Bundit Puangthong: One Part of the Story
Though Bundit Puangthong studied both traditional and contemporary art making in his native Thailand, his emergence in contemporary Australian art happened almost as an afterthought. Having travelled to Melbourne to…
Louis Lim: Remnants | Impressions
Remnants | Impressions continues artist Louis Lim’s interest in the diversity of the human condition, through non-fictional visual storytelling and conceptual photographic portraits. Remnants | Impressions consists of a series of framed photographs…
The Un[contained] Arts Festival
The Un[contained] Arts Festival increases the cultural vibrancy of the area, expands, and challenges the ideas of what ‘art’ is, allowing it to break free from the traditional gallery space,…
Martin Edge: All the best
See the world through the eyes of local artist Martin Edge. The Pine Rivers Art Gallery becomes an inclusive, playful, sensory experience of Martin’s wondrous world. Drawing from Martin’s memories, All…
15 Artists
15 Artists is an annual acquisitive prize developed to enhance City of Moreton Bay’s Art Collection and exhibition program. Each year, Council invites 15 artists to take part in the exhibition.…
Queensland Regional Art Awards: Perspective
Flying Arts Alliance is excited to announce an exhibition of selected artworks by winners and finalists in the Queensland Regional Art Awards 2023. The works will be on display at…
Miles Hall: Fall To Earth
“As the force of Gravity pulls all animate and inanimate beings towards the earth it perhaps, inversely and paradoxically, that which connects us to something beyond. These recent paintings have…
Savannah Jarvis: Surgical Fantasies
Surgical Fantasies gives form to fantasies of control and autonomy for those with bodies burdened by chronic pain, specifically endometriosis. Exploring desires to intervene with one’s own circumstances against the inability…
Over Thirty
In the final exhibition for 2023, FireWorks Gallery has assembled a significant number of small works, all measuring 30 x 30cm, jovially entitled Over Thirty. Both Indigenous and Non-indigenous artists…
Lisa Christensen: Still Wild
Lisa’s paintings have evolved out of a “love for detail, colour and form, and the desire to convey something otherworldly with humble everyday objects”. Extending on the rich history of…
Sony World Photography Awards 2024
With its unparalleled reach, the Sony World Photography Awards elevate the careers of photographers to the next level. Since the beginning, the Awards have championed inclusivity and access by being…
The Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize
The Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting Finalists Exhibition will open to the public next Thursday, 30th November. We welcome you to join us to view the exceptional…
THE 68TH BLAKE ART PRIZE
Since 1951, The Blake Prize has engaged artists, nationally and internationally, with ideas of spirituality and religion. The prize takes its name from William Blake, the world-famous 18th Century artist, and poet who…
The Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize
The Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize is an annual acquisitive prize that was launched in 2017 to advance art and opportunity for emerging and established women artists in Australia. It…
BRISBANE PORTRAIT PRIZE FINDS NEW HOME AT STATE LIBRARY OF QUEENSLAND
After five years of telling Brisbane stories and celebrating artists at Brisbane Powerhouse, the Brisbane Portrait Prize is moving to the home of storytelling in Queensland, State Library of Queensland.…
Fairy Tales
Step into the enchanting world of once upon a time. From opulent carriages to sumptuous gowns, twisted woodlands to mystical mirrors, ‘Fairy Tales’ at GOMA explores centuries of beloved folk…
Helen Fuller: Bowerbird
Growing up in Tarntanya/Adelaide in the 1950s and 60s, Helen Fuller would fossick in the backyard for broken ceramics and shards of glass and reconfigure them into beautiful objects. This…
Hiromi Tango: Healing Garden
Healing Garden at The Condensery is a site-responsive project created with, for and by the Somerset community, in collaboration with internationally renowned Japanese-Australian artist Hiromi Tango. Through a series of workshops,…
Pixy Liao and Lin Zhipeng (aka No.223): Each, Other
Bringing together works in photography by Pixy Liao and Lin Zhipeng (aka No.223) Each, Other articulates the ways that people are fragile, finite. Their bodies, their subjectivities, are composed of pathways that…
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair: EOI
CIAF presents a range of opportunities for First Nations creative practitioners to participate in CIAF 2024 while developing your skills and career along the way. From fashion design development…
Hiraki Sawa: O
Like many of Hiraki Sawa’s video works, O 2009 is a subtle reflection on time and motion, travel and dislocation. Having lived between London and Japan for many years, cultural mobility has…
Miranda Skoczek: Flowers Look Back at Me
Flowers Look Back at Me brings together my two most favoured pursuits – painting and gardening. The parallels between the two require devotion, attention, time and both practices allow me…
Fondation Fiminco: Curatorial Residency
Fondation Fiminco is inviting curators to apply for a 3-month research, creation and production residency in Romainville (Seine-Saint-Denis). The residency program is open to curators from France and abroad, with no…
Stephen Nothling: Mostly Fine in the South East
Stephen Nothling was born in 1962. He completed a Diploma of art in 1984 at Queensland College of Art and a Master of Arts in Visual Arts at Queensland University…
Bindimu Currie: Numbuh
Numbuh is a series of wearable artworks by Bindimu Currie. Numbuh is a fusion of ancient stories and Blak futurism, an ongoing collection of wearable artworks reconnecting Indigenous artists to…
Liam Bryan-Brown: Latticework
In Latticework Liam Bryan-Brown presents new ceramic sculpture that pushes the boundaries of handbuilt pottery. Furthering his recent experimentation with grid based forms, Latticework is a continuation of Liam’s persistent…
William Mackinnon
William Mackinnon (b. 1978, Melbourne) lives and works between Ibiza, the UK, and Australia. Mackinnon’s landscape paintings are what the artist calls ‘psychological landscapes’, drawing on personal experience of the…
QAGOMA’s 2024 Program
QAGOMA’s 2024 program will include ‘mudunama kundana wandaraba jarribirri: Judy Watson‘ a career survey of work by the leading contemporary Australian artist; the Australian exclusive ‘Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the…
Creative Sparks Grants
The Creative Sparks Grants Program is an arts and cultural grants program that assists artists and not-for-profit community arts, historical and cultural organisations to create and present work. The purpose…
Advanced Cyanotype Printing
Take your cyanotype skills to the next level in this Advanced Cyanotype Workshop In a relaxed atmosphere, and a small group of participants, learn several advanced techniques to apply to…
Artists in Residence at European Geosciences Union
European Geosciences Union is calling for applications from science-artists for the Artist in Residence programme, which provides artists and scientists with opportunities to exchange ideas at EGU24, taking place in…
WHATS ON
EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS & MORE
Bundit Puangthong: One Part of the Story
20231202
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Edwina Corlette Gallery
Louis Lim: Remnants | Impressions
20231209
20240218
The Condensery
Martin Edge: All the best
20231216
20240316
Pine Rivers Art Gallery
15 Artists
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20240210
Redcliffe Art Gallery
Queensland Regional Art Awards: Perspective
20231201
20240202
Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Art
Pony
20231130
20231209
Side Gallery
TORSION
20231209
20240127
Metro Arts
Of Late
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20240127
USC Art Gallery
Miles Hall: Fall To Earth
20231128
20231220
Jan Manton Gallery
Savannah Jarvis: Surgical Fantasies
20231202
20231222
Outer Space
Over Thirty
20231130
20231223
Fireworks Gallery
Lisa Christensen: Still Wild
20231117
20231205
Lethbridge Gallery

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The Un[contained] Arts Festival
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Sony World Photography Awards 2024
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THE 68TH BLAKE ART PRIZE
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20231218
The Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize
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20240214
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair: EOI
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20231222
Fondation Fiminco: Curatorial Residency
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20231210
Creative Sparks Grants
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20231211
Advanced Cyanotype Printing
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20231209
Artists in Residence at European Geosciences Union
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20231127
Japan Foundation Grants
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20231130
Muswellbrook Art Prize
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20240209
NEWS
MEDIA RELEASES, ARTICLES & MORE
BRISBANE PORTRAIT PRIZE FINDS NEW HOME AT STATE LIBRARY OF QUEENSLAND
After five years of telling Brisbane stories and celebrating artists at Brisbane Powerhouse, the Brisbane Portrait Prize is moving to the home of storytelling in Queensland, State Library of Queensland.…
QAGOMA’s 2024 Program
QAGOMA’s 2024 program will include ‘mudunama kundana wandaraba jarribirri: Judy Watson‘ a career survey of work by the leading contemporary Australian artist; the Australian exclusive ‘Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the…
Brisbane Portrait Prize 2023: Dylan Mooney
Redlands local Dylan Mooney, 27, has won this year’s Brisbane Portrait Prize taking home the $50,000 Lord Mayor’s Prize for his artwork Still Thriving. The artwork is a double portrait…
James Barth Awarded Copyright Agency Partnerships Commission
The Institute of Modern Art and the Copyright Agency are pleased to announce that Meanjin/Brisbane-based artist James Barth is the third recipient of the Copyright Agency Partnerships (CAP) commission. The $80,000 contemporary art commission is the…
BRISBANE FESTIVAL UNVEILS A WORLD-CLASS 2023 PROGRAM
Brisbane Festival returns in 2023 with a program that promises connection, community, complexity, and joy in a city-wide celebration of arts, culture, and live performance from 1 – 23 September. The…
Winner of the churchie 2023: Joel Sherwood Spring
Joel Sherwood Spring was announced as the winner of the churchie emerging art prize 2023 at the Institute of Modern Art (IMA) on Friday night. The Sydney-based Wiradjuri artist took home the $15,000 non-acquisitive cash…
Museum of Brisbane new Director: Zoe Graham
Museum of Brisbane (MoB) has appointed Zoe Graham as Director/Chief Executive Officer of the city’s leading history and art museum after an extensive nationwide search. Ms Graham will officially commence…
churchie emerging art prize: 2023 finalists
Brisbane’s Institute of Modern Art (IMA) and the churchie emerging art prize announce the thirteen finalists in the churchie emerging art prize 2023. Established at Anglican Church Grammar School in…
Wukun Wanambi
The last powerful artworks by esteemed indigenous artist Wukun Wanambi will be prominently featured at Queen’s Wharf Brisbane as an enduring public legacy. The Yolngu artist from Eastern Arnhem Land,…
Brisbane Street Art Festival 2023
AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST STREET ART FESTIVAL RETURNS TO BRISBANE FOR 2023 WITH AN EPIC LINE-UP OF LIVE MURALS, ART EVENTS & WORKSHOPS. Now in its 8th year, Brisbane Street Art Festival…
IMA Annual Gala: Honouring Megan Cope
The IMA is thrilled to announce that the IMA Annual Gala and Benefit Auction 2023 will be held in honour of artist Megan Cope. Cope is a Quandamooka artist from Minjerribah (North Stradbroke…
BRISBANE ART DESIGN 2023
BOLD, ARTISTIC, DARING and always tonnes of FUN , BRISBANE ART DESIGN (BAD) 2023 is set to highlight local art design luminaries with a program of hands-on workshops, open studios, design talks and arty parties activating three…
Curator Ellie Buttrose and artist Archie Moore: Venice Biennale
Archie Moore and Ellie Buttrose are the artist and curator commissioned by the Australia Council for the Arts to exhibit at the Australia Pavilion for the 60th International Art Exhibition of…
IMA Appoints Robert Leonard as Director
One of the Asia Pacific region’s most respected and experienced curators, Robert Leonard, is returning to head up Brisbane’s Institute of Modern Art (IMA). The IMA is Australia’s oldest independent contemporary…
The Sunshine Coast Art Collection
The Sunshine Coast Art Collection is a growing collection of artworks developed to encourage enjoyment and awareness of the visual arts, contributing to the cultural development and engagement of the…
Meet The Artists
Hear their words; see their work. We invite you to engage with the James C. Sourris AM Collection of Artist Interviews, a series of in-depth and intimate video interviews where you…
BrisAsia Festival 2023
BrisAsia Festival returns from 1-19 February with a stellar line-up of events to celebrate Lunar New Year and Brisbane’s rich Asian cultural heritage. Featuring 27 unique experiences across 12 suburbs,…
2023 Exhibition Program at the IMA
Art is a space that allows us to reflect on our place in the world and re-enchant, reimagine, or even revolutionise the way we exist in it. The exhibitions in…
Now all in Onespace
In 2012 co-directors John Stafford and Jodie Cox established the dynamic public art consultancy CREATIVEMOVE, delivering public art services and commissions for a broad range of partners and artists. In…
Waiting Room Launch
Launching on Sunday December 4, Waiting Room is excited to welcome the Brisbane community to a showcase of global music and local, cross-disciplinary creative talent. Drawing on co-owner Jordan Rogers-Smith’s…
Hot Hot Hot Festival
This summer, we are turning up the heat with a multi-arts festival in Moreton Bay that will delight and inspire you. Hot Hot Hot Festival will run from sun-up to…
Play Moves
Surrender yourself to the sublime art of play. “To thrive in today’s fast-changing world, people of all ages must learn to think and act creatively and the best way to…
Darren McDonald wins the Brisbane Portrait Prize 2022
Williamstown artist, Darren McDonald has won this year’s Brisbane Portrait Prize taking home the $50,000 Lord Mayor’s Prize for his artwork titled Like A Bridge. A talented painter for more…
MELT FESTIVAL
MELT FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 18 DAYS OF ARTS AND IDEAS WITH A STAR-STUDDED PROGRAM MELT Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse’s unabashed celebration of queer art, artists, allies, icons, and ideas, has revealed…
2022 Fringe Brisbane Festival
Brisbane reimagines the fringe festival. Brisbane finally gets a fringe festival with tickets going on sale Saturday 27 August. The very first reimagined Fringe Brisbane Festival is taking place across…
Pat Hoffie and Camerata at MoB
Writer and artist Pat Hoffie and Camerata, Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra, make temporary homes at MoB this spring Uncovering entertaining and fascinating stories about Brisbane’s rich history are what two new…
Lemonade launches: New art criticism for the Sunshine state
Lemonade is live! The new project provides weekly art reviews of exhibitions in Queensland. Lemonade is a love letter to Queensland art and artists. The new initiative responds to a pressing need for critical…
churchie emerging art prize 2022 recipients
the churchie emerging art prize 2022 guest judge Sebastian Goldspink tonight announced Emmaline Zanelli as the recipient of this year’s $15,000 prize. Goldspink, a Sydney-based independent curator and the curator of the 2022 Adelaide Biennial:…
Tony Albert - Inhabitant
An enormous 15 metre floating art garden depicting native plants by exciting First Nations artist Tony Albert has been unveiled, adding to the growing multi-million-dollar collection of public art earmarked…
Artisan's Melbourne Street Studio
For 50 years, artisan has been enriching lives through their core activities of exhibitions, workshops, public programs, and events. Now we have an even greater opportunity to connect craft and design…
BLEACH* Festival 2022
Welcome to BLEACH* 2022. We’ve been busy weaving together stories that traverse the coastline; stories that invite us into our neighbours’ lives; and stories that celebrate our place, the Gold…
IMA Gala and Benefit Auction 2022
The IMA’s 7th Annual Gala and Benefit Auction will take a suitably experimental form, inviting cutting edge artists to perform alongside an enviable selection of artworks available to bid on…
MAVA Pathfinders 2022
Three artists have been selected for Metro Arts’ inaugural MAVA Pathfinders Program: Caitlin Franzmann, Elizabeth Willing, and James Barth. Caitlin, Liz and James will soon commence their Pathfinder residency at…
The Interior
Brisbane-based artist Natalya Hughes invites gallery visitors to dive into the depths of their psyche with a psychoanalysis-inspired exhibition titled The Interior at the Institute of Modern Art, 30 July–1…
The churchie 2022 finalists announced
The churchie emerging art prize and the Institute of Modern Art are thrilled to announce the 2022 prize finalists. Over 400 entries were received from across Australia, with 12 talented artists…
REBIRTH IS NECESSARY
Drawing on the methods of remix and sampling culture, filmmaker Jenn Nkiru creates soulful and mind bendingly visceral works reflecting the dynamism of Blackness. The Grammy Award-winning artist and director’s…
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