"Face (with yellow background)" c.1947 by Joy Hester

An intriguing National Portrait Gallery travelling exhibition will provide a window into the subconscious when it opens at UQ next week.

3 August 2011
Mitjili Napurrula's "Uwalki – Watiya Tjuta" (2005), part of the Painting Country exhibition. Image reproduced courtesy of the artist. Photo: Carl Warner

UQ’s evolving collection of Indigenous art will be on show from this Saturday as curtains close on NAIDOC Week 2011.

7 July 2011

A powerful series of UQ art exhibitions is providing a rare opportunity to discover the human face behind the asylum seeker debate in time for 2011 Refugee Week (June 19–25).

20 June 2011
2010 Social Change Award winner Sharad Sharma

Nominations are open for the world’s only communication for social change award, offered by The University of Queensland.

20 May 2011

UQ students showcased their knowledge of Chinese language and culture at an international competition held at St Lucia recently.

20 May 2011
Kate Shaw's Ecology (2008) - part of the New Psychedelia exhibition

Visitors are invited to take a trip through hallucinogenic patterns, optical illusions and cosmic landscapes when the latest exhibition at The University of Queensland opens this weekend.

5 May 2011
not titled (Yoda) 2004 by Sync – part of the Space invaders exhibition

A one-of-a-kind exhibition of Australian street art will open at The University of Queensland this weekend.

7 April 2011
Dr Gray . . . enjoying being "home among the gum trees"

The new director of The University of Queensland Art Museum, Dr Campbell Gray, stepped into his new role this week - "very excited" to be back in Australia.

11 March 2011
Detail of Pumpkin chess (2003) by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama

Famous artists including Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin will be among the players when two chess-themed exhibitions open at The University of Queensland tomorrow, February 26.

25 February 2011
"Sydney Fox" (1946) by Albert Tucker. Collection of the National Gallery of Australia. Courtesy Barbara Tucker

Impressive portraits from the National Gallery of Australia – some of them on show for the first time – will be on display at The University of Queensland from Saturday.

24 January 2011