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I can spin skies

‘I can spin skies’ spans historical and contemporary textiles and art influenced by textile practices from across Asia. The exhibition takes its title from fifteenth century Persian poet Rumi’s reflection on the humble silkworm’s ability to spin the thread that makes one of the most prized fabrics in the world. Works are shown in dialogue

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Paul Bai & Dirk Yates

We are pleased to announce a new exhibition by Brisbane artist Paul Bai, who has shown his work regularly at the Pestorius Sweeney House now for over 20 years, most recently in 2020. Bai’s latest exhibition features only four works. Selected from the artist’s studio by former Institute of Modern Art director, Nicholas Tsoutas, this

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Michael Stiegler: Small Spaces

Michael Stiegler’s small spaces exhibition at Side Gallery showcases a confluence of his distinctive illustrations, paintings, and collages. Inspired by many sources, including his former New York apartment, hotel notepads, and renowned art institutions, including The Met and Gagosian, Michael eloquently reimagines the inspiration for his figurative characters and illustrations. These sources first captivated him while living and

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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 still-life painting, Lisa is influenced by the Dutch and Spanish still-life paintings of the 17th century, that focused on themes of mortality through the depiction

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Nothing Settled

The result from the Voice referendum gave hard evidence to a largely suspected truth: we inhabit an unreconciled nation, wary of venturing into the uncharted territory of change. These recent weeks have been a challenging period for many, particularly for our First Nations Australians. With more questions than answers, there’s a prevailing sense of uncertainty

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Frances Powell: A Tender Disco – Plaything Playhouse

A Tender Disco — Plaything Playhouse observes and mocks the inveterate feminine daily performance of complying with social conduct. This ritualistic routine often functions under the veil of etiquette and habit, almost a communion to the gods of social convention. Frances considers this as mimicking a dance routine or a puppet performing. There’s a reason why

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In-Conversation: Artist Tony Albert

You are invited to join us for this in-conversation with internationally renowned artist, Tony Albert to share and discuss the journey and making of Tony’s first public artwork in Brisbane, Native Still Life commissioned as part of the Brisbane City Council’s The Platform situated at Brisbane Botanical Gardens Mount Coot-tha. Native Still Life is inspired by the stunning native flowers

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Pony

Our amazing stable of newly represented artists are showcasing a selection of their latest works in the upcoming exhibition, Pony. Join us on 30 November from 6 pm to celebrate our debut stable show Artists Jessica Nothdurft, Kitty Horton and Carolyn V Watson will join curator Laura Brinin on Saturday, 2 December, from 10.30 am for

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Printed Reverie

Reflecting on the evocative nature of print and its power to preserve memory in a tangible form, Printed Reverie responds to the intersection between memory, time and contemporary printing techniques. Engaging with intaglio, relief, lithography, papermaking, and screen printing, artists aim to connect with viewers to explore how print becomes an indexical mark of past

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inFORM

The 2023 QUT Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition, ‘inFORM’, will feature the work of 34 emerging artists graduating from QUT Visual Arts’ unique Open Studio program. Working across diverse media including moving image, installation, performance, painting, photography, sculpture and more, the artists of ‘inFORM’ are creatively and critically engaging with the social, political, and personal conditions

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Sharmila Nezovic: Concrete Mirrors – Constructing Systems of Dust

CONCRETE MIRRORS – Constructing Systems of Dust, is a provocative exhibition of paintings and collages, by Brisbane artist, Sharmila Nezovic. It explores the paved-over urban experience, through intensely realised, highly textured abstractions. “I use, what I call, an ‘industrial palette’”, she says. “By directly mixing such materials as road-base crusher dust, washed builder’s sand, sawdust,

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(un)grounded: as if I was releasing something

(un)grounded: as if I was releasing something is a solo exhibition by Sharna Barker that explores the boundaries of contemporary self-portraiture. Her paintings and sculptures—as somatic (re)constructions of self—foreground disintegration, unpredictability, and failure, as ‘self’ appears and disappears interchangeably. Sharna underscores material and formal precarity to propose alternative modes of representation. In the work, a

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Peter Boggs

Peter Boggs (b. 1949, New Zealand) is one of the leading contemporary painters in Australia, with a career spanning nearly 40 years and 50 solo exhibitions. The award-winning painter is at home painting the mysteries of Italian Renaissance Gardens – most notably the Boboli Gardens in Florence, as he is in unveiling the secret and

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Miles Hall: DISSEVER

Jan Manton Gallery is pleased to present DISSEVER by Miles Hall, our latest online exhibition showing from 13 September. Hall’s paper works capture the process of combining graphite pigment with an oil binder to create gestural qualities and forms. Each piece has been torn into two seperate pieces and is then recombined on the opposite side to reveal its

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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 third in an annual series presented by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund in partnership with leading Australian arts institutions. The commission supports mid-career and established Australian artists

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Daniel Boyd: Rainbow Serpent (Version)

Daniel Boyd is known for his multidisciplinary practice that resituates colonial history within an infinitely expansive universe. In his paintings, videos, and installations, he employs dots as a visual and conceptual tool to explore themes of identity, memory, perception, and history. Reiterated endlessly to form expansive constellations, each dot—or lens—offers a distinct point of knowledge, experience,

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Glow

An exhibition of Aboriginal paintings that draw inspiration from seasonal changes and showcase artworks highlighting luminosity and vibrancy is showing at Mitchell Fine Art in Fortitude Valley from September 14th. Bold splashes of vibrant colour feature strongly in this collection of artworks with the overriding theme emphasizing the glowing quality and abundance of colour. These

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ATHENS DIGITAL ARTS FESTIVAL

The Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF) is excited to announce the Call for Entries for its 20th edition, scheduled for 2024. With a rich history of showcasing cutting-edge digital art and fostering creative innovation, ADAF invites artists, scientists, intellectuals, technologists, and creators from around the world to be part of this milestone celebration by submitting

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Jody Rallah: Undercurrents

Exchange is a living process of transformation, like conversations that span across generations. To share and ignite the spirit kept alive between ancient and living relations. Our hearts beat the songs of thousand plus generations, guided in haptic practice,and embedded and encoded in our exchanges. Jody Rallah explores the Undercurrents of life on Yuggera Djara,

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Michelle Xen: Portals

The exhibition Portals includes new light, video and experimental painting works by Michelle Xen. The exhibition features an abstract fluorescent series called Portals, extending the multidisciplinary and embodied gestures in Xen’s video, performance and painting works. Created using fluorescent pigment on 100% cotton rag, the artworks have ultraviolet properties referencing the lighting effects found in

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THE DPS LAB

THE DPS LAB, an evening of theatrical exploration on Tuesday 24th October at The Princess Theatre featuring new visual theatre works from Dead Puppet Society’s 2023 DPS Academy artists. With three bite-sized showcases of original works from local emerging and independent artists on the bill, and The Princess Theatre’s outdoor bar open with a DJ

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Chelsea International Photography Competition

The Chelsea International Photography Competition provides the winning participants an opportunity to exhibit at one of our New York spaces, located in the heart of the Chelsea art district. The sprawling and elegant street-level space attracts hundreds of visitors with its striking exterior. Along with the exciting opportunity to showcase your works in New York, each artist

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