Join jewellery designer Rosa Lusvardi to create a unique accessory while exploring fun jewellery making techniques! Hand sculpt and decorate a charm using air dry clay to take home and treasure that channels childhood nostalgia, femininity and girlhood. Suitable for beginners. Accessibility We are committed to making the IMA accessible to people of all abilities, […]
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New Exuberance: contemporary Australian textile design is a major touring exhibition project reflecting on current directions in textile practice through art, design and fashion. Curated by Meryl Ryan in consultation with the JamFactory team, the exhibition presents the work of more than thirty diverse multidisciplinary creatives and includes ten commissioned furniture pieces produced by designers
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The Institute of Modern Art invites you to join our Zine Fair on Saturday 26th October. Zines are old-school, cheap, individual, easy to make and foster self-expression, communication and community building. Explore a massive selection of independent, experimental and alternative publications. The Zine Fair will take place at the IMA, from 10am – 3pm at 420 Brunswick St, Fortitude
Pick me is an exhibition by artist Claire Ritchie that celebrates our relationships with ourselves. In 2024 Claire has committed to being her own best mate. Through her art she reflects on personal experiences to champion and strengthen her relationship to herself. You are invited to go on a walk through Claire’s thoughtful flower garden. As
Self-described pop-culture adventurer Jackie Ryan is one of the most superficial people in the universe, or just one of the luckiest? Does she make art, or does she simply keep company with a lot of people who are art? Sure, she’s won some awards for her work – but does she wear them well? Decide
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This October in Galleries 1 and 2, we are presenting Is There a Narrative Going On Here, an exhibition of new and historical works by Peter Kennedy. The exhibition continues Kennedy’s enduring inquiry into the sociopolitical capacity of art. Consisting of predominantly collage-drawings and paintings, the works foreground his ongoing investigation of the geopolitical resonances of
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Celia Gullett (born 1959) began her art studies at East Sydney Technical College in 1979, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1984. At that stage she didn’t feel sufficiently “worldly” to become an exhibiting artist. In the years to follow she experienced many things, including marriage and children, with painting remaining a constant
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LATTICE, the 2024 QUT Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition, showcases the creative work of emerging artists graduating from QUT’s unique Open Studio program. Working across a variety of media including moving image, installation, textile, painting, and sculpture, their artworks offer creative and critical reflections on the social, political, and personal experiences of our contemporary world. Opening
Adriane Strampp is a Melbourne-based contemporary artist. Her current work explores earlier concerns, pared down to core elements both in subject matter and colour, examining the subtleties and nuances of memory and experience through poetic imagery and personal mythology. Image: Temporal space (and the weight of silence), 2024, oil on linen, 163 x 203 cm
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Join us to hear from internationally regarded researcher and Yidinji Elder, the Honorary Professor Henrietta Marrie AM, as she shares the story of Lani Mulgrave Blair (1883-1900). Lani’s story traverses major themes in our shared history: stolen children, frontier wars, colonial displacement, and assimilation policies. He exists beyond his moment and reminds us of the
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Entries are now open for the Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art (NPCA) to artists across Australia, working in any medium. This biennial competition includes four monetary prizes: Open Prize: $20,000 Local Prize: $10,000 Mayor’s Award: $500 People’s Choice Award: $500 Image credits: Tina Stefanou, Hym(e)nals, NPCA2023 Local Winner, Jarrad Martyn, Refuge, NPCA2023 Mayor’s Award, Laresa Kosloff, New FuturesTM, NPCA2023 Open Winner
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Ellen José (1951-2017) was a pioneer in Australia’s urban Indigenous art movement and a radical activist and social justice campaigner. The Ellen José Memorial Foundation is providing a $15,000 non-acquisitive award to a female visual artist aged 18-35 years working in any medium. Managed by Bayside Gallery, the Ellen José Art Award for young women
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Walking: That’s my job, walking and waiting — Johnny Staccato Over four years, returning to an anonymous section of wall in an antechamber of a shopping centre in northern Melbourne; standing still, filming, and awaiting the late movements and last light of the day. Image: Christian Capurro, Epping Lock 29.8.2018 (still), digital video.
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Arquetopia’s artist residencies are designed with a decolonial framework that challenges traditional narratives and promotes diverse perspectives in art and cultural practices. These residencies offer artists the opportunity to engage deeply with local communities, traditions, and knowledge systems in Oaxaca, Puebla, and Cusco. By immersing themselves in the rich cultural contexts of these regions, artists
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Scott Breton is a figurative fine artist from Brisbane, Australia. After completing a science degree (BSc (Genetics) University of Queensland) and contemplating a career in biotechnology, Scott committed fully to pursuing art, continuing a classically leaning arts education and practise begun much earlier. In 2012 Scott won the highly contested A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship, Australia’s
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An ephemeral 400sqm mural by local artists @MCRT.Studio has emerged in South Brisbane, adding a vibrant touch to the urban landscape. The artwork, visible from both 14 Edmondstone St and the bustling Melbourne St, was commissioned by Aria Property Group to showcase the artists’ skillset and enrich the community’s cultural fabric with a splash of
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The Carbon_Dating exhibition presents a series of artwork-based experiments that aim to generate interest in Australia’s often endangered native grasses. The exhibition tracks how the project assembled six teams of scientists, artists, growers and First Nations informants across Queensland from Miles, Gold Coast, Somerset, Samford Valley, Sunshine Coast and Cairns during 2022-23 to grow and care
The Burnie Print Prize presents the best works from established, emerging and cross-disciplinary artists. We welcome all artists living and working in Australia to enter a print or an artist’s book created utilising any printing process. Offering a prize pool of $23,000 the winner will take home $17,000 cash, and an emerging artist $5,000, plus a
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Fashion, art, design, science and technology collide in the world of endlessly innovative and internationally acclaimed Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen. Exclusive to Brisbane, this exhibition is an immersive sensory exploration of her practice with close to 100 garments in conversation with contemporary artworks, natural history specimens and cultural artefacts from which the designer
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Ephemera emerged in 2001 through the initiative of Townsville City Council. Its purpose was to provide a platform for regional artists to showcase their exceptional talent. Today, Ephemera stands proudly as the North’s leading temporary public art festival. Now in its 13th iteration, this beloved and highly anticipated biennial event attracts local, national, and international artists and audiences to
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The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Australia’s Nature Photo Contest is back, with more than $14,000 worth of prizes up for grabs for photography and nature lovers from across Oceania. Oceania is an extraordinary region, with many of its species found nowhere else on Earth. We’re on the lookout for shots that help capture the vibrance and vulnerability
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The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair’s Big Sculpture touring exhibition is a captivating showcase, presenting the cultural talents of emerging and prominent artists. The exhibition promises an immersive visual journey through the diverse narratives woven by Indigenous artists, transcending boundaries and embracing a rich tapestry of perspectives. At the heart of this exhibition are large-scale commissioned works that
Ground Work began with a familiar experience – looking out of a plane window at the ground below. This time though, I had quite an unexpectedly emotional response to what I was seeing. At once, beautiful, mesmerising, and heartbreaking to see with such clarity how the imposed geometry cut through the landscape. This view of
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June Tupicoff (b.1949, Healesville, Victoria) is a Brisbane based artist whose work focuses on an inherent interest in the Australian landscape. Tupicoff pays particular attention to ‘wallum country’, an ecosystem of coastal south-east Queensland extending into north-eastern New South Wales, characterised by flora-rich shrubland and heathland. Originally an abstractionist, over the course of time Tupicoff’s
Don’t worry about the snakes, an exhibition of 19 oil paintings on both linen and canvas by Mt. Glorious-based artist, Yvonne Mill-Stanley, is the latest iteration of the artist’s fascination with her longstanding subject matter, grass. Tasmanian artist, Milan Milojevic’s exhibition of limited-edition, primarily multi-panelled series’, including new black and white works, is titled Mad
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Nick Olsen is a Brisbane based painter who is interested in the built environment and how our living spaces reflect our cultural sensibilities through different times in our history. He uses a focus on light, tone and colour to elicit an emotional response and a sense of “place” in his work. We are thrilled to
There’s no hiding in Richard Lewer’s world. But it’s OK. In confrontation with the extremes he relishes probing in his artworks – a full gamut of wonders and terrors; gaffes, guffaws and unbearable griefs – we feel safe with him. Disarmed. He understands there’s companionship in sharing confidences. Without judgement, he lures us into the
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The works in this exhibition were primarily created during three residencies and through my involvement with Turps London School of Art in 2023/2024. Each piece is distinctly influenced by the place where it was made, yet when viewed together, they form a cohesive body of work. At the core of it all are the relationships
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Michael Georgetti’s practice encompasses painting, sculpture, and installation. His approach is characterised by three-dimensional conceptual paintings with an anthropological quality, offering a critique of the politics of display. He eschews traditional hanging methods, incorporating gleaming silver and brass frames that playfully interact the paintings they contain – often acting as conduits for consumer branding and
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House Conspiracy & Sanctuary of Surrealism present a group exhibition in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Andre Breton’s first Surrealist Manifesto. The influence that a century of Surrealism has had on contemporary life and art is inestimable, and so too are the benefits of the emancipatory tools the movement’s pioneers helped bring to attention
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Contemporary and historical works from the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Indigenous Australian Art collection. I, object considers the many complex relationships Aboriginal Australian artists continue to have with objects – from the histories informing their creation to the social and cultural consequences of their collection. The exhibition demonstrates the great pride
James Barth discusses her show The Clumped Spirit with Tim Riley Walsh, Assistant Curator at Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Gadigal/Sydney, and member of the Kink collective. Tim Riley Walsh is Assistant Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, living and working on Gadigal Country. Previously, he was Curator in Residence at Gertrude and MADA Gallery, Monash University, both in
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Open to Australian contemporary artists working in any 2D medium and in new media, the award offers a prize pool of more than $35,000. The forty artworks selected as finalists will be exhibited at the Caloundra Regional Gallery from 24 August until 13 October 2024. The recipients of the Major prize, Highly Commended and Artist Residency will
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Mitchell Fine Art Gallery presents Archibald Finalist Mirra Whale’s third solo exhibition ‘Quiet and Still’ from 3rd – 28th September, 2024.Mirra Whale is a Sydney based artist whose artworks explore the formal and conceptual limits of the genre of still life. Within her practice Mirra utlises everyday household objects and presents them from another angle.“This
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Vera Möller (b.1955, Bremen, Germany) is a Melbourne based artist whose keen interest in the natural world, science, and art converges in the images and objects produced and examined within her art practice. Möller’s original studies included biology (Universität Wurzburg, Wurzburg and Technische Universität, München, Germany 1976-79); theology and microbiology (1979-83 Ludwig Maximilians-Universität and Technische
Total Other: Inspired by Eva Hesse In her latest series of purple paintings titled Total Other, Natalie Lavelle draws profound inspiration from Eva Hesse’s concept of a “total other” standpoint, forging a dialogue between abstraction and corporeality. Like Hesse, Lavelle explores the tactile and sensorial dimensions of art, where each brushstroke becomes a gesture towards
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