If the axing of its 2025 program wasn\u2019t enough, a university art museum has also had to rip up its floors.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The free-to-visit museum, which describes itself as one of the state\u2019s premier visual arts institutions, is part of the Queensland University of Technology.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo artwork has been damaged, and we are currently working with insurers,\u201d a QUT spokesperson said in a statement.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Among the displays currently closed to the public is an exhibition by Bigambul artist Leah King-Smith that was slated to run until March.<\/p>\n
The 2025 program had been expected to include a career survey by artist Jemima Wyman, as well as an exhibition of two of Australia\u2019s most significant ceramicists, Vipoo Srivilasa and the late Gwyn Hanssen Pigott.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n