Griffith University Art Museum

Griffith University Art Museum is committed to innovative research and experimentation to encourage appreciation and understanding of art and its role in society.

The Museum organises exhibitions, educational and public programs to offer enjoyment and encourage inquiry, research and experimentation, while building and maintaining the University’s art collection for future generations. Situated in one of Australia’s oldest art schools, the Museum stimulates active learning about art and the creative process through research, teaching, publishing and dialogue among communities of Griffith University students, faculty, artists, scholars, alumni, and the wider public.

(located at Queensland College of Art South Bank campus)

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Griffith University Art Museum

Griffith University, 226 Grey Street South Bank QLD 4101

07 373 57414

griffith.edu.au/art-museum

Tuesdays–Saturdays
11 am—4 pm
Closed on public holidays and during exhibition installation periods.

Griffith University Art Museum

Polka dot summer: The NGV announces Australia’s largest Yayoi Kusama retrospective exhibition

The National Gallery of Victoria has unveiled their summer blockbuster exhibition for 2024–2025. Yayoi Kusama’s signature polka dots and pumpkins, along with world-premiere work, will appear in Australia’s largest retrospective exhibition of the Japanese artist.

Art Guide Australia

Annika Harding paints through the fog

Annika Harding’s latest work at NorthSite Contemporary Arts, focuses on the Atherton Tablelands, exploring the tension between natural beauty, relentless meteorological forces, and the built environment that supports local agricultural communities.

Anita King

Parrtjima lights up Alice Springs

Parrtjima—the Northern Territory’s annual festival of lights at the Alice Springs Desert Park—is entering its ninth year, and this time the immersive festival’s focus is interconnectedness.

Sally Gearon

Ellen Dahl wins the 2024 National Photography Prize

Congratulations to Ellen Dahl, who has won the $30,000 2024 National Photography Prize for her work, Four Days Before Winter, a four-part piece exploring the devastating effects of climate change on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.

Art Guide Australia

The apocalypse as imagination and resilience: Must-sees at the 24th Biennale of Sydney

This year’s Biennale of Sydney centres the “profound changes of the 21st century” from migration to diaspora to climate change—and how communities show perpetual resilience. From delicate kites to images of nuclear war, here’s our round up of what you can’t miss.

Art Guide Editors

Must-sees at this year’s Melbourne Art Fair

With over 60 booths presenting, this year’s Melbourne Art Fair doesn’t centre glitz or glam, but glimpses into sci-fi, realism, vibrant colour and Indigenous connections to land. Our editors have rounded up their top picks.

Art Guide Editors