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NewsA World-First Pop Art Exhibition Featuring Warhol, Basquiat and Haring Will Hit the Gold Coast in 2023
Drawn from the private collection of Jose Mugrabi in New York, 'Pop Masters' features 40-plus works never before seen in Australia.
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NewsFloating Mirrored Spheres and Eerie Volcanic Mounds Will Fill GOMA for Its Big Summer 'Air' Exhibition
Back in 2019, Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art set up a huge indoor riverbed for its 'Water' exhibition — and now it's contemplating air instead.
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NewsNow Running: Have a Peek Inside Street Art Legend Rone's Most Expansive Exhibition Yet
'Time' is the artist's most expansive beauty-meets-decay masterpiece to date, now open in the Flinders Street Ballroom.
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NewsArtist Spencer Tunick Is Staging a New Mass Nude Photography Work on a Sydney Beach
At the end of November, 2500 Aussies will strip off on the sand to raise funds for and awareness about skin cancer, and make art — and you can join in.
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NewsA Blockbuster Fairy Tales Exhibition Is Taking Over Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art in 2023
If you like art and eye-catching exhibitions, next year is going to be huge in Brisbane — here's the full 2023 rundown.
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NewsA Massive Multi-Sensory Frida Kahlo Exhibition Is Coming to Australia in 2023
Enjoying its Australian premiere at Sydney Festival 2023, this immersive experience will showcase Kahlo's art via 360-degree projections and virtual reality.
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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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Guide
Day 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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NewsA Dazzling Mindfulness Installation with More Than 20,000 Lights Has Popped Up in the Wintergarden
Shop at the Wintergarden, spend $10, then enter this luminous multi-sensory experience in 90-second bursts.
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NewsA Massive Dinosaur Exhibition Featuring the Largest-Known Land Animal Is Coming to Queensland Museum
Displaying fossils from South America, 'Dinosaurs of Patagonia' will feature 13 dino species.
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NewsA Massive Andy Warhol Photography Exhibition Is Coming to Australia in 2023
Displaying at the Art Gallery of South Australia, it's the first exhibition in Australia to focus on Warhol's fascination with photography.
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NewsStreet Art Legend Rone Will Transform the Flinders Street Ballroom for His Next Blockbuster Installation
'Time' will see the historic site trip back to post-WWII for the artist's latest — and greatest — beauty-meets-decay masterpiece.
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NewsA Seven-Metre-Tall Palace of Light and Colour Is Popping Up on the Gold Coast This Month
Called 'Alcazar', the installation is part of this year's Wonder festival, which also includes art battles, Spanish tunes, and Daft Punk and Queen tributes.
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NewsMore Than 70 Huge Artworks Are Taking Over Currumbin Beach for the 2022 Swell Sculpture Festival
The Gold Coast's annual sculpture festival is back for another year to turn a one-kilometre stretch of sand into an outdoor art gallery.
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NewsMaking Moves: Sydney Dance Company's Mia Thompson on What it Takes to Become a Full-Time Dancer
The Brisbane-born artist sheds light on how she got her start, her international moves and the power of being on stage.
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NewsThe Lume's Next Multi-Sensory Digital Exhibition Will Showcase Monet and His Contemporaries
From October, Melbourne's digital gallery is diving into the French Impressionist era with the multi-sensory 'Monet & Friends Alive'.
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News'Colour in the City' Is the Bright Pop-Up Filling Queen Street Mall Shopfronts with Installations
The latest project from the Sugar Republic crew, this walking trail will fill seven vacant shopfronts in and around the mall with supremely photogenic installations.
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NewsA Six-Kilometre Sculpture Trail Filled with Whale Tails Is Popping Up Along Sydney's Western Harbour
Thirty Australian artists are creating 30 two-metre-tall whale tail sculptures, each inspired its location and the land.
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Guide
Ten 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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NewsBondi's 'Sculpture by the Sea' Will Finally Return This Spring for the First Time Since 2019
For three weeks in October and November, more than 100 large-scale artworks by Australian and international sculptors will take over Sydney's two-kilometre Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk.
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EventBrisbane Gin Festival
Fri, 4 Apr - Sun, 6 Apr 2025
Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills
This boozy festival is bringing 50 craft gin distillers from around the country to Brisbane Showgrounds for three days of masterclasses and tastings.
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EventNew Year's Eve in Brisbane
Tue, 31 Dec, 2024
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane
They don’t call it Bris-vegas for nothing.
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EventLes Misérables: The Arena Spectacular
Wed, 28 May - Sun, 1 Jun 2025
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
You'll hear the people sing when this arena spectacular version of Victor Hugo's famous 1862 novel hits Brisbane.
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EventRhys Darby: The Legend Returns
Wed, 30 Apr, 2025
Princess Theatre, Woolloongabba
The New Zealand comedian is bringing his first stand-up show in almost a decade to Brisbane.
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EventLifeline Bookfest — Summer
Sat, 18 Jan - Mon, 27 Jan 2025
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane
It's time to stock up on soap opera-themed cookbooks and other treasures you didn't know you needed — again.
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EventFestive High Tea
Fri, 1 Nov - Sun, 29 Dec 2024
Living Room Bar, Brisbane City
'Tis the season to build your own gingerbread house over festive-themed cocktails at Brisbane's W Hotel's Christmas high tea.
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Event$2 Summer Dips
Sun, 1 Dec 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane
You can enjoy a swim in Brisbane City Council's 22 public pools for just $2 all summer long.
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EventBrisbane Comedy Festival
Wed, 23 Apr - Sun, 25 May 2025
Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm
Get ready to laugh: Rhys Darby, Ross Noble and Boozy Shakespeare are on the lineup when Brisbane's annual comedy festival returns for 2025.
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EventChristmas in Brisbane
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 - Fri, 31 Jan 2025
Various locations across Brisbane, Brisbane
From a festive maze to a free light and sound experience, here's how Brisbane's CBD and South Bank is celebrating Christmas in 2024.
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EventMoonlight Cinema Brisbane
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 - Sun, 16 Feb 2025
Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane
Catch 'The Fall Guy', 'Gladiator II', 'Challengers' and a heap of Christmas movies under the stars in Roma Street Parklands.
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NewsInside 'The Soul Trembles': Eight Stunning Art Must-Sees at GOMA's Huge Chiharu Shiota Exhibition
Featuring more than 100 pieces and installations, this gorgeous and sprawling showcase is well worth a trip to Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art.
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NewsYou'll Soon Be Able to Wander Through a 700-Square-Metre Kaleidoscope Outside Brisbane Powerhouse
After 'House of Mirrors' and '1000 Doors', installation artist Keith Courtney now wants you to mosey through a huge expanse of glass, steel, mirrors and moving prisms that resembles a human-sized kaleidoscope.
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Guide
Seven 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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NewsTen Breathtaking Light Installations You Need to Catch at Vivid Sydney 2022
Bright lights, big city canvas — prepare to be dazzled by illuminations and immersive exhibitions at the return of Vivid Sydney.
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NewsBlak Douglas' Portrait of Artist Karla Dickens in the Lismore Floods Has Won the 2022 Archibald Prize
Blak Douglas is the first NSW First Nations artist to win the Archibald with a painting of a NSW First Nations artist.
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NewsCuriocity Brisbane Is Returning This Winter to Fill the City with 20 Immersive Installations
The art-meets-tech festival was postponed due to the floods, but will now sprawl across the city over 17 days this June and July — complete with giant bird nests and Antarctic icebergs.
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NewsRegional New South Wales Just Scored a Permanent (and Super-Scenic) New Outdoor Sculpture Trail
The team behind Bondi's Sculpture by the Sea has created a new trail that spans 100 kilometres through historic towns, and features 25-plus pieces of art by Australian and international artists.
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News2022's Archibald Prize Finalists Are Here — and a Taika Waititi Portrait Won the Packing Room Prize
Fifty-two portraits have been shortlisted for this year's prestigious prize, with the winner announced on May 13.
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NewsThe Art Gallery of NSW's New Sydney Modern Project Expansion Will Open Its Doors This Summer
Come Saturday, December 3, art lovers will be able to wander through AGNSW's $344-million new addition.
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NewsGorillaz, Lit-Up Zoos and Da Vinci-Inspired AI Art: Illuminate Adelaide's Huge 2022 Program Is Here
South Australia's huge winter arts, music and light festival is back for its second year with a jam-packed month-long lineup.
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NewsAfter-Dark Festival Botanica Is Returning to Turn the City Botanic Gardens Into an Outdoor Gallery
Nine artworks will light up the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens, including projections, installations and dazzling multi-sensory displays.
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NewsMelbourne's New NGV Contemporary Just Received a Massive (and Record-Setting) $100-Million Donation
Gifted by trucking magnates Lindsay and Paula Fox, it's the largest cash donation ever made to an Australian art museum by a living donor.
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NewsQAG and GOMA Are Wrapping Up the 10th Asia Pacific Triennial with a Big Two-Day Art Festival
More than 140 artists and performers are on the bill at this huge art party, which features 40-plus free events.
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NewsBrisbane's Citywide Street Art Festival Returns in May with 50 New Large-Scale Murals
Featuring international artists for the first time since 2019, this year's fest will be its biggest yet — including taking over an entire warehouse at Northshore.
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NewsA Giant Sculpture of the Moon Has Popped Up in Melbourne to Celebrate Marvel's 'Moon Knight'
The floating replica measures seven metres in diameter and features renderings of the celestial body's surface based on NASA imagery.
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The Art Gallery of NSW Will Launch Its Sydney Modern Project with New Works by Nine Artists
Yayoi Kusama, Jonathan Jones, Lorraine Connelly-Northey and Lee Mingwei are all creating original pieces for the art gallery's expansion.
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NewsGOMA Will Become a Maze of Red and Black Wool for Its Huge Chiharu Shiota Exhibition This Winter
Rescheduled from 2020, Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art will host a showcase of weaved web-like installations by the Japanese artist — and that's just one exhibition on its 2022 slate.
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NewsMelbourne's Blockbuster Citywide Arts Festival Rising Will Finally Make Its Proper Debut This June
COVID might have crushed the festival's dreams two years in a row, but it's ready and raring for 2022 with a huge 12-day program featuring 225 events and 800-plus artists.
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NewsAfter-Dark Light Festival Lightscape Will Brighten Up the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne This Winter
Wander through 1.8 kilometres of light and colour, including a cathedral made out of 100,000 tiny globes, all while walking through nature.
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NewsThis Is What Melbourne's New NGV Contemporary and Its Rooftop Sculpture Garden Will Look Like
Sprawling across 30,000 square metres, it features a rooftop terrace with vistas over the city, plus an eye-catching spherical central hall reaching 40 metres in height.
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Guide
Immersive 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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NewsSouth Bank's Art Galleries and Museums Will Reopen After the Floods on March 18
After a three-week-long closure following Brisbane's wild weather, Queensland Art Gallery, the Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland Museum and the Sciencentre will reopen their doors.
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NewsAn Eye-Catching Exhibition Filled with Ancient Greek Artefacts Is Heading to Melbourne This Autumn
Co-created and presented with the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, 'Open Horizons: Ancient Greek Journeys and Connections' will feature 44 ancient works dating back to the early bronze age.
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NewsA Huge Exhibition Showcasing Works by Picasso and His Peers Is Coming to the NGV This Winter
World-premiering in Melbourne, 'The Picasso Century' will feature more than 70 works by the Spanish artist, as well as 100-plus others from over 50 of his contemporaries.
