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Daniel Clifford: Wherever They Place You, and Wherever I May Be

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Grounded in the idea that no event occurs in isolation, Daniel Clifford’s practice explores the unpredictable intersections that shape objects, identities, and lived experiences. These intersections—whether uplifting, devastating, or ambivalent—leave traces upon and within us, becoming part of our personal and collective narratives. In Wherever They Place You, and Wherever I May Be, Clifford presents […]

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Natalie Lavelle: Field Work

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Field Work presents a new body of abstract paintings by Natalie Lavelle that explores perception, ambiguity, and the sensorial encounter between viewer and artwork. Lavelle’s work embraces shimmering surfaces and subtle material shifts, inviting viewers into a dreamlike perceptual space where feeling precedes understanding. With no fixed representational imagery, the works prompt close looking and

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Judy Watson: Skeletons

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skeletons is an invitation to explore an alternative national narrative. Responding to the Queensland State Archives collection, Waanyi artist Judy Watson opens the closet doors to Australia’s skeletons. She uncovers buried evidence within the archives, bringing light to undisclosed happenings, validating the mistruth of terra nullius, colonial conflicts, and the continuation of Aboriginal resistance.

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Sage ARI: DRAWING 50

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DRAWING 50 is a celebration of drawing and mark making, presented by Meanjin-based artist-run initiative Sage, founded by two local artists whose practices centre on the power of the drawn line. The exhibition brings together a diverse collection of works by life drawers, tattoo artists, designers, and other mark-makers from across the region. Organised, curated,

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From Vision to Voice

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Every photograph tells two stories:The story of its creation — and the story of the artist behind the lens. From Vision to Voice: The Photographer’s Journey is an inspiring exhibition presented by Queensland Camera Group, celebrating the creative growth and expression of over 30 talented photographers. This exhibition highlights the personal and artistic journeys of

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Primitive Motion & Anthony Burr: Live Performance

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Join us for a live performance in the gallery by Primitive Motion (Sandra Selig and Leighton Craig) in collaboration with San Diego-based musician Anthony Burr. Please note: the performance will begin at 3:00pm sharp and will take place within Aleks Danko’s exhibition MY FELLOW AUS-TRA-ALIENS (CODA). Primitive Motion is the long-running collaborative project of Brisbane

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Collecting the Future: 50 Years of the Griffith University Art Collection

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Griffith University Art Museum (GUAM) presents Collecting the Future: 50 Years of the Griffith University Art Collection, a landmark exhibition running from 29 May to 16 August 2025. Celebrating the University’s 50th anniversary, the exhibition brings together over 190 works that chart the evolution of Australian artistic practice and reflect the cultural impact of the

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Holdings

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Jan Manton Gallery presents Holdings, a dynamic group exhibition bringing together diverse voices and practices from across Australia. Featuring works by Perrin Milard, Shannon O’Hara, Tamara Mendels, Flynn Hodgson, Gia Murray, Karl Shoobridge, Dylan Bolger, Kerrie Oliver, Minqi Gu, Neerja Peters, Paula Payne, Tommy Pau, and Tory Epworth, the show offers a rich spectrum of

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Danie Mellor: marru (the unseen visible)

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Danie Mellor’s multidisciplinary art practice explores Australia’s shared history through the lens of his Ngadjon-jii, Mamu and Anglo-Celtic ancestry and ongoing connection to Country in the Atherton Tablelands and rainforests of far north Queensland. ‘marru | the unseen visible’ brings together works examining memory and remembrance; the relationship between First Nations people, culture and Country;

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Esquidy: Head Full Of Worms

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Head Full of Worms explores Esquidy’s lived experiences of intrusive thoughts, anxiety, depression, paranoia, and a late-diagnosed ASD. The exhibition frames these mental intrusions as “worms” — thousands of tiny, noisy intruders squatting in the mind, hatched deep in the brain since birth. Through this metaphor, Esquidy transforms deeply personal struggles into a raw and

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DEMO 2/4

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DEMO (short for Demonstration) is a series of after-hours art experiments at the Judith Wright Arts Centre. DEMO 2/4 brings together performances, exhibitions, and participatory workshops by Brisbane artists and collectives, transforming the space into a hub of curiosity and creativity after dark. Program highlights include Australasian Dance Collective’s Pre-Professional Program, Reverse Garbage’s Water Bottle

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Arwin Hidayat: It Turns Out I’m Still Breathing

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Mitchell Fine Art presents the debut Australian solo exhibition of Indonesian artist Arwin Hidayat. Titled It Turns Out I’m Still Breathing, the show runs from 29 July to 23 August in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. Renowned for his dynamic and symbolically rich works, Hidayat’s practice blends Indonesian folk traditions with contemporary storytelling. His pieces feature distorted

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David Henderson: Australian & European Landscapes

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Brisbane-based artist David Henderson presents a collection of 25 paintings and drawings at Newstead Studios, offering a refined exploration of both Australian and European subjects. Known for his classically informed approach, Henderson’s work bridges the human and natural worlds through carefully composed landscapes, urban scenes, and figures rendered with quiet precision and mood. With over

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Claudia Husband: a/drift

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Clouds drift across our skies with a quiet presence—evoking peace, joy, awe, and sometimes unease. Though untouchable, they hold immense power: absorbing, reflecting, and refracting light, clouds can obscure the sun and moon or amplify their intensity. From J.M.W. Turner and John Constable to Georgia O’Keeffe and Gerhard Richter, artists across centuries have sought to

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the churchie emerging art prize 2025

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Australia’s most diverse art prize for emerging contemporary artists, the churchie emerging art prize (‘the churchie’) returns in partnership with Metro Arts for its second year. Now in its 38th year, ‘the churchie’ is Australia’s longest-running prize for emerging artists and provides an exceptional platform for career opportunities, education, and direct engagement with the broader

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Gary Myers: New Landscapes

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The Royal Queensland Art Society presents a new solo exhibition by celebrated artist Gary Myers. Known for his distinctive and expressive approach to the Australian landscape, Myers invites audiences to engage with a fresh collection of work that reflects his evolving artistic journey. This five-day exhibition offers a rare opportunity to explore the artist’s latest

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Static

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A term paradoxical by nature, Static explores the dualities of presence and absence, stillness and movement. This exhibition brings together still and moving images that flicker and fluctuate—evoking an atmosphere of unrest. Through an interplay of post-photographic practices and analogue techniques, the artists examine the tensions between machine, place, and the intangible traces of experience.

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Georgia Hayward: Scripted Permanence

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In Scripted Permanence, Georgia Hayward delves into the history of The Condensery’s bomb shelter, once used as an archival repository during World War II. Through mechanistic drawing and layered archival references, the installation interrogates how archives—once tools of colonial governance—continue to shape authority, secrecy, and the law. Rather than viewing archives as passive storage for

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Don Ross: Mosaic

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For a short time only, visitors to Anzac Square Memorial Galleries can view the vibrant Venetian glass mosaic by late Brisbane artist Don Ross. This striking tribute to the service of men and women in World War II is unveiled just twice a year—during January to mark the artist’s birthday and again for Brisbane Open

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Mostyn Bramley-Moore: Stimming

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Stimming by Mostyn Bramley-Moore explores the vulnerability of cultural memory and the human impulse to reconfigure reality. In a time where misinformation, erasure, and the degradation of knowledge are part of everyday life, Bramley-Moore reflects on how documents and cultural narratives are reshaped or lost. Inspired in part by Irene Vallejo’s Papyrus: The Invention of

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Guess Who’s Coming to the Corroboree: Late Night Sketches – Vernon Ah Kee in Conversation with Uncle Noel Blair

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Join Outer Space for an intimate conversation between two of Australia’s most significant First Nations artists, Vernon Ah Kee and Uncle Noel Blair. This public dialogue explores their artistic practices, identity, and cultural storytelling, centred around Uncle Noel’s recent Facade Projection work Guess Who’s Coming to the Corroboree: Late Night Sketches, developed in collaboration with

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The New Millennium: 2001 to Now – Panel Discussion and Jeremy Hynes Reprised

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As part of the Institute of Modern Art’s 50th anniversary, this second public forum explores the IMA’s journey through the early 21st century. Titled The New Millennium: 2001 to Now, the panel will delve into the institution’s response to a rapidly evolving world shaped by Web 2.0, globalisation, social media, and identity politics. Moderated by

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Eidolon Centre for Everyday Photography Grant

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Eidolon Centre for Everyday Photography is calling for artists, academics, enthusiasts, and professionals, who have a passion and serious interest in vernacular photography and everyday imaging for the eidolon Grant 2025. The Eidolon Grant aims to identify phenomena, collections, histories, practices, and trends within vernacular photography with the aim of offering new interpretations and analyses. Thematising both photographic

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Aris Prabawa: Re-start thinking about our nature

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Milani Gallery presents Re-start thinking about our nature, an exhibition of new charcoal drawings on canvas by Indonesian artist Aris Prabawa. Spanning galleries 1, 2 and 3, the works explore the intersections of human nature, environmentalism, and geopolitics in the tradition of socio-realist painting. Based between Yogyakarta and Lismore, Prabawa is a founding member of

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Andrew Sleeman: Bare

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In his debut solo exhibition Bare, Brisbane-based artist Andrew Sleeman presents a gentle series of paintings that examine the human form. This exploration extends beyond physicality into an investigation of how emotion is held within the body. Working primarily with oil and acrylic, Sleeman brings his gestural brushwork and quiet observational style to depictions of nude

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Kin02

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Four artists, a mother and daughter, and two sisters, whose diverse practices and materials include ceramics, textiles, stitch and paint, have come together to consider aspects of kin and kinship. What is in the genes, the developed aesthetic, and what in the lived life is manifest in each of our practices? Here we show our

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Arabella Walker: Echoed Ground

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Outer Space presents Echoed Ground, a new solo exhibition by Arabella Walker, showing from July 4 to August 2 as part of its 2025 Main Gallery Exhibition Program. Offering a richly layered, multi-sensory experience, the immersive installation brings together archival imagery, contemporary artworks, scent, sound and sculptural forms to explore memory, movement and connection to Country.

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Taryn Ossowski: Lucid Garden

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We are pleased to present Lucid Garden, a luminous new solo exhibition by Taryn Ossowski, marking her debut with the gallery. In this meditative and richly textured body of work, Taryn invites viewers into a world where colour and spirit meet—where earthy tones and radiant translucency evoke alternate dimensions and intuitive sensation. Working with traditional

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