Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Art museum in Gold Coast, Australia.
The Gold Coast City Art Gallery was a regional art museum in Surfers Paradise, part of HOTA, the Home of the Arts precinct funded by the Gold Coast City Council. It held the City Collection of contemporary and historical works documenting the Gold Coast, and its riverside Sculpture Walk placed permanent and semi-permanent outdoor sculptures by Australian and international artists against the high-rise skyline. It closed in 2018 after 33 years.
The gallery was established in 1986 and grew into a major cultural institution for the region. It has documented Queensland's artistic development through its permanent collections and changing exhibitions over the decades.
The Drs Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize began in 1968 as the Gold Coast Art Prize, created to bring contemporary art to a small tourism-based community. From 1990 to 2006 it was the Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, when the gallery made its first public acquisitions of works by Adam Cullen and Guan Wei. The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, named for Win Schubert AO (1937-2017), became Queensland's largest photography prize.
The gallery closed in 2018 after 33 years, so it can no longer be visited; its City Collection moves to the new HOTA Gallery, a $60.5m building due to open in early 2021. The riverside Sculpture Walk at HOTA, with permanent and semi-permanent outdoor works by Australian and international artists, remains the outdoor element to look for.
The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, run from the gallery, became the largest photography prize in Queensland and the second largest in Australia. It honours Win Schubert AO (1937-2017), described as a lifelong custodian of Australian photography, art and creativity.
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