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Elliot Watson: Density

Elliot Watson: Density

20250528
20250617
This body of work spans two years of my practice and reflects a period of personal and artistic transition, including a significant relocation to Germany. These lifestyle changes have deeply informed my process, grounding my…
Danie Mellor: marru (the unseen visible)

Danie Mellor: marru (the unseen visible)

20250315
20250803
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…
Ghost in the Machine

Ghost in the Machine

20250530
20250628
What if we find our souls to be enmeshed in media and fictional imaginings? That the ghosts of us reside and stir within other vessels or interfaces; our realities (re)written, performed, and embodied even though…
You Are Here Too

You Are Here Too

20250412
20250629
You Are Here Too presents a collection of works by contemporary Australian artists exploring queer desire and sexuality. It serves as both a celebration and a response to the groundbreaking 1992 show You Are Here at the Institute…
James Randall: Chromalinea

James Randall: Chromalinea

20250522
20250614
This showcase exhibition highlights the work of James Randall, winner of the Metro Arts Experimental Portraiture Prize at the 2024 Brisbane Portrait Prize. “I used to think that art was all about the artist –…
Paula Quintela: The Shadow That Follows Me

Paula Quintela: The Shadow That Follows Me

20250516
20250614
The Shadow That Follows Me, features a new body of work by Quintela that extends upon her existing practice. Drawing from her early childhood memories in Chile, a country ruled at the time by dictatorship,…
Richard Bell: Optics

Richard Bell: Optics

20250509
20250531
This May in galleries 1, 2 and 3, we are presenting Optics, an exhibition of new paintings by Richard Bell. In these new works Bell pushes his abstract language to new levels of opticality, burying text…
Memo Magazine: Issue 3 Launch

Memo Magazine: Issue 3 Launch

20250531
Memo Review is Naarm/Melbourne’s only platform for weekly art criticism, offering critical perspectives from Australian artists, writers and scholars. Join us at the Institute for Modern Art for the launch of Memo 3, a contemporary art…
Passage of the Sun

Passage of the Sun

20250520
20250615
This exhibition brings together a group of artists who consider the sun’s influence and journey on our world. Each day, the sun can be sensed constantly moving through the sky, it’s light bringing brightness, casting shadows,…
Bel Parsons: Down the Rabbit Hole

Bel Parsons: Down the Rabbit Hole

20250527
20250601
In her latest collection Down the Rabbit Hole, independent artist Bel Parsons presents a series of large-scale abstract paintings inspired by the playful chaos of Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland. Through vivid colour, contrast, and movement, the works…
Jennifer Allnutt

Jennifer Allnutt

20250530
20250624
Jennifer constructs images which straddle the line between realism and illusionism. In her surrealistic portraits she explores the uncanny, the unconscious mind, transformation and identity. Her works often grapple to find a way to visually…
Louise Weaver: Ecstatic Horizon

Louise Weaver: Ecstatic Horizon

20250516
20250621
Darren Knight Gallery and The Renshaws warmly invite you to celebrate the opening of Ecstatic horizon, a new exhibition by Louise Weaver. Ecstatic horizon features woven paintings combining hand-painted Japanese paper and linen thread, creating…
Sonya Edney: Burringurrah Dreaming

Sonya Edney: Burringurrah Dreaming

20250427
20250607
Sonya is an emerging artist who began painting at home in the Burringurrah community, between Carnarvon and Meekatharra, where she grew up and attended School of the Air. She later studied Visual Arts at Carnarvon TAFE…
Roland Nancarrow: Colour, Leaves, Light and Feathers

Roland Nancarrow: Colour, Leaves, Light and Feathers

20250506
20250517
Celebrating 40 years as an exhibiting artist, Cairns-based painter and sculptor Roland Nancarrow presents his latest solo exhibition, Colour, Leaves, Light and Feathers, at Woolloongabba Art Gallery. Since his first show at Brisbane’s Metro Arts…
Blatt & Matonelli: Mosaic Morphologies

Blatt & Matonelli: Mosaic Morphologies

20250509
20250613
Blatt & Matonelli is a collaboration between artist Katherine Palella and multidisciplinary designer Sirena Varma, both based in Magan-djin, Australia. Their work celebrates and reimagines cultural heritage, merging the tile-making traditions of Lebanon and Sicily…
Flood Lines

Flood Lines

20250419
20250608
Flood Lines is a collaborative project and exhibition by artist Kylie Stevens and historian Margaret Cook. Artist Kylie Stevens and Historian Margaret Cook have created a multi-modal exhibition that combines community stories, historical documents, photography,…
Inhabited: Anthromes of Queensland

Inhabited: Anthromes of Queensland

20250406
20250603
Inhabited: Anthromes of Queensland by Queensland-based environmental photographer LeAnne Vincent celebrates natural environments within urban areas. This exhibition gently reminds us of the importance of unseen ecosystems and the need for place-responsive habitation. Vincent’s childhood experiences…
Kate Barry: STOCKROOM

Kate Barry: STOCKROOM

20250501
20250523
Stockroom brings together a selection of works by Kate Barry, including pieces never before exhibited. Known for her award-winning practice and a career spanning exhibitions across Australia and New Zealand, Kate continues to explore new…
Bernard Ollis: From the Inside, Looking Out

Bernard Ollis: From the Inside, Looking Out

20250513
20250531
Acclaimed artist Bernard Ollis OAM invites art lovers to experience his latest exhibition, From the Inside Looking Out, at Mitchell Fine Art in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, from May 13–31. Known for his vibrant and dynamic…
The Shape of Time

The Shape of Time

20250424
20250530
The Shape of Time combines two compelling exhibitions from Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contemporary craft and design practitioners. Together, these exhibitions offer a unique glimpse into the diverse and vibrant artistic making practices from…
Laura Jones: Midnight Blue

Laura Jones: Midnight Blue

20250513
20250531
Jan Murphy Gallery proudly presents Midnight Blue, the inaugural solo exhibition by Archibald Prize–winning artist Laura Jones. This new body of work offers a tender, atmospheric exploration of colour, memory, and emotional resonance. Jones turns…
Jacques van der Merwe: The morphology of transience

Jacques van der Merwe: The morphology of transience

20250328
20250517
We are delighted to announce Jacques’s upcoming solo exhibition at the Logan Art Gallery, showcasing the culmination of his four-year research conducted at the Queensland College of Art and Design (QCAD), Griffith University. As a…
Precious

Precious

20250320
20260901
Museum of Brisbane’s major new exhibition, Precious, brings together over 3,000 extraordinary objects from 30 remarkable collections and collectors. For the first time, these treasured items—often hidden away in suburban homes and institutions—are on public…
Suburban Sublime: Australian Photography

Suburban Sublime: Australian Photography

20240810
20250817
‘Suburban Sublime’ explores how artists have used photography to interpret the Australian suburbs. The exhibition brings together works that pause to reflect on everyday settings, places, and people, imbuing them with aesthetic, historical, and emotional…
Freyja Fristad: Between Vessel and Void

Freyja Fristad: Between Vessel and Void

20250516
20250531
Within Between Vessel and Void, Freyja Fristad presents an evocative body of work that navigates the intergenerational loss of First Nations cultural knowledge within her family. As a proud First Nations (Wiradjuri) artist who lives…
Eliza Gosse: In My Grandmother’s Garden

Eliza Gosse: In My Grandmother’s Garden

20250507
20250527
Eliza Gosse’s latest exhibition, In My Grandmother’s Garden, invites viewers into a world of memory, domestic architecture, and the quiet bloom of suburban life. Drawing from personal recollections of her grandparents’ home in Gosford, this…
Wildflowering by Design

Wildflowering by Design

20250406
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Wildflowering by Design is an exhibition that explores contemporary responses to our botanical and wildflower heritage, presenting works by Queensland artists from various art and design fields. Many women, both well-known and unsung, have highlighted the…
The Perpetual Restart

The Perpetual Restart

20250516
20250518
The Perpetual Restart brings together the works of four artists—Sharna Barker, Ally McKay, Tess Mehonoshen, and Annelize Mulder —who delve into the conceptual and aesthetic power of repetition. These artists embrace repetition in form, shape, and…
A Narrow Strip Along a Steep Edge

A Narrow Strip Along a Steep Edge

20250510
20250518
A Narrow Strip Along a Steep Edge is a site-responsive contemporary art exhibition set within the historic grounds of Fort Lytton. Engaging with the fort’s unique legacy as an untested military defense structure, the exhibition…
Transfer

Transfer

20250516
20250803
Transfer focuses on contemporary visual artists with connections to Southeast Asia who explore textiles as a medium. Spanning embroidery, stitching, sculptural installations, film, wall-based works, performance and participatory pieces, the exhibition showcases a proliferation of textiles…
Charlie Donalson: Cubomancy

Charlie Donalson: Cubomancy

20250503
20250713
Images that exist on the internet are many times removed from their original context. At the click of a button or tap of a finger, we can utilise search engines to engage with a flourishing…
Lethbridge Landscape Prize 2025

Lethbridge Landscape Prize 2025

20250509
20250525
2025 marks the five-year anniversary of the Lethbridge Landscape Prize, and to celebrate, we are excited to increase the prize money to $30,000. This award invites all artistic interpretations of the Australian landscape—from the conventional…
Margaret Olley

Margaret Olley

20250429
20250524
Margaret Olley AC (1923 – 2011) is one of Australia’s most celebrated painters. Focussing largely on still life and interiors, Olley drew inspiration from her home studio and the beauty of the everyday objects she…
Jonathan McBurnie: Omnishambles

Jonathan McBurnie: Omnishambles

20250503
20250713
The Condensery The exhibition presents drawing as a visual response to rapid technological advancement. We are moving quickly toward a world where corporations are given license to cannibalise artistic works of all kinds in service…
Charlie Hillhouse: A Simple Lens

Charlie Hillhouse: A Simple Lens

20250517
Charlie Hillhouse is an Australian-based artist working across film, photography and printed media. His practice employs non-traditional documentation to explore the everyday, often highlighting intimate moments of resistance to daily life. Hillhouse also established Romantic…
Dean Ansell: The Riḡorabana, The Balawaia

Dean Ansell: The Riḡorabana, The Balawaia

20250425
20250524
The Riḡorabana, The Balawaia is an immersive exhibition that explores Melanesian heritage, environmental processes, and the transmission of Indigenous knowledge through the lens of both ancestral and diasporic experiences. Weaving together familial storytelling, fieldwork, and cultural…