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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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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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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: 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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EventPeter and the Starcatcher
Fri, 14 Mar - Sun, 6 Apr 2025
QPAC Playhouse, South Brisbane
This Tony-winning and Neverland-set hit is finally making Its Australian debut, including a season in Brisbane.
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EventFeel Good Program
Sat, 5 Oct - Sat, 7 Dec 2024
South Bank Parklands, Brisbane
Bend, stretch, splash and dance your way through spring at South Bank's free exercise classes.
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EventMelt Festival at Brisbane Powerhouse
Wed, 23 Oct - Sun, 10 Nov 2024
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane
Australia's biggest and boldest LGBTQIA+ performers, thinkers, talents and troublemakers are coming to Brisbane Powerhouse.
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EventPalm Tree Music Festival
Sat, 7 Dec, 2024
Sandstone Point Hotel, Sandstone Point
This impressive fest is returning Down Under for the second time with The Chainsmokers leading the lineup.
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EventGOMA Friday Nights: Iris van Herpen
Multiple single dates
GOMA, South Brisbane
End your working week hitting GOMA after hours to party inside its dazzling 'Sculpting the Senses' exhibition.
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Spencer Tunick: TIDE Exhibition
Sat, 28 Sep - Sun, 10 Nov 2024
Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm
Spencer Tunick's first-ever Australian exhibition is debuting in Brisbane, featuring images from his 2023 installation by the Brisbane River.
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Spencer Tunick: RISING TIDE
Sun, 27 Oct, 2024
Story Bridge, New Farm
Artist Spencer Tunick is closing Brisbane's Story Bridge to fill it with nudes for a new photography work.
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EventThe Killers: Live in Australia 2024
Mon, 9 Dec, 2024
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
You'll be doin' just fine when The Killers hit Brisbane to celebrate 20 years of 'Hot Fuss'.
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EventBianca Del Rio: Dead Inside!
Tue, 28 Jan - Wed, 29 Jan 2025
Fortitude Music Hall, Fortitude Valley
'RuPaul's Drag Race' icon Bianca Del Rio is returning Down Under in 2025 with her latest tour.
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EventMinistry of Sound Classical
Sat, 30 Nov, 2024
Riverstage, Brisbane
Ministry of Sound is bringing its massive orchestra show filled with dance music back to Brisbane Riverstage this spring.
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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.
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NewsThe River City Will Become a Canvas for Mesmerising Murals When Brisbane Street Art Festival Returns for 2024
More than 20 featured artists will literally paint the town red — and plenty of other colours — during the citywide public art festival's ninth year.
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News'Dark Spectrum' Is Returning to Vivid to Turn Wynyard's Railway Tunnels Into a Lit-Up Labyrinth for a Second Year
This year, the one-kilometre trail will feature eight chambers, 300 lasers and strobe lights, 500 lanterns, 250 search lights and 700 illuminated arrows.
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NewsHiromi Tango Wants You to Help Fill Museum of Brisbane's Adelaide Street Pavilion with Flowers
The interactive public installation is part of the Japanese Australian artist's five-month-long residency at the CBD gallery.
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News
From 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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NewsACMI's World-Premiere 'Beings' Exhibition Will Feature Installations That Respond Differently to Every Visitor
The playful winter 2024 showcase explores the work of art and design collective Universal Everything, featuring 13 pieces from its 20-year career.
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NewsOriginal Pages From Leonardo da Vinci's 'Codex Atlanticus' Are Set to Display in Australia for the First Time
Penned by the artist and inventor, the priceless sheets will be on display at The Lume in Melbourne as part of its immersive da Vinci exhibition.
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NewsA Big Art and Fashion Exhibition Dedicated to Paris in the Belle Époque Period Is Coming to Australia
We've found your next reason to plan a trip to Bendigo Art Gallery: 'Paris: Impressions of Life 1880–1925'.
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NewsThe Art Gallery of New South Wales Is Bringing a Huge Alphonse Mucha Exhibition to Australia
AGNSW's exclusive winter showcase will focus on the Czech-born artist — and it has unveiled the rest of its 2024 lineup, too.
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NewsGOMA Is Throwing a Couple of Enchanted After-Hours Parties Inside Its Stunning 'Fairy Tales' Exhibition
Wander through an indoor woodland, peek into mirrors and spy otherworldly creatures with a drink in your hand.
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NewsA Heap of Huge Australian Art Events Have Teamed Up to Create the Country's First Art Grand Tour
The Biennale of Sydney, Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art and more want you to make stunning exhibitions your next reason for a getaway — or to play tourist in your own town.
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Hello 'Mona Lisa': The Lume's Next Massive Multi-Sensory Exhibition Is Dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci
From March, Australia's permanent digital-only art gallery will showcase the artist and inventor's works in its immersive style.
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News'Italian Renaissance Alive' Is the Next Multi-Sensory Exhibition That'll Give You an Immersive Art Experience
You've walked through van Gogh's work, then art by Monet and his impressionist contemporaries — now it's time to wander through pieces by Michelangelo, da Vinci, Botticelli and Caravaggio.
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News'Rearranged: Art of the Flower' Is the Vibrant New Floral Exhibition That's Blooming at the Museum of Brisbane
The King George Square's free showcase heroes paintings, textiles, sculptures, ceramics and new media works that feature floral motifs and explore Brisbane's landscape.
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NewsLouise Bourgeois' World-Famous Spider Sculpture 'Maman' Has Arrived in Australia for the First Time
The iconic nine-metre-high piece is on display on the Art Gallery of NSW forecourt as part of Australia's largest-ever Louise Bourgeois exhibition.
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NewsOne of Yayoi Kusama's Giant Pumpkins Is Taking Up Permanent Residence in an Australian Sculpture Park
Victoria's Pt Leo Estate is adding one of the Japanese artist's three-metre-wide gourds to a collection that already includes Jaume Plensa, KAWS, Inge King and Reko Rennie.
