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Land Street Gallery: Exhibition Applications Open

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Land Street Gallery is calling for applications for solo and group exhibitions from May through to December 2026. Artists, performers, and curators across all disciplines and career stages are invited to apply, with both short- and long-term exhibition options available. Alongside exhibitions, Land Street Gallery is also seeking proposals for artist talks, sound activations, workshops, […]

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Artist Opportunities: City of Moreton Bay

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The Moreton Bay Regional Art Gallery Network supports local and national artists with a range of creative opportunities, including exhibitions, funding, studio space, and professional development. Current Opportunities: Exhibition ProposalsOpportunities for professional artists to exhibit in council-run galleries, including The Hub Gallery, selected annually via Expression of Interest (EOI). Art in LibrariesA unique platform for

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Workshop Facilitation 2026: Expression of Interest

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artisan invites expressions of interest from creatives, makers, and facilitators interested in delivering workshops and talks as part of its 2026 program. Whether you are an experienced educator, an emerging practitioner with an idea to share, or someone looking to develop their confidence in workshop facilitation, this opportunity provides a supported platform to connect with

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Thread: Connecting Stories and Community

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Thread: Connecting Stories and Community is a collaborative exhibition exploring the cultural, social, and historical significance of clothing and adornment as expressions of identity, connection, and belonging. Developed through ongoing dialogue between Logan-based artists, community members, and the National Portrait Gallery, the project brings together historical works and contemporary practices to reflect on shared and

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Mandy Quadrio: Kukunna Murraweena

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Kukunna Murraweena is a new exhibition by Mandy Quadrio, presented at the Institute of Modern Art. Quadrio, a Trawlwoolway Tasmanian Aboriginal woman of European heritage, creates a powerful installation of suspended steel wool sculptures. The abrasive material—typically associated with cleaning and erasure—is transformed into soft, yielding forms that evoke bodily presence, shelter, and protection. The

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Erika Scott: Cambium Itch

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Cambium Itch is a new large-scale installation by Erika Scott, presented at the Institute of Modern Art. Known for her maximalist sculptural practice, Scott transforms the detritus of consumer culture into immersive, sensory environments. Her work collapses distinctions between object, image, and viewer, amplifying the tactile and visual qualities of discarded materials. In this exhibition,

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Peter Godwin, Sally Anderson, Ross Laurie: Holding Light

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Bringing together the practices of Peter Godwin, Sally Anderson and Ross Laurie, Holding Light considers the ways perception, memory, and material sensitivity converge in contemporary painting. Across three distinct practices, light emerges not simply as a visual phenomenon, but as a conceptual and emotional register — something held, diffused, and translated through gesture, surface, and

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Jonathon Westacott: Mervyn Moriarty Landscape Solo Exhibition

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As part of the prize for winning the Mervyn Moriarty Landscape Award at the 2025 Queensland Regional Art Awards, Jonathon Westacott presents a two-week solo exhibition at Flying Arts Alliance. Westacott’s practice explores the subtleties of landscape through a close attention to form and colour, alongside a curiosity for what is not immediately visible within

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Brisbane Portrait Prize 2026

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The Brisbane Portrait Prize returns in 2026, inviting artists with a connection to Brisbane to submit original two-dimensional portraits for one of Queensland’s most significant art awards. Established to celebrate portraiture and storytelling, the prize encourages artists at all stages of their careers to explore contemporary portraiture while connecting audiences with the people and stories

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Talk: Daria de Beauvais – The Artist as Historian

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The Institute of Modern Art welcomes acclaimed curator and art historian Daria de Beauvais for a special presentation exploring the role of artists as historians. As Senior Curator and Head of International Relations at Palais de Tokyo, de Beauvais has shaped the international art scene through exhibitions that intertwine aesthetics, politics, memory and overlooked histories.

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Khoj International Residency

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Khoj International Artists’ Association has announced the open call for its International Residency, taking place from 3 August to 16 September 2026 at Khoj Studios in New Delhi, India. This six-week onsite residency invites artists working across disciplines to explore the intersections of mental health, distress, and the ways pain—physical, psychological, and historical—shapes both individuals

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William Robinson

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William Robinson (1936 – 2025) is widely regarded as one of Australia’s most distinguished contemporary artists, best known for his landscape and portrait painting. Robinson is critically acclaimed for his arresting landscape compositions of South East Queensland rainforests and seascapes of northern New South Wales. Robinson’s landscapes, with their multiple, ever-shifting perspectives generate a hallucinatory

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Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize 2026

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The Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize, presented by the Australian Photographic Society, is a national acquisitive award celebrating excellence in conceptual photography across Australia. Open to artists working in any photographic format, the prize encourages diverse and experimental approaches to image-making that explore strong conceptual ideas. Finalists will be exhibited at Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, with

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Narra Bukulla Artist in Residence 2026: Call Out

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The Narra Bukulla Artist in Residence offers a two-month, self-directed residency set within a coastal bush landscape on Djiringanj Country, Far South Coast NSW. Now in its third year, the residency provides artists with dedicated time, space, and support to engage deeply with their practice. Surrounded by spotted gum forest, waterways, and nearby ocean headlands,

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Sarah Mufford: Ornamental

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Ornamental presents a new body of work by Australian artist Sarah Mufford, comprising large-scale paintings accompanied by a site-responsive wallpaper installation. Drawing from more than a decade of research and fieldwork, the exhibition explores the cultural and visual language of ornament and geometric abstraction, situating traditional design systems within a contemporary painting practice. Referencing decorative

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The Incognito Art Show

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The Incognito Art Show returns to Brisbane, bringing Australia’s largest and most inclusive art exhibition to Long Island Brisbane. Featuring more than 12,000 original A5 artworks donated by artists from across Australia, every artwork is sold for $100 regardless of the artist’s profile or experience. The exhibition includes works by emerging artists, first-time exhibitors and

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EVOLVE

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EVOLVE is a major multi-site exhibition presented across all five Studio Gallery locations around Australia, bringing together the gallery’s full roster of represented artists. Exploring the evolution of contemporary artistic practice, the exhibition goes beyond the presentation of finished artworks to reveal the stories, processes and creative environments that shape them. Through an integrated digital

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Responses to Cambium Itch

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Join the Institute of Modern Art for a panel discussion responding to Erika Scott’s exhibition Cambium Itch. Known for her maximalist sculptural installations, Erika Scott transforms the detritus of consumer culture into immersive and often overwhelming environments. In Cambium Itch, six hundred PVC pipes pierce the gallery walls, creating a sprawling network that explores the

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Ham Darroch: Pause for a Human

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In Pause for a Human, Ham Darroch explores humanness through a vibrant and inquisitive abstract language. Occupying the Main Gallery, the exhibition presents a series of large-scale acrylic paintings that are both sharply composed and playfully resolved. These works invite viewers to slow down and navigate their layered, puzzle-like surfaces. Darroch’s practice extends beyond the

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Lecture: Greg Lehman – Decolonising the Colonial Image

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The Institute of Modern Art presents Decolonising the Colonial Image, a lecture by Tasmanian art historian, curator and writer Professor Greg Lehman. Drawing on more than two centuries of colonial imagery, Lehman examines how European artists represented Tasmanian Aboriginal people and the enduring impact of these visual narratives. Through a First Nations perspective, the lecture

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Caroline Gasteen: Cut the Line

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Cut the Line sees Brisbane artist Caroline Gasteen transform provisional maquettes into a series of expansive oil paintings. Through movement, scale and tonal contrast, these works shift the maquettes from simple constructed objects into autonomous subjects, charged with presence and emotional weight. Created using readily available materials, the original maquettes reflect the realities of making

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Pink Elephant Revisited

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Pink Elephant Revisited is the second chapter of Paul Andrew’s ongoing ARIs Revisited series, an archival art project exploring the history of Queensland’s artist-run initiatives and independent creative communities. Presented at Loupe Studio, the exhibition combines installation, video, archival material and DIY zines to revisit the influential Pink Elephant Circle (1943–1949), a bohemian Brisbane collective

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Essay Club No.4: Nicholas Aloisio-Shearer on The Vulgar Image

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Join the Institute of Modern Art for the fourth instalment of its 2026 Essay Club series, featuring Nicholas Aloisio-Shearer. This session focuses on The Vulgar Image, an essay by Dean Kissick originally published in Spike Magazine’s Summer 2025 issue, which examines the rise of AI-generated imagery and questions whether contemporary culture is drifting towards a

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Ian Friend: Nil Melius Arte

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Ian Friend creates subtle and evocative works on paper using pigment, ink and gouache from his studio in Ipswich, Queensland. With a fascination for alchemy between materials and an obsession with hand-made art papers, sourced worldwide, Friend’s works are made from the finest materials and developed using techniques which have been refined over many decades. Though

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Zine Fair

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The Institute of Modern Art’s annual Zine Fair returns in 2026, celebrating independent publishing, DIY culture, and creative self-expression. Bringing together artists, designers, writers and makers from Brisbane and beyond, the fair offers visitors the chance to browse a diverse range of zines, artist books, experimental publications and printed matter. Known for their accessibility, affordability

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Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize

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Now showing at Lethbridge Gallery is the 2026 Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize Finalist Exhibition. Thoughtfully curated across both gallery spaces, the exhibition celebrates the diversity and beauty of the Australian landscape through contemporary artistic practice, offering visitors the opportunity to experience some of the country’s finest landscape artworks. The exhibition will then travel to

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John Kotzas AM Appointed New Head of Arts and Culture at Experience Gold Coast

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Experience Gold Coast has announced the appointment of John Kotzas as its new Head of Arts and Culture, overseeing HOTA, Home of the Arts. Kotzas brings almost four decades of leadership experience in the arts sector, including more than 30 years at Queensland Performing Arts Centre, where he served as Chief Executive. Widely respected for

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Khaled Sabsabi: Recent Work

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Milani Gallery presents Recent Work, an exhibition of new paintings, drawings, and textiles by acclaimed Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi. The exhibition follows Sabsabi’s presentation of two major new installations at the 61st Venice Biennale: khalil, presented at the Arsenale as part of In Minor Keys, curated by Koyo Kouoh, and conference of one’s self at

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god eater

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god eater is a new contemporary performance work by New Zealand-born, regional Queensland-based artist Jag Popham. Combining dance, ritual, martial arts, breathwork and immersive sound, the performance unfolds as a visceral transformation between human, creature and something less easily defined. Encased within a shell-like body armour that gradually mutates and sheds, Popham explores themes of

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Make Music

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As part of Make Music Month, The Hub Gallery has been transformed into a vibrant celebration of art, music and creativity. The exhibition showcases a colourful collection of original music posters designed by Moreton Bay teenagers alongside works by digital illustrator Desirai Saunders. Inspired by favourite bands, songs and music culture, the exhibition explores the

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Responses to Kukunna Wurraweena

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Join the Institute of Modern Art for a panel discussion responding to Kukunna Wurraweena, the current exhibition by artist Mandy Quadrio. Bringing together leading curators, academics and researchers, the conversation will explore the themes, ideas and cultural significance emerging from Quadrio’s exhibition and broader contemporary First Nations art practices. Panelists include Megan Williams (Manager and

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Rewiring Townhall #2

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Metro Arts invites Brisbane’s creative community to its second Townhall event for 2026, offering an opportunity to reconnect with the organisation and hear about the next phase of its evolving program. Since the beginning of the year, Metro Arts has been developing new initiatives, residencies, partnerships and creative projects. This free community gathering will provide

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