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If it's on display you'll find it here. From the blockbuster exhibitions at the major art galleries across Brisbane to more intimate shows by emerging artists in smaller spaces. Painting and drawing, ceramics and sculpture, photography, new media and multimedia, and everything inbetween.

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Queensland stories

Queensland Stories: People Places Past Present illustrates the diversity of Queensland and traces the change, continuity and innovation since … more

Gold Coast in the fifties
Dates Mon 26 January 2009 - Thu 31 December 2009
Venue Queensland Museum South Bank, cnr Grey and Melbourne Street, South Bank
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Charles Darwin: The Reluctant Revolutionary

Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin with an exhibition that examines the events and influences that shaped one of the … more

Charles Darwin
Dates Thu 12 February 2009 - Fri 10 July 2009
Venue Queensland Museum South Bank, cnr Grey and Melbourne Street, South Bank

Panoramic Queensland

In celebration of Q150 and the 75th anniversary of the John Oxley Library, Panoramic Queensland presents a unique selection of panoramic photographs … more

cameraman
Dates Sat 14 February 2009 - Sun 12 July 2009
Venue State Library of Queensland, Cnr Grey & Peel Street, South Brisbane

As if the sea should part and show a further sea

Spencer Finch: As if the sea should part and show a further sea… more

art gallery
Dates Thu 5 March 2009 - Sun 5 July 2009
Venue Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), 1 Stanley Street, South Brisbane

Silky Oak

Museum of Brisbane presents Silky Oak. Silky oak, with its dappled patterning and golden hue, is the timber loved by Queenslanders. Since the 19th … more

Dates Fri 27 March 2009 - Sun 12 July 2009
Venue Museum of Brisbane, Adelaide Street, Brisbane City

Release the bats

Celebrating Queensland’s 150th year, the Children’s Art Centre presents a large-scale installation by Queensland artist Anne Wallace. In this … more

Dates Sat 11 April 2009 - Fri 16 October 2009
Venue Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), 1 Stanley Street, South Brisbane

Communities of Faith: Walking Together

What do we believe? What do others believe? Do we share similarities and common experiences? In what ways are our faiths or spiritual beliefs unique… more

Communities of Faith
Dates Wed 29 April 2009 - Sun 2 August 2009
Venue Museum of Brisbane, Adelaide Street, Brisbane City

Bold but Faithful: John Oxley Library at Work

This fascinating exhibition of more than 40 state treasures, collected since the opening of the John Oxley Library in 1934, celebrates 75 years of … more

Dates Wed 29 April 2009 - Sun 11 October 2009
Venue State Library of Queensland, Cnr Grey & Peel Street, South Brisbane

American Impressionism and Realism

A world-exclusive exhibition, ‘American Impressionism and Realism: A Landmark Exhibition from the Met’, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, will… more

John Singer Sargent: Mrs. Hugh Hammersley, 1892
Dates Sat 30 May 2009 - Sun 20 September 2009
Venue Queensland Art Gallery, Cnr Grey & Peel Street, South Brisbane

Still Life: Joachim Froese Photographs

A solo exhibition of contemporary photographs from 1999-2008 focusing on works from the last decade of his Joachim Froese's practice… more

Dates Thu 4 June 2009 - Sun 16 August 2009
Venue QUT Art Museum, QUT Gardens Point, 2 George Street, Brisbane CBD
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