Flood of troubles continues for shuttered QUT Art Museum
It’s unknown when, or if, Brisbane’s QUT Art Museum will reopen its doors after flood damage and a decision to nix its 2025 exhibition program.
If the axing of its 2025 program wasn’t enough, a university art museum has also had to rip up its floors.
The QUT Art Museum in Brisbane is replacing much of its gallery flooring after the George St building was flooded during wild storms that hit southern Queensland.
The free-to-visit museum, which describes itself as one of the state’s premier visual arts institutions, is part of the Queensland University of Technology.
“No artwork has been damaged, and we are currently working with insurers,” a QUT spokesperson said in a statement.
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It’s still not known when the gallery will reopen, but even if it does its 2025 exhibition program has been halted due to a funding shortfall.
Among the displays currently closed to the public is an exhibition by Bigambul artist Leah King-Smith that was slated to run until March.
The 2025 program had been expected to include a career survey by artist Jemima Wyman, as well as an exhibition of two of Australia’s most significant ceramicists, Vipoo Srivilasa and the late Gwyn Hanssen Pigott.
There’s also significant uncertainty about arts at QUT more broadly, as the university undertakes a broad review of its performing arts courses due to what it says is an ongoing decline in enrolments.
QUT has halted its dance student intake for 2025 as it determines the future of the well-regarded degree.
