Magic Demonstration: Acid Money, Malin Nilsson
8th March, 6:00 - 7:00pm
Institute of Modern Art
Experience a one-of-a-kind live magic demonstration that conjures up the sleight-of-hand routinely used by actors…
Live Performance: Amalia Pica - please open hurry
10th February - 10th March
Institute of Modern Art
See a live performance in the gallery of Amalia Pica‘s work, ‘In alphabetical order (Catalogue…
Anne Scott Wilson: Every Day I Wait
11th November - 8th April
Museum of Brisbane
Artist Anne Scott Wilson draws on 30 years of live performance and exhibitions to explore…
SUPERCELL: Festival of Contemporary Dance
10th - 18th February
Bris Powerhouse & Judith Wright Centre
SUPERCELL: Festival of Contemporary Dance Brisbane is co-curated by Kate Usher and Glyn Roberts. Two colleagues…
Summer Up Late
19th January, 5:30 - 10:00pm
Gallery of Modern Art / Queensland Art Gallery
Up Late returns for a one-off special event over summer. Cool down and chill out…
Parallel Park: Can You Keep Me Occupied
14th January, 7:00 - 10:00pm
Outerspace
Outer Space presents two new works by Parallel Park In Time is a performance installation…
First Thursdays: Caroline Garcia and Athena Thebus
7th December, 6:00 - 9:00pm
Institute of Modern Art
Join artists Caroline Garcia and Athena Thebus and their friends and family for a very…
Upper Partialism #14
4th December, 7:30pm - 11:00pm
Common House
Upper Partialism returns for our last show for the year. Featuring: Nicole Carroll [USA] Dylan…
Puppet Tearing
1st - 5th November
POP Gallery
“Puppet’ is a term of contempt, though there still remain some who find beauty in…
First Thursdays: Mariam Arcilla
5th October, 6:00 - 9:00pm
Institute of Modern Art
Writer, curator, and researcher Mariam Arcilla, along with her friends, will present an evening of…
Philipp Gehmacher: my shapes, your words, their grey
12th October - 11th November
Griffith University Art Gallery
Philipp Gehmacher is a choreographer, dancer and visual artist whose works on gesture, space and…
Jeremy Hynes Award: Naomi Blacklock
24th October, 7:00 - 8:00pm
Institute of Modern Art
Join us at the IMA after sundown Tuesday 24 October for Naomi Blacklock’s first Brisbane…
Alrey Batol: Études
20th - 21st October
STABLE
ÉTUDES – Étude (Fr. for ‘study’): technical material for a player of a musical instrument.…
Strike A Prose: Art and Poetry in the Art Museum
20th October, 6:30 - 9:30pm
UQ Art Museum
‘What are you looking at? Strike a prose.’ Join us for an evening combining art…
Kinly Grey: The Size of Air
25th - 27th, October
Queen Street Mall
Over three nights only… In this temporary installation, Kinly Grey brings the sky to the…
First Thursdays: Courtney Coombs
2nd November, 6:00 - 9:00pm
Institute of Modern Art
Brisbane-based artist Courtney Coombs invites you to participate in a guided evening of unlearning. Joined by artists Naomi Blacklock and Leena Reithmuller,…
Pope Alice - Open Sésame / Ouvre-Toi (Open Yourself)
28th October, 4:00pm - 4:30pm
James St, Brisbane
The Pope Alice Xorporation (PAX) in association with Mr Josh Milani of Milani Gallery welcomes…
The Way Through All Things
7th - 8th October
Spring Hill Reservoirs
Brisbane City Council has commissioned artists Caitlin Franzmann, Dale Gorfinkel and Ross Manning to present…
IMA First Thursdays X MONO: Tetsuya Umeda & Ross Manning
7th September, 6:00–9:30pm
Institute of Modern Art
Based in Osaka, Japan, Tetsuya Umeda’s work focuses on the creation of profoundly dynamic environments, through the…
Aidan Renata: PUSH, PULL, PUSH, PULL
16th September, 7:00 - 9:00pm
Kunstbunker
Showcased as a performance PUSH, PULL, PUSH, PULL, considers failure as a queer aesthetic to…
Carolyn Craig: Mechanisms for Leaning
20th September –1st October
POP Gallery
Carolyn Craig’s work reflects her research within the coded construction of subjectivity and relates this to…
Brian Fuata at First Thursdays
Brian Fuata Will Most Likely Die From Suicide or “Minibar” was a delightful insider take…
Piyali Ghosh: Insomnia 2
11th August – 19th August
Woolloongabba Art Gallery
After her solo exhibition Insomnia 1 in 2015, Indian artist Piyali Ghosh returns to Brisbane…
Félicia Atkinson and Fujui Wang
24th August, 6:00 - 9:00pm
Institute of Modern Art
Liquid Architecture and the IMA present special Brisbane performances by French artist Félicia Atkinson and…
SBB Winter
6th August, 4:00 - 9:00pm
East Brisbane Bowls Club
Small Black Box brings you ‘Winter’. Enjoy eclectic electronic DJ sets from 4pm and live…
Upper Partialism
29th July, 7:00pm - 12:00am
East Brisbane Bowls Club
Upper Partialism presents: ARE [singapore] Ben Marsten [canberra] Jive Canyon Feet Teeth Singaporean mixed-media duo Are bring…
Anastasia Booth: For The Temple
26th July, 7:00 - 10:00pm
Metro Arts
For the Temple investigates female agency through personal narrative, mysticism, astrology and mythology. Gesturing towards…
Karike Ashworth: Home of the Brave II
31st July - 5th August
Frank Moran Gallery, QUT
We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we…
First Thursdays: Brian Fuata
3rd August, 6:00 - 9:00pm
Institute of Modern Art
Sydney-based Samoan, queer writer and performance maker Brian Fuata will perform a durational structured improvisation,…
Live Performance: Performing Space
14th July, 6:00 - 9:00pm
Webb Gallery, QCA
It has long been theorised that fundamental tensions exist between time, space and our sense…
Hermès Foundation
1st July, 2017
The Hermès Foundation launches the 8th call for projects of the New Settings programme. This programme…
Jaala Alex: After Shock
11th June, 6:00 - 9:00pm
Outer Space
A body within a body of water, Jaala Alex’s most recent performance piece After Shock…
Cinémathèque Live: Klara Lewis & Sarah Davachi
25th June, 5:00 - 6:45pm
Gallery of Modern Art
Some of the most compelling artists and composers working with electronic and electroacoustic music will…
Cinémathèque Live: Lawrence English & Elysia Crampton
25th Jun, 7:00 - 8:45pm
Gallery of Modern Art
Some of the most compelling artists and composers working with electronic and electroacoustic music will…
First Thursdays: Archie Moore & David M. Thomas
6th July, 6:00 - 9:00pm
Institute of Modern Art
Join us for a wig-shaking, head-banging evening as artists Archie Moore and David M. Thomas…
Naomi Blacklock
Naomi Blacklock is a Brisbane based artist who has exhibited both nationally and internationally. Working…