QUT Art Museum

QUT Art Museum is a contemporary art gallery at Queensland University of Technology’s Gardens Point campus, beside the City Botanic Gardens. Its exhibitions draw on the university’s collection, alongside commissioned projects and touring shows, with Australian artists and new technology among the recurring themes. Look for work that plays with materials and sensory effects, such as embroidery on aluminium foil or installations that change colour with body heat. Exhibitions are free, and a visit can fit into about an hour.

Contemporary art at Gardens Point

QUT Art Museum is on the Gardens Point campus of Queensland University of Technology, next to the City Botanic Gardens. The gallery presents exhibitions drawn from the university’s collection, as well as commissioned projects and touring shows. Its programme focuses on modern and contemporary art, with Australian artists a particular strength.

The collection spans paintings, sculpture, ceramics, decorative arts and works on paper. Exhibitions have explored subjects including Australian women’s abstract art and documentary photography. Displays change, so the works on view depend on the exhibition programme.

Look closely at materials and technology

Some exhibitions bring technology into the work itself. One installation used thermal sensors to track body heat and shift the colours of flower-like lights. Another embroidered fire-coloured designs onto aluminium foil. These experiments make material and movement part of the viewing experience.

The museum has also presented family-friendly exhibitions, including one featuring Miffy. For more Australian art nearby, the William Robinson Gallery is dedicated to the work of landscape artist William Robinson. The two galleries make a natural pairing for a visit to the campus.