Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum

The Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum was established in 1985 and is a community cultural initiative funded by the Gladstone Regional Council. It is dedicated to promoting art and heritage for the communities of the Gladstone Region and Central Queensland, and act as custodians for the preservation and display of the region’s history and cultural heritage.

Housed in the Heritage Listed old Gladstone Town Hall with a purpose-built extension, the Gallery & Museum is linked by a glass bridge walkway that accommodates the 19th Century marble statue of the region’s namesake, William Ewart Gladstone. The historic Town Hall building was erected during the Economic Depression in 1934, while the new O’Connell wing was added in 2003 and boasts a dramatic aluminium and steel installation on its façade, 41°24’12.2”N 2°10’26.5”E. This wonderful sculptural artwork is by local artist, Margaret Worthington, and is inspired by the harbour and shipping charts of Port Curtis.

Entry to the Gallery & Museum is via Goondoon Street, where ramp access is available. Admission is FREE.

Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum

Corner Goondoon and Bramston Street Gladstone QLD 4680

07 4976 6766

gragm.qld.gov.au

Mon to Fri 10am – 4.30pm, Sat 10am - 2pm.

Closed Public Holidays except ANZAC Day (10am-2pm)

Barbara Kruger: THINK OF ME THINKING OF YOU

For decades, beginning well before the advent of social media, Barbara Kruger’s prescient use of words and text has invited people to consider their context in contemporary society. In Brisbane, between 4–7 September, audiences may experience her concise, dynamic aesthetic within the internationally acclaimed Gems delivered by choreographer Benjamin Millepied and the L.A. Dance Project.

Louise Martin-Chew

The kimono is more than an artefact and more than clothing. It is a concept artists will make their own

Over 70 fabulous garments of exquisite craftsmanship – some made of silk with gold and silver embroidery and dazzling designs – have been assembled within a context of over 150 paintings, posters, wood block prints, magazines and decorative arts. Although many of the items have never been previously exhibited in Australia, most are now in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, with many specifically acquired for this exhibition.

Sasha Grishin

Creativity beyond mortality

Have you ever wondered if someone who is no longer alive could create art? In answer to this question, biological artists Guy Ben-Ary, Nathan Thompson and Matt Ringold, in collaboration with the now deceased Alvin Lucier, have extended the experimental composer’s “ideas about the resonance of sound” for their immersive exhibition, Revivification at the Art Gallery of Western Australia.

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum