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NewsComing Soon: Jane Austen, Shakespeare and Tolkien Are in the Spotlight at Literature Loving-Exhibition 'Writers Revealed'
Displaying on the Gold Coast, this world-first showcase spans six centuries of work, bringing author portraits and rare manuscripts to Australia.
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NewsNow Open: Australia's Largest-Ever Yayoi Kusama Retrospective Exhibition Is Filled with Dots, Mirrors and Tentacles
You've got until April 2025 to see 200 of the Japanese artist's works at this dazzling showcase at Melbourne's NGV International.
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NewsThe NGV's Big Yayoi Kusama Exhibition Is Hosting After-Hours Parties So You Can Spend Friday Evenings Surrounded by Dots
NGV Friday Nights is returning for 18 weeks — and acclaimed chef Martin Benn is also doing a residency at the NGV Garden Restaurant during the exhibition.
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NewsNow Open: NGV Australia's 'Cats & Dogs' Exhibition Agrees That There's No Such Thing as Too Many Pet Pictures
From the ‘Chat Noir’ art nouveau poster to pieces by First Nations artists, more than 250 works featuring cats and dogs are on display.
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NewsNow Open: This Huge Machu Picchu Exhibition Has Arrived in Australia with 134 Priceless Treasures and a Virtual-Reality Tour
In its only season Down Under, 'Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru' is on display at the Australian Museum in Sydney.
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NewsYayoi Kusama Is Turning 60-Plus Melbourne Trees Into Her Latest Polka Dot-Covered (and Bright Pink) Artwork
As part of her huge exhibition at the NGV, the trees in all four lanes of St Kilda Road in front of the gallery are being wrapped in spotted fabric.
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GuideSpectacular Autumn Events For Culture Vultures Seeking Their Next Fix
Make sure you add these must-do events to your Sydney culture calendar.
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NewsFrom the 'Mona Lisa' to 'Codex Atlanticus': A Look Inside The Lume's Multi-Sensory Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition
The only 360-degree exact replica of the world's most-famous enigmatic portrait, da Vinci's notebook pages, 40 of his machine inventions brought to life: they're all on display.
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GuideSix Spectacular Art Exhibitions Hitting Sydney in 2023
Famous Modern masters and significant contemporary artists from Australia and abroad are being celebrated in these unmissable exhibitions.
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GuideAll 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.
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GuideDay to Night Guide: Ten Standout Brisbane Events No Matter What Time You Want to Visit
Would you call yourself a day-tripper or a night owl? Either way, we've got you sorted.
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GuideTen Must-See Art Exhibitions and Installations to Check Out Around Brisbane Before Winter Ends
Fill the rest of winter with woolly labyrinths, Disney delights, a giant kaleidoscope you can wander through and all the Lego.
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GuideSeven Vivid Sydney Highlights You Need to Add to Your Winter Calendar
With pop-up cabaret bars, thought-provoking conversations and free live music, the 2022 run of Vivid Sydney is set to shine bright.
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GuideImmersive and Impressive Blockbuster Exhibitions to Look Forward to Around Australia in 2022
Plan trips to dive into all things Disney, peer at Yayoi Kusama's finest in two different cities, scope out Picasso's best and fall in love with Elvis paraphernalia.
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GuideHow to Get Your Arts and Culture Fix in Tropical North Queensland
Explore beachfront markets, local art galleries and a tropical gin distillery.
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GuideTen Sensational Exhibitions to See in and Around Brisbane This Summer
Spend your summer wandering through masterpieces, bouncing around a multi-sensory installation, and embracing the surreal and sublime.
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NewsComing Soon: Queensland Museum Is Dedicating an Exhibition to Secrets — and It Wants You to Share Your Own
Spy gadgets, items with hidden compartments, your own tales submitted anonymously — 'Secrets: Objects of Intrigue' will feature them all.
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NewsThe NGV's Huge Yayoi Kusama Exhibition Will Feature Ten Immersive Installations — Which Is a World Record
The Japanese artist's latest Australian showcase will include more of her immersive environments than has ever been assembled in one place before.
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NewsComing Soon: A Debris-Strewn Post-Disaster Landscape Is Taking Over Mona's Former Library Space for a Year
French artist Théo Mercier is creating sand sculpture 'DARK TOURISM' to comment on travel to locations with grim histories, as well as the planet's changing climate.
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NewsAustralia's World-First Lego 'Star Wars' Exhibition Will Premiere in Melbourne in 2025 — on May the Fourth
How do you recreate all things 'Star Wars' using eight-million plastic bricks? You'll soon be able to find out at Melbourne Museum.
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NewsNow Open: Australia's First-Ever René Magritte Retrospective Is Here with Dreamy Eyes, Oversized Apples and More
The Belgian surrealist is in the spotlight at the 2024–25 Sydney International Art Series, including some of his most-famous works.
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NewsFarewell The Lume: Australia's Multi-Sensory Digital Art Gallery Is Closing Its Doors in 2026
The Melbourne venue will still bring back its Vincent van Gogh exhibition from Boxing Day into 2025, then say goodbye the following January.
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NewsYayoi Kusama's Five-Metre-Tall (and Dot-Covered) 'Dancing Pumpkin' Sculpture Is Now on Display in Australia
The yellow-and-black artwork has been unveiled at Melbourne's NGV International ahead of the gallery's summer 'Yayoi Kusama' exhibition.
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NewsBrisbane's Story Bridge Swapped Traffic for Naked Bodies for Spencer Tunick's Latest Nude Photography Installation
The 'RISING TIDE' installation featured 5500 participants sans clothes as part of the River City's annual queer arts and culture festival.
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NewsSunflowers, Stars and a Sublime Multi-Sensory Experience: The Lume's Vincent van Gogh Exhibition Is Returning
Immerse yourself in Vincent van Gogh's iconic artworks, including 'The Starry Night' and 'Sunflowers', at this spectacular experience.
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NewsComing Soon: The NGV's Huge French Impressionism Exhibition Is Returning with 100-Plus Iconic Paintings
Works by Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot will be on display in Australia — again.
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NewsMust-See Exhibition 'Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru' Is Bringing 134 Priceless Artefacts to Australia
The Australian Museum in Sydney is hosting the showcase's Aussie-exclusive season, which features jewels, masks and other treasures, from November 2024.
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NewsComing Soon: Spencer Tunick's First-Ever Australian Exhibition Is Debuting in Brisbane This Spring
This is also the first time ever that the New York-based artist has displayed the photographs and video from his live nude installations to the public.
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EventGABS Craft Beer Fest
Fri, 23 May - Sat, 24 May 2025
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane
Where can you get a drink from a 120-tap bar? At 2025's Great Australasian Beer Spectapular.
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EventKichi Kichi Meet and Eat
Sun, 23 Mar - Tue, 25 Mar 2025
Harajuku Gyoza South Bank, South Brisbane
Chef Motokichi Yukimura from Kyoto's Kichi Kichi is whipping up his internet-famous omurice in Brisbane — again.
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EventLunar New Year at Brisbane Quarter
Tue, 28 Jan - Mon, 10 Feb 2025
Brisbane Quarter, Brisbane City
See in the Year of the Snake with lion dances, flaming lobster and decadent banquets.
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EventLunar New Year in Fortitude Valley
Sat, 1 Feb - Sun, 2 Feb 2025
Chinatown Fortitude Valley, Fortitude Valley
The Year of the Snake is getting into full swing with markets, traditional music and cultural dances — and plenty of food in the vicinity.
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EventLunar New Year in The Lanes
Sat, 1 Feb, 2025
Bakery, Winn and California Lanes, Fortitude Valley
Chinatown isn't the only place in Fortitude Valley to feast on dumplings, sip drinks and watch lion dances this Lunar New Year.
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EventTriffid J's Hottest 100 Party
Sat, 25 Jan, 2025
The Triffid, Newstead
Listen to the top 100 tunes of 2024 over brews, countdown bingo, beer pong and handball in a leafy beer garden.
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EventLunar New Year at Donna Chang
Tue, 28 Jan - Sun, 2 Feb 2025
Donna Chang, Brisbane City
This CBD Chinese fine-diner is a heritage-listed former bank is serving up lunch banquets, dinner feasts, dragon dancers and more to welcome the Year of the Snake.
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EventYear of the Snake Chinese New Year Dinners at Stanley
Wed, 29 Jan - Sun, 2 Feb 2025
Stanley Restaurant, Brisbane City
Celebrate Lunar New Year with a Cantonese feast and lion dances by the river at Howard Smith Wharves' Cantonese restaurant.
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EventLunar New Year at The Star Brisbane
Sun, 12 Jan - Wed, 12 Feb 2025
The Star Brisbane, Brisbane City
Enjoy a street food-inspired banquet or tuck into a luxe sashimi platter, then watch lion dances and place your hopes for the year ahead on the wishing tree.
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EventVietnamese New Year at Ngon
Sat, 1 Feb, 2025
Ngon Brisbane, Paddington
Celebrate Vietnamese New Year on Given Terrace with a night of feasting — there'll be prawn tapioca dumplings, slow-cooked pork, XO fried rice and more on offer.
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NewsComing Soon: 'Star Wars'-Worshipping Exhibition 'The Fans Strike Back' Is Making Its Australian Debut
The force will be strong when one of the planet's largest private collections of replica 'Star Wars' memorabilia heads Down Under.
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NewsComing Soon: This Huge Ancient Egypt Exhibition Is Bringing 200-Plus Objects to Queensland Museum
Explore 3000 years of history, including five sarcophaguses and papyrus sheets from the Egyptian 'Book of the Dead'.
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NewsCurrumbin's Spectacular Swell Sculpture Festival Is Returning for 2024 to Turn the Beach Into a Free Art Gallery
Over a one-kilometre stretch, this year's free ten-day outdoor festival will feature 60-plus large-scale works from local, interstate and international artists.
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NewsComing Soon: Archie Moore's Venice Golden Lion-Winning 'Kith and Kin' Will Display at QAGOMA From August 2025
The Australian Government has acquired the First Nations talent's award-winning exhibition, gifting it to the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art.
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NewsQAGOMA's Huge 11th Asia Pacific Triennial Will Feature 500-Plus Works by 70 Artists and Collectives
A maze-like installation in Queensland Art Gallery's Watermall, a harvest garden among the sculptures, portraits of everyday Hong Kong life: they're all coming to Brisbane.
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NewsComing Soon: The Symmetry-Loving 'Accidentally Wes Anderson' Exhibition Is Making Its Australian Debut in Melbourne
Leaping from Instagram to an IRL immersive art experience, this showcase features 200-plus photographs that spy the director's style around the globe.
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NewsStart Honking: A Free 'Untitled Goose Game' Exhibition Is World-Premiering at ACMI This Spring
'Honk! Untitled Goose Exhibition' will feature different versions of the game that you can play, plus sketches, concept art and design material.
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NewsComing Soon: This Frida Kahlo Exhibition with Items Never Seen Before in Australia Is on Its Way in 2025
'Frida Kahlo: In Her Own Image' features the artist's personal belongings alongside her self-portraits, plus other drawings and paintings.
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NewsLife Has Found a Way to Keep Queensland Museum's Lego 'Jurassic World' Exhibition in Brisbane for Longer
More than six-million bricks feature in this recreation of the film franchise's dinosaurs, props and scenes — and over 200,000 people in Brisbane have seen it so far.
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NewsNow Open: The Largest and Most-Complete Tyrannosaurus Rex Fossil Ever Seen in Australia Is on Display in Melbourne
You've got until October to check out the skeleton of a T. rex fittingly called Victoria, which features 199 bones and measures more than 12 metres in length, at Melbourne Museum.
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NewsNow Open: A Stunning Alphonse Mucha Exhibition Is Filling the Art Gallery of New South Wales with Art Nouveau Works
More than 200 pieces from the Czech-born artist have hit Australia as part of the most-comprehensive showcase of his work that the country has ever seen.
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NewsLaura Jones Has Just Picked Up the 2024 Archibald Prize for Her Portrait of Author Tim Winton
This is just the 14th time that a woman has taken home the prestigious accolade — and the fourth time that the Greater Western Sydney-based artist has been a finalist.
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NewsLuminous After-Dark Experience Lightscape Is Returning to the City Botanic Gardens for Brisbane Festival 2024
Brisbane is getting another chance to mosey through two kilometres of light and colour, all while walking through nature, complete with works by Queensland First Nations artists.
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NewsA Huge René Magritte Exhibition Is Coming to Australia as Part of the 2024–25 Sydney International Art Series
As well as a showcase of works by the Belgian surrealist, Sydney International Art Series 2024–25 will feature Cao Fei and Julie Mehretu exhibitions.
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NewsMatt Adnate's Portrait of Baker Boy Just Won the Archibald Packing Room Prize Among 2024's Finalists
This year's fellow Archibald Prize contenders include portraits of Jacob Elordi, Tony Armstrong, Chloé Hayden and Jaguar Jonze.
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NewsThe Titanic Story Will Go on at This Big Exhibition with 200 Artefacts That's Coming to Australia
After displaying in the US and UK, 'Titanic. The Human Story' will make its Aussie debut in Brisbane from July.
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Guide
Spectacular Autumn Events For Culture Vultures Seeking Their Next Fix
Make sure you add these must-do events to your Sydney culture calendar.
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NewsThis World-First Australian Lego 'Star Wars' Exhibition Will Recreate a Galaxy Far, Far Away with Eight-Million Bricks
The force is strong with this one — the Lego-building force, that is, with the largest collection of life-sized Lego 'Star Wars' models ever hitting Australia in 2025.
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Indigenous Artist Archie Moore Just Became the First Australian to Win the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale
The First Nations talent's winning exhibition 'kith and kin' is a hand-drawn genealogical chart that spans back 65,000 years.
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NewsMeet Naala Badu: The Art Gallery of NSW Has Finally Named Its $344-Million Extension That Opened in Late 2022
AGNSW's original building, which boasts a sandstone facade dating back to the 19th century, also has a new moniker: Naala Nura.
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NewsAustralia's Biggest-Ever Yayoi Kusama Retrospective Is Coming to the NGV with a Brand-New Infinity Mirror Room
Summer 2024–25 in Melbourne means dots, pumpkins, a world-premiere mirror room and 180-plus Yayoi Kusama works.
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NewsOne of the Biggest and Most-Complete Tyrannosaurus Rex Fossils in the World Is Coming to Australia
This interactive exhibition features the skeleton of a T. rex called Victoria — and, fittingly, it'll be on display at Melbourne Museum.
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NewsImmersive Installation 'Fire Gardens' Is Returning to Australia This Winter to Light Up Illuminate Adelaide 2024
The Adelaide Botanic Garden will be transformed into a garden of fire for the city's annual midyear arts festival.
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NewsAn Interactive Multi-Sensory Experience That's All About Making You Feel Happy Is Coming to Australia
Heading Down Under from London, Dopamine Land features ball pits, mirror rooms and pillow fights — and it'll enjoy its Aussie debut in Brisbane.
