Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 10 : Record of press coverage, March 1982 - May 1984

- - QUEENSLAND' $ most significant cultural event for nearly a century takes place today with the opening of the $28 million art gallery in the uth Bank Cultural Centre . The gallery is the major focus of the stage one build ing of the cultural cen tre and is a major leap forward for Queen land arts . It provides more than 4700 sq. m. of ai r-conditioned display space in 15 gal– leries with a spectacular panorama of the Brisbane skyl ine. It incorporates an auditorium. restau– ran t and car park . The gallery is ot in ter– national standard, and has been de– signed to house Queensland' s ar• ,....;llec– tion ,t I ast until the turn of the century. Th('I Dre-r1'ier , Mr Bjelke-PetersC' 1 will • ' ' l open the building today a~ fore several hundred gue The pub li c will be able t lery between 6 p.m. and :.: and then during normal 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monda 1 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 11 Sunday. For two weeks, r, also open until 9 p.m. on - mal Sa turday hours are 10