Australian Women’s 4x400m squad member Caitlin Sargent

UQ is set to welcome a large ‪‬‬contingent of 2016 Rio Olympians home. The last of the group, comprising students, Scholarship recipients and ‪UQ Sport ‬‬Club members, completed their events over the weekend.

21 August 2016
L to R: Danielle Prince, Dane Bird-Smith, Maddison Keeney and Bianca Hammett

Six University of Queensland students and five graduates are preparing to step onto the world stage at next month’s Rio Olympics (5-21 August).

21 July 2016
UQ's Excellence awardees 2016

Staff who have contributed to The University of Queensland’s vision of excellence have been celebrated and awarded at the 2016 UQ Awards for Excellence.

10 June 2016
An image from One Hundred Days at 7pm 2015.

Victorian artist Fiona McMonagle has been awarded one of Australia’s most prestigious art prizes, The University of Queensland’s National Self-Portrait Prize 2015.

13 November 2015
Nell, SUMMER 2012, Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney. Winner of 'The University of Queensland National Artists' Self-Portrait Prize 2013

Thirty Australian artists will put their best selves forward in The University of Queensland’s biennial 2015 National Artist’s Self-Portrait Prize.

11 June 2015
The Honey and the Bunny by Karla Dickens.

The University of Queensland’s Great Court will be filled with challenging artworks for the Courting Blakness art installation next month.

28 August 2014
Baden Pailthorpe MQ-9 Reaper 2014 High Definition 3D animation, colour, stereo sound 4:39 min Reproduced courtesy of the artist and Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney.

One hundred years since the beginning of World War I and twelve-and-a-half years since September 11, the battles waged between nations and within them remind us that war is a constant companion.

29 April 2014
The Australia Council's Danie Mellor with UQ Adjunct Professor Fiona Foley. Source: Mick Richards

UQ Adjunct Professor Fiona Foley has been awarded the 2013 Visual Arts Award by The Australia Council for the Arts.

4 April 2014
Jacqui Stockdale‘Selfie’ 2013Duratrans and lightbox100 x 50 x 9 cmCourtesy of the artist and Helen Gorie Galerie, Melbourne

The winner of The University of Queensland’s 2013 National Artists' Self-Portrait Prize will be announced on Friday (18 October).

14 October 2013
Winner of The University of Queensland National Artists' Self-Portrait Prize 2011 
Domenico de Clario
‘2047 (the immortal)’ 2011 
installation: mixed media on canvas (six panels) and found chairs
Collection of The University of Queensland. Winner of 'The University of Queensland National Artists' Self-Portrait Prize 2011'.
Photo: Carl Warner
Reproduced courtesy of the artist and John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne

The University of Queensland Art Museum has invited 39 contemporary artists from across Australia to participate in the University’s fourth biennial National Artists’ Self-Portrait Prize.

3 July 2013
Carved female figure, before 1950, 240 x 30 x 35cm, wood, sago plant fibre, store bought paint
Morobe province, Papua New Guinea

An exhibition exploring the colour 'red' marks the opening of an exciting new gallery space for The University of Queensland’s Anthropology Museum.

1 August 2012
HHH #1 by Fiona Foley (2004)

Race relations, female sexuality and the history of opium in Queensland are among the issues tackled head on by the UQ Art Museum's latest exhibition.

16 February 2010

Keeping fans of contemporary Australian art satisfied over the summer break is NEW selected recent acquisitions 2007-2008 - the latest exhibition from the UQ Art Museum.

20 November 2008