Main entrance to GOMA. | |
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Established | December 2006[1] |
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Location | Stanley Place, South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Coordinates | 27°28′14″S 153°01′02″E / 27.470606°S 153.017235°E |
Type | Art museum |
Visitors | 667,657 (2016)[2] |
Director | Chris Saines[3] |
Owner | Government of Queensland |
Public transit access | Bus: Cultural Centre station Train: South Brisbane station |
Website | qagoma |
The Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) is an art museum located within the Queensland Cultural Centre in the South Bank precinct of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The gallery is part of QAGOMA.
Opened on 2 December 2006, the GOMA is the largest gallery of modern and contemporary art in Australia,[4] and houses Australia's first purpose-built cinematheque. The gallery is situated on Kurilpa Point next to the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) building and the State Library of Queensland, and faces the Brisbane River and the CBD.
The GOMA has a total floor area over 25,000 square metres (270,000 sq ft) and the largest exhibition gallery is 1,100 square metres (12,000 sq ft). The building was designed by Sydney architecture firm Architectus.