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.

Australian Collection

This much-anticipated new display presents Australian art from European exploration and occupation to the 1970s. … more

Painting 'Black in the foothills'
Dates Mon 2 November 2009 - Fri 30 July 2010
Venue Queensland Art Gallery, Cnr Grey & Peel Street, South Brisbane

The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT6)

The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art is the Queensland Art Gallery's flagship international art exhibition. … more

People holding flowers
Dates Sat 5 December 2009 - Mon 5 April 2010
Venue Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Stanley Place, South Bank, South Brisbane

Kids’ APT

Celebrating a decade of Kids’ APT, the Children’s Art Centre presents 17 engaging artist projec… more

two childrens' faces mixed together
Dates Sat 5 December 2009 - Mon 5 April 2010
Venue Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Stanley Place, South Bank, South Brisbane
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Marina Abramovic: Art Must Be Beautiful, Artist Must Be Beautiful

Serbian artist Marina Abramovic has been called the grandmother of performance art. Her works have often involved pain and endurance. … more

Dates Sat 30 January 2010 - Sat 20 March 2010
Venue Institute of Modern art - IMA, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley
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Feminism Never Happened

This provocatively titled exhibition asks you to look at selected work by women artists from Australia and New Zealand as if feminism had never … more

beauty pageant contestants
Dates Open until 20 March 2010
Venue Institute of Modern art - IMA, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley

KP11: Producing Communities

Presented by the Australia Council for the Arts, KP11: Producing Communities features the works of 11 leading Australian community arts and cultural … more

artwork
Dates Tue 2 February 2010 - Wed 31 March 2010
Venue QUT Art Museum, QUT Gardens Point, 2 George Street, Brisbane CBD

Talking about Asia Pacific Art series

The fourth in the Gallery’s lecture series developed in conjunction with major exhibitions, this eight-part illustrated series introduces and extends … more

Dates Sat 6 February 2010 - Sat 27 March 2010
Venue Queensland Art Gallery, Cnr Grey & Peel Street, South Brisbane
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UnAustralian: Reimaging National Identity

Since the late 1990s the term un-Australian has been used freely, appearing everywhere from front bench politics to the sporting arena. But what does … more

Pelican with turnips
Dates Tue 9 February 2010 - Sun 4 July 2010
Venue QUT Art Museum, QUT Gardens Point, 2 George Street, Brisbane CBD

Tour De Force

A groundbreaking exhibition that highlights the work of eight progressive Australian glass artists who have breached the arts-craft divide. … more

skulls
Dates Thu 11 February 2010 - Sat 17 April 2010
Venue Artisan and (m)art, 381 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley

Michelle Kelly: Fifth Kingdom

Mycology (the study of fungi) is what inspires jeweller and metalsmith Michelle Kelly’s Fifth Kingdom exhibition at artisan’s Crucible space. … more

fungi
Dates Thu 11 February 2010 - Sat 17 April 2010
Venue Artisan and (m)art, 381 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley
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