Celebrating the vision and generosity of Queensland art collector and philanthropist James C. Sourris AM, ’Courage and Beauty’ is dedicated to Mr Sourris’s gifts to the Gallery, with major works by contemporary Australian artists including Vernon Ah Kee, Richard Bell, Gordon Bennett, Vivienne Binns, Jon Cattapan, Peter Cripps, Bonita Ely, d harding, Robert Hunter, Peter Kennedy, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Ross Manning, Rosslynd Piggott and Judy Watson.

Surveying two decades of Sourris’s collecting, ’Courage and Beauty’ includes works from the QAGOMA Collection, as well as works on loan from the James C. Sourris AM Collection. Find out more about Collection works featured in ‘Courage and Beauty’ below, or explore the full exhibition catalogue.

’Courage and Beauty: The James C. Sourris AM Collection’ was on display in the Marica Sourris and James C. Sourris AM Galleries (3.3 and 3.4), GOMA, from 3 September 2022 to 18 June 2023.

Feature image: Ross Manning’s Spectra XIII 2017, installed for ’Courage and Beauty’, GOMA, September 2021 / The James C. Sourris AM Collection. Gift of James C. Sourris AM through the QAGOMA Foundation 2023. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program / © Ross Manning / Photograph: J Ruckli, QAGOMA