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IMA Fiftieth Anniversary Gala and Benefit Auction 2025

Friday 31 October, 6pm–late
The Calile Hotel

The Institute of Modern Art’s iconic annual gala returns with a special anniversary edition. Celebrate fifty years of Australia’s oldest contemporary art space.

Enjoy a bacchanalian feast in the IMA’s spirit of experimentalism. Treat yourself to a seated banquet, performances, and a live benefit auction of covetable contemporary art.

The theme: black tie with a surrealist twist. More extravagant, the better.

Each ticket includes a 15% tax-deductible donation to fund essential career-development initiatives for Queensland artists. Limited discounted group packages also available—get in quick.



The Institute of Modern Art acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land upon which the IMA now stands, the Jagera, Yuggera, Yugarapul, and Turrbal people. We offer our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first artists of this country. In the spirit of allyship, the IMA will continue to work with First Nations people to celebrate, support, and present their immense past, present, and future contribution to artistic practice and cultural expression.

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