with her new body of work for the solo exhibition ‘I have loved/I love/I will love’. Meanwhile, at GOMA we present ‘Snap Blak’ — a rich display of contemporary photography from the Collection by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists: Keemon Williams (Assistant Curator, Indigenous Australian Art) contributes a focus piece on works by artist Destiny Deacon that feature in the exhibition. Of course, ‘Wonderstruck’ continues at GOMA, and we catch up with artist Gemma Smith about the drawing project central to this celebration of the extraordinary within the ordinary. At the end of June, the Gallery farewelled the longstanding Chair of its Board of Trustees, Professor Emeritus Ian O’Connor AC. Overseeing periods of record attendance and strong acclaim, Ian’s astute contributions in times of organisational change have been invaluable, as has his advocacy with an extensive network of stakeholders throughout his eight-year tenure. We are very pleased to welcome Paul Taylor, a great supporter of the Gallery who has also served on the board since March 2017, to this vital role. Paul is deeply engaged with the visual, literary and performing arts in Brisbane, and has a long record of leadership in finance and philanthropy. We wish Ian all the best in his future endeavours, and warmly welcome Paul’s elevation to Chair. This issue also celebrates the work of senior Australian artist Ken Unsworth, a decade of the Gallery’s relationship with generous benefactors the Neilson Foundation, and the first stage of ‘The God of Small Things’, a Collection-based exhibition on the many ways faith intersects with daily life. Heading into the final stretch of 2025, it’s a very exciting time for the Gallery, as we prepare to present Archie Moore’s Venice Biennale project kith and kin 2024; launch our long-awaited play sculpture, Tony Albert and Nell’s The BIG HOSE; and open a world-exclusive solo exhibition of works by leading Icelandic–Danish artist Olafur Eliasson. Chris Saines CNZM | Director
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