All the Big Exhibitions, Installations and Art Festivals Around Brisbane That'll Dazzle Your 2023 Diary

Fill your year with Warhol pop art, glowing gardens, Monet's water lilies and street art everywhere.
Sarah Ward
Published on March 27, 2023
Updated on March 27, 2023
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    Australian Geographic: Our Country

    Saturday, March 11 - Sunday, May 7, 2023

    Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane

    Focusing on Australia's natural wonders, this immersive exploration features unseen footage from 25 different cinematographers — including a frequent David Attenborough collaborator.

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    Dinosaurs of Patagonia

    Friday, March 17 - Monday, October 2, 2023

    Queensland Museum, South Brisbane

    A massive dinosaur exhibition featuring the largest-known land animal ever is roaring into Queensland Museum.

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    Play Moves

    Saturday, December 10, 2022 - Sunday, April 16, 2023

    Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane

    Museum of Brisbane's latest free exhibition is filled with art you can interact with.

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    'Air' at GOMA

    Saturday, November 26, 2022 - Sunday, April 23, 2023

    Queensland Art Gallery and the Gallery of Modern Art, South Brisbane

    Expect an exhibition that works to peel back the layers of the invisible, ethereal element that life cannot exist without.

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    Pop Masters: Art From the Mugrabi Collection, New York

    Saturday, February 18 - Sunday, June 4, 2023

    HOTA, Home of the Arts, Surfers Paradise

    The Gold Coast's Home of the Arts is bringing pop art royalty (with a side of New York cool) to the Sunshine State.

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    We Are Electric

    Tuesday, February 14 - Saturday, June 24, 2023

    UQ Art Museum, St Lucia

    This free exhibition explores energy through art, pondering extraction, extinction and the world's post-carbon futures.

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    Curiocity Brisbane 2023

    Wednesday, March 22 - Sunday, April 2, 2023

    Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane

    With each experience at the 2023 festival, you’ll be called to consider where art ends and science begins.

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    Imaginator Brisbane

    Friday, September 3, 2021 - Wednesday, January 31, 2024

    Queensland Maritime Museum, South Brisbane

    This multi-sensory playground at South Bank boasts light-filled mazes and inflatable bubbles across ten dazzling rooms.

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    Making Place: 100 Views of Brisbane

    Saturday, March 26, 2022 - Sunday, December 31, 2023

    Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane

    With artwork dating back two centuries, this city-focused exhibition surveys more than 100 pieces that've captured Brisbane and its changes.

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    Play/ground

    Friday, September 9, 2022 - Sunday, April 16, 2023

    Various locations across Brisbane, Brisbane

    Thirty-seven artworks have taken over the CBD's light boxes, banners and outdoor display cases — and some are being projected at Howard Smith Wharves, too.

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    Lost in Palm Springs

    Saturday, March 11 - Sunday, May 21, 2023

    HOTA, Home of the Arts, Surfers Paradise

    The Gold Coast's HOTA, Home of the Arts is paying tribute to a different sunny city, taking inspiration from the Californian spot's art, architecture and design.

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    Meet the Artists

    Saturday, February 25 - Sunday, July 9, 2023

    State Library of Queensland, South Brisbane

    Don't just check out pieces by Vernon Ah Kee, Judith Wright, Sandra Selig, Eugene Carchesio and more — watch interviews with them, too.

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    Brisbane Street Art Festival 2023

    Saturday, May 6 - Sunday, May 21, 2023

    Various locations across Brisbane, Brisbane

    Get ready to look up — a huge citywide street art festival is taking over the city.

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    The Art of Banksy: Without Limits

    Thursday, May 4 - Sunday, August 6, 2023

    Queens Plaza, Brisbane City

    This huge Banksy exhibition is filling Queens Plaza with more than 150 artworks, including photos, sculptures, simulations and an infinity room.

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    Botanica: Contemporary Art Outside 2023

    Friday, May 12 - Sunday, May 21, 2023

    Brisbane City Botanic Gardens, Brisbane City

    Brisbane's glowing after-dark festival lights up the City Botanic Gardens with dazzling art, performances, food trucks and an outdoor bar.

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    Brisbane Art Design 2023

    Friday, May 12 - Sunday, May 28, 2023

    Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane

    Brisbane's art and design festival Is returning for three weekends filled with 150-plus events and exhibitions.

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    Monet in Paris

    Thursday, June 8 - Sunday, August 27, 2023

    Northshore Hamilton, Hamilton

    This stunning new multi-sensory exhibition dedicated to Claude Monet and his contemporaries is making its world premiere in Brisbane.

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    Fairy Tales

    Saturday, December 2, 2023 - Sunday, April 28, 2024

    GOMA, South Brisbane

    Wander through a twisted woodland, see David Bowie's 'Labyrinth' costume, and enjoy Yayoi Kusama and Patricia Piccinini's magical work at GOMA's blockbuster fairy tales exhibition.

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    Surface Miami Street Art Festival 2023

    Sunday, July 2 - Sunday, July 16, 2023

    Various Gold Coast venues, Gold Coast

    Stunning street art pieces will take over the Gold Coast's footpaths, laneways and walls at this returning fest.

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    Swell Sculpture Festival 2023

    Friday, September 8 - Sunday, September 17, 2023

    Currumbin Beach, Currumbin

    Currumbin Beach's annual (and free) outdoor sculpture fest is back with 75-plus sculptures by 190 artists.

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    Luminous Lantern Parade 2023

    Friday, June 9, 2023

    South Bank Parklands, Brisbane

    South Bank is lighting up to celebrate multiculturalism.

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