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QUT Galleries + Museums encompasses the university’s three premier cultural facilities: Old Government House Museum, QUT Art Museum and the William Robinson Gallery. QUT Art Museum
One of Queensland’s premier visual art institutions, QUT Art Museum presents a diverse program of contemporary art exhibitions, as well as free public and education programs. Find out more: https://www.artmuseum.qut.edu

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William Robinson Gallery
The William Robinson Gallery presents annual exhibitions on the work of this distinguished contemporary Australian artist and QUT alumnus. Find out more: https://www.wrgallery.qut.edu.au/

Old Government House
Once the colonial hub of Brisbane, where laws and deals were made, grand balls were held, and royalty stayed. Find out more: https://www.ogh.qut.edu.au

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31/08/2026

🤟Explore William Robinson’s legacy through an accessible lens🤟

Join us for an Auslan-interpreted tour of our new William Robinson exhibition, 'Lessons in Looking.'

Designed to provide our d/Deaf community with an accessible introduction to one of Australia’s most celebrated artists, this special tour will be accompanied by an accredited Auslan interpreter.

📍 William Robinson Gallery
📅 18 October | 10am–11am
🎟️ Free admission, link in bio

Guest curated by acclaimed artist and former student Anne Wallace, 'Lessons in Looking' offers a richer portrait of Robinson’s life and legacy, exploring how his intertwined roles as artist, educator and mentor shaped a distinctive way of seeing that continues to influence Australian art today.

Image: William ROBINSON Landscape 58 (detail) 1992. QUT Art Collection. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by William Robinson, 2018.

[Image description: A pencil and watercolour study of an Australian bush landscape opening to a wide blue sky.]

27/08/2026

🎨 Artist. Educator. Mentor.

Join guest curator Anne Wallace and fellow former students Stephen Brasch, Sally McRae and Sara Whomsley for a special lunchtime conversation exploring Robinson's enduring legacy as an artist, teacher and mentor.

Moderated by QUT Galleries and Museums Director, Vanessa Van Ooyen join us to discover the stories, lessons and ways of seeing that continue to shape Australian art today.

📆Friday 18 September
📍William Robinson Gallery
🕰12-1PM
🔗Register via link in bio

Image: William ROBINSON Landscape with moon and bathers (detail) 1988. QUT Art Collection. Purchased through the William Robinson Art Collection Fund, 2011.

[Image description: A pale blue sky filled with clouds and a quarter moon, a bird in flight and tall eucalyptus trees.]

25/08/2026

🏆 Exciting news! QUT Art Museum has been named a finalist in the Projects (1-6 FTE) category of the 2026 Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards (GAMAA) for 'Jemima Wyman: Deep Surface'

Presented by Museums & Galleries Queensland, the GAMAA recognise excellence and outstanding achievement across Queensland’s gallery and museum sector. We are honoured to be shortlisted alongside so many inspiring finalists.

Winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony hosted by Ipswich Art Gallery on 8 October 2026.

Congratulations to all finalists, and thank you to Museums & Galleries Queensland for recognising the innovative and impactful work taking place across our sector.

🔗 The full list of finalists is now available on the Museums and Galleries Queensland website.

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Jemima Wyman: Deep Surface touring now at Samstag Museum of Art until 18 September 2026.

23/08/2026

✨ Upcoming ✨

'William Robinson: Lessons in Looking' invites audiences to discover William Robinson’s life and legacy through guest curator Anne Wallace, who studied under Robinson before he retired from teaching in 1989.

Exploring his roles as artist, educator and mentor, the exhibition reveals how a lifetime of looking, teaching and making art shaped one of Australia’s most distinctive creative voices.

✨ Opening at the William Robinson Gallery Tuesday 15 Sept 2026 ✨

Image: William ROBINSON Landscape 26, 1988, pencil on paper, 56 x 76 cm. QUT Art Collection. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by William Robinson, 2018. Photo: Carl Warner.

[Image description: A drawing of a landscape in pencil of a curving hillside, a lake reflecting the starry sky above, and a man and woman.]

20/08/2026

"A page-turner with purpose."

For our next Texta Book Club, we're reading Melaleuca by Angie Faye Martin, a powerful debut crime novel packed with suspense, heart and hard truths.

Join us as we unpack the book's themes alongside 'Gulbuuygu: Hope Vale X QUT Fashion'.

📆Tuesday 25 August
⏰4.30-6PM
🏛QUT Art Museum
🎟All welcome

📚See you there!

Image: Melaleuca by Angie Faye Martin.

[Image description: A book cover of Melaleuca by Angie Faye Martin and the scene of a river surrounded by bushland and open sky.]

14/08/2026

✨Gulbuuygu: Hope Vale × QUT Fashion ✨

Join us to celebrate the opening of 'Gulbuuygu: Hope Vale × QUT Fashion', marking eight years of creative collaboration between QUT fashion students and artists from the Hope Vale Arts and Cultural Centre.

With opening remarks by Girramay, Yidindji and Kuku Yalanji artist Tony Albert and a special opportunity to meet senior Hope Vale artists and community Elders from Far North Queensland.

📆Friday 21 August, 6pm
📍QUT Art Museum
🤗All welcome!
🎟RSVP via Humanitix: https://events.humanitix.com/gulbuuygu-hope-vale-qut-fashion

Image: Esmae Bowen × Elise Baglot Buthaya (Bush Lady apples) top and skirt 2019. Silk organza and cotton. Bendigo Art Gallery Collection, 2020. Image courtesy of the artist, Hope Vale Arts and Culture Centre and Bendigo Art Gallery. Photo: Ian Hill.

[Image description: A cotton top and organza skirt on a mannequin with a decorative pattern of painted bush apples and leaves.]

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10/08/2026

✨ Gulbuuygu (Guugu Yimithirr for together) celebrates eight years of collaboration between the Hope Vale Arts and Culture Centre and QUT Fashion.

Opening at QUT Art Museum this week, the exhibition brings together garments, textiles and original artwork created through this unique partnership, highlighting the creative exchange between Hope Vale artists and QUT students.

As QUT Fashion lecturer Lydia Pearson reflects: "It is truly mutually beneficial. The students learn so much just from being there and talking to the artists, while the artists have gained a greater understanding of the role that fashion can play in making their art visible to broader audiences."

Featuring fashion, textiles and paintings by artists including Grace Rosendale, Pearl Deemal, Dora Deeral and Esmae Bowen, Gulbuuygu showcases the power of collaboration, cultural exchange and creative storytelling.

📍 QUT Art Museum
📅 14 August – 25 October
👗 Featured in .fashionfestival Off the Runway program (24-28 August)

Image: Dora DEERAL Babatha (detail) 2018. Courtesy of the artist, Hop Vale Arts and Cultural Centre and QUT. Model: Swana Whaleboat. Photographer: Deelan Do.

[Image description: A photograph of a model wearing a dress with a decorative pattern of pink gumnuts and blue flowers on a navy blue background.]

07/08/2026

🤟 Join us for an Auslan-interpreted tour of Gulbuuygu: Hope Vale X QUT Fashion

Explore an exhibition celebrating eight years of creative collaboration between QUT Fashion students and artists from the Hope Vale Arts and Culture Centre in Cape York.

Named after the Guugu Yimithirr word for together, 'Gulbuuygu' showcases garments, textiles, works on paper and paintings that reflect a partnership built on creativity, cultural exchange, learning and respect. The exhibition highlights an ongoing dialogue shaped by trust, place and shared making over time.

📍 QUT Art Museum
📅 Sunday 16 August 2026
⏰ 10–11am
🎟️ Free

Accredited Auslan interpreter Ethan Brennan from will accompany this tour for our d/Deaf community.

Image: Teneille NUGGINS 'Brolga' Courtesy of the artist.

[Image description: A textile with a pale blue background covered in images of brolgas with their wings outstretched standing amongst reeds in a wetland setting.]

05/08/2026

🔍 LOOKOUT at QUT Art Museum celebrates the creativity and research projects of QUT students across all faculties.

👀Now on display in our window box: Celise Gibson, PhD Candidate.

A Wadjigan woman of the Batjamalh language group, Celise’s photomedia practice reimagines images of Country through layers of disruption, concealment and renewal. Drawing on family archives, landscape photography, and everyday domestic materials, her work holds multiple stories, temporalities and connections within a single frame.

In Echoes #1 (2025), an image of Celise’s ancestral Country is transformed through concentric forms created from scans of her children’s toys and household objects. These layered interventions speak to motherhood, care, cultural continuity, and enduring relationships with Country, while challenging fixed representations of place.

📍 QUT Art Museum Window Box
📅 14 July – 31 August 2026

Image: Celise GIBSON Echoes #1 2025 photomedia. Courtesy of the artist.

[Image description: An image of concentric circles intersecting a landscape of trees, sand and ocean installed in a window.]

01/08/2026

🖤✍️ Discover poetry hidden in plain sight.

Step into our Art Lab at QUT Art Museum and try Blackout Poetry—a creative, hands-on activity where you transform pages from books, magazines, and newspapers into your own unexpected poems.

Circle or cut out words that catch your eye, blackout the rest, and watch new stories emerge. It’s a playful way to explore creativity, meaning-making, and the power of language—no writing experience required.

The Art Lab is an experimental space that evolves alongside QUT’s teaching and learning programs and the interests of our community, inviting visitors of all ages to learn through direct engagement with art, objects, and ideas.

🪄Drop in, get creative, and see what words find you.

Image: Blackout poetry example.

[Image description: A page of prose is blacked out with a marker pen only leaving a collection of words remaining exposed to form a poem.]

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Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Sunday	10am - 2pm

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http://www.artmuseum.qut.edu.au/

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