Visual Arts
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.
Don't miss
Wed 12 November 2008 - Sun 15 February 20091600301
Namatjira
Thu 20 November 2008 - Sun 1 February 20091533569
Cross
Looking through it1728395
Ranamok
An art experience to remember1743448
Win
Thu 30 October 2008 - Sun 18 January 20091533568
Replant:
Fri 5 December 2008 - Sun 8 March 20091679674
2008
'Someone’s Universe' is a focused survey of work by the leading Brisbane contemporary artist Eugene Carchesio. Known for his repeated use of… more
| Dates |
Sat 25 October 2008 - Sun 1 February 2009 |
| Venue |
Queensland Art Gallery, Cnr Grey & Peel Street, South Brisbane |
Replant straddles the boundaries between science and art.
Working with the Northern Territory Herbarium artists explore the scientific, cultural and… more
| Dates |
Thu 30 October 2008 - Sun 18 January 2009 |
| Venue |
QUT Art Museum, QUT Gardens Point, 2 George Street, Brisbane CBD |
The award is Australia’s most significant prize for new media art.
Nine artists were short-listed for the biennial acquisitive award:
Peter… more
| Dates |
Wed 12 November 2008 - Sun 8 February 2009 |
| Venue |
Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), 1 Stanley Street, South Brisbane |
This exhibition presents the complete portfolio of 51 etchings that make up Der Krieg (War) 1924, an extremely important print series by the German… more
| Dates |
Wed 12 November 2008 - Sun 1 February 2009 |
| Venue |
Queensland Art Gallery, Cnr Grey & Peel Street, South Brisbane |
Albert Namatjira’s adoption of the European medium of watercolour for his landscape paintings remains an inspiration to contemporary artists from… more
| Dates |
Wed 12 November 2008 - Sun 15 February 2009 |
| Venue |
Queensland Art Gallery, Cnr Grey & Peel Street, South Brisbane |
Museum of Brisbane presents Ranamok Glass Prize 2008. Over the past fourteen years, the Ranamok Glass Prize has become one of the best-kept secrets… more
| Dates |
Sat 15 November 2008 - Sun 18 January 2009 |
| Venue |
Museum of Brisbane, Adelaide Street, Brisbane City |
'Contemporary Australia: Optimism’ is the first in a major new national triennial series of thematic contemporary Australian art… more
| Dates |
Sat 15 November 2008 - Sun 22 February 2009 |
| Venue |
Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), 1 Stanley Street, South Brisbane |
For ‘Contemporary Australia: Optimism’, the Children’s Art Centre presents interactive art works and projects created by a number of exhibiting… more
| Dates |
Tue 18 November 2008 - Sun 22 February 2009 |
| Venue |
Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), 1 Stanley Street, South Brisbane |
Cross Section: the Documentary Photography of Charles Page.
Stunning black and white images of Antarctica, war zones, street photography, steam… more
| Dates |
Thu 20 November 2008 - Sun 1 February 2009 |
| Venue |
QUT Art Museum, QUT Gardens Point, 2 George Street, Brisbane CBD |
Museum of Brisbane presents Growing Up: 150 years of Brisbane - 2008 Lord Mayor's Photographic Awards.
The aim of the 2008 awards’ theme was to… more
| Dates |
Fri 5 December 2008 - Sun 8 March 2009 |
| Venue |
Museum of Brisbane, Adelaide Street, Brisbane City |
