Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees Annual Report 2016–17 Report of the Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees

QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY BOARD OF TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT 2016–17 REPORT OF THE QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY BOARD OF TRUSTEES 18 August 2017 The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP Premier and Minister for the Arts PO BOX 15185 CITY EAST QLD 4002 Dear Premier I am pleased to submit for presentation to the Queensland Parliament the Annual Report 2016–17 and financial statements for the Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees. I certify that this annual report complies with: • the prescribed requirements of the Financial Accountability Act 2009 and the Financial and Performance Management Standard 2009, and • the detailed requirements set out in the Annual report requirements for Queensland Government agencies. A checklist outlining the annual reporting requirements can be found on page 75 of this annual report. Yours sincerely Professor Ian O’Connor AC Chair Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees CONTENTS PART A 4 INTRODUCTION 4 Vision 4 Mission 4 Principles 4 Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art 5 Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees 6 CHAIR'S OVERVIEW 8 BACKGROUND 8 Government objectives for the community 8 Strategic Plan 2016–20 9 Operational Plan 2016–17 9 Operating environment 10 2016–17 AT A GLANCE 11 OUTCOMES 11 Performance measures 12 Strategic objectives 24 Acquisitions 49 Exhibitions, outgoing loans, publications and awards 62 Statistical summary 63 GOVERNANCE 63 Management and structure 70 Risk management and accountability 71 Human resources 72 GLOSSARY 73 SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 75 COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST PART B 76 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 04 Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees Annual Report 2016–17 INTRODUCTION PART A INTRODUCTION Vision To be the leading institution for the contemporary art of Australia, Asia and the Pacific Mission QAGOMA is the only art museum in Australia with purpose- built facilities dedicated to film and the moving image. The To engage people with art and artists through memorable and Gallery’s Australian Cinémathèque presents retrospective and transformative experiences onsite and online thematic film programs and exhibitions to showcase the work of inﬂuential filmmakers and artists. Principles The Gallery’s Children’s Art Centre offers interactive art • Access for all projects for children and families, and publishes books for children in collaboration with leading Australian and • Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples international artists. • Leadership through research, learning and innovation The Gallery also publishes research and scholarship on the • Commitment to a sustainable, collaborative and Collection, exhibitions and artists, in exhibition catalogues, inclusive culture monographs, books, brochures and on the web. Queensland Art Gallery | Exhibitions, publications, public programs and collecting Gallery of Modern Art practices make art more accessible to Queenslanders. Wide-ranging education and public programs highlight the Queensland's premier visual arts institution, the Queensland visual arts as an interconnected part of broader culture, Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA, or the Gallery) relevant to the lives of diverse audiences of all ages. connects people with art through dynamic Australian and international exhibitions and programs that showcase works QAGOMA is managed by the Queensland Art Gallery Board from diverse historical and contemporary artists. of Trustees (the Board). Two vibrant and accessible galleries in Brisbane’s Cultural Precinct at South Bank, the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) and the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) offer complementary experiences that enrich the state’s cultural life. Established in 1895 as the Queensland National Art Gallery, the institution was housed in temporary premises until the opening of the QAG building at South Bank in 1982. GOMA opened in December 2006. The Gallery’s Collection (the Collection) comprises more than 17 000 historical and contemporary Australian, Indigenous Australian, Asian, Pacific and international works of art. Since 1993, the Gallery’s ﬂagship project has been the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT), the only major recurring international exhibition series to focus exclusively on the contemporary art of Asia, the Pacific and Australia. Through the APT series, the Gallery has cultivated an internationally significant collection of art from the region. QAGOMA curates regional touring exhibitions and programs, giving people across the state access to the Collection. The Gallery is committed to profiling Queensland artists and strengthening relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities through a dedicated acquisition focus, an exhibition program and public engagement. INTRODUCTION Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees Annual Report 2016–17 05 Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees The Board is a statutory body. Its existence, functions and powers are set out in the Queensland Art Gallery Act 1987 (the Act). Under the Act, the Board’s functions include: (a) to control, manage and maintain the art gallery and each branch thereof and all property in the possession of the Board (b) to develop the art gallery’s collection of works of art (c) to minister to the needs of the community in any or all branches of the visual arts, including by displaying works of art; promoting artistic taste and achievement through the illustration of the history and development of the visual arts; promoting and providing lectures, films, broadcasts, telecasts, publications and other educational or cultural instruction or material; and promoting research (d) to control and manage all land and premises vested in or placed under the control of the Board (e) to restore and repair works of art in the possession of the Board (f) to frame, package, and manufacture display materials for works of art in the possession of the Board (g) to encourage artistic achievement by artists resident in Queensland. For performing its functions, the Board has all the powers of an individual and may, for example: enter into arrangements, agreements, contracts and deeds; acquire, hold, deal with and dispose of property; engage consultants; appoint agents and attorneys; charge, and fix terms, for goods, services, facilities and information supplied by it; and do anything else necessary or desirable to be done in performing its functions. 06 Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees Annual Report 2016–17 CHAIR'S OVERVIEW CHAIR'S OVERVIEW Professor Ian O’Connor AC Chair, Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees On behalf of the Board, I am pleased to present the Aboriginal people who have held onto the importance of land, Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees Annual Report culture and family through adversity and deprivation’. 2016–17. This report details the achievements of the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (the Gallery, Several major works were gifted to the Gallery to mark or QAGOMA) over the past 12 months against the Board's GOMA’s tenth anniversary. Sleeping bride 1957–58 by strategic plan, and demonstrates how the Gallery continues Australian artist Arthur Boyd was a gift of Paul Taylor to engage people with art and artists through memorable in memory of Eric and Marion Taylor; immersive light and transformative experiences. work Crossing 2016 by UK/US artist Anthony McCall was commissioned with support from QAGOMA Foundation In 2016–17, the Gallery achieved its highest ever attendance, President Tim Fairfax AC; and HEARD 2012 by American artist with 1.73 million onsite visits. This outstanding result came Nick Cave was acquired with the support of the Josephine in the first year of the Queensland Government’s reinstated Ulrick and Win Schubert Diversity Foundation. funding for blockbuster and major exhibitions, and delivers on the Board’s commitment to grow the number of onsite visits. At the time of writing, GOMA’s current blockbuster, A further 300 000 visits were recorded at exhibitions toured ‘Marvel: Creating the Cinematic Universe’, has opened to to venues in regional Queensland, interstate and overseas, overwhelmingly positive popular and critical reception. An bringing the combined onsite and touring total to more than exclusive for Queensland and the largest Marvel exhibition two million visits — an exceptional achievement, and well to be staged in an art museum, the show is attracting new above the target of 1.3 million. audiences to QAGOMA. The exhibition links to the work of the Gallery’s Australian Cinémathèque in presenting contemporary GOMA Turns 10, held from December 2016 to April 2017, culture from the dual platforms of visual art and the moving was a highlight of the year. Encompassing exhibitions, public image. I look forward to reporting the exhibition’s outcomes in engagement programs, artwork commissions and acquisitions, next year’s annual report. the anniversary celebrations were a significant driver of the high number of visits achieved this year. The centrepiece of Other program highlights included the major exhibition the program was the exhibition ‘Sugar Spin: you, me, art and ‘No. 1 Neighbour: Art in Papua New Guinea 1966–2016’ at everything’, which showcased the Gallery’s contemporary QAG, which built on cross-cultural relationships established collections and drew an extraordinary response from through the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. audiences, with more than 628 000 visits. Other exhibitions ‘O’Keeffe, Preston, Cossington Smith: Making Modernism’ included ‘A World View: The Tim Fairfax Gift’ (now

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