The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) is partnering with the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) on an exhibition of highlights from The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) and QAGOMA’s world-renowned collection of Asian and Pacific art to be presented at V&A South Kensington in London in early 2026.
QAGOMA Director Chris Saines said he was thrilled to be working with V&A Director Tristram Hunt and the museum’s internationally renowned exhibitions team to bring the Gallery’s unique collection of contemporary Australian, Asian and Pacific art to the world. “For three decades the APT has been the cornerstone of our Gallery program, bringing together the work of more than 650 artists and groups from across 50 countries in the Asia Pacific region, and the London project will be only the second time that works acquired through the exhibition have toured internationally, following a tour to Santiago, Chile in 2019.
“It’s a wonderful opportunity to share the cutting edge and customary art practices of our vast and immensely diverse region, which are so richly represented in our collection, with audiences in the northern hemisphere,” Mr Saines said.
Tristram Hunt, Director of the V&A said the museum was delighted to share the ambition of hosting a flagship exhibition of The Asia Pacific Triennial at the V&A in London in partnership with QAGOMA. ‘The APT presents a truly global, cross-cultural offering of contemporary practice across disciplines and regions, and we look forward to sharing this with our international audiences in London,’ Dr Hunt said.
The exhibition will feature works by artists from the mega cities of Asia to those based in Australia and the distant atolls of the Pacific. It will include works ranging from large-scale sculptural installations to miniature painting to works on bark cloth and intricate body adornment.
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