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Watch • Artist Talk/ Danie Mellor 'marru | the unseen visible'
Danie Mellor at the opening of his exhibition, 'marru | the unseen visible' which brings together works examining memory and remembrance; the relationship between First Nations … -
Read • My island home
Segar Passi grew up on the remote eastern Torres Strait islands of Waier and Dauar. The Murray Island group comprises of three volcanic islands (Waier … -
Read • Danie Mellor presents new ways of looking
Danie Mellor’s multidisciplinary art practice explores Australia’s shared history through the lens of his Ngadjon-jii and Mamu ancestry, and his ongoing connection … -
Watch • Artist story/ Danie Mellor explores Australia’s shared history
‘Danie Mellor: marru | the unseen visible’ brings together works examining memory and remembrance; the relationship between First Nations people, culture and Country; and the … -
Read • Barron Falls — reflecting on the forces of nature
Winifred Rumney’s Barron Falls 1906 is a powerful painting capturing the raging waters in minute detail after substantial rainfall, the artist acknowledging the power … -
Read • Two worlds: A biographical journey
Two worlds 1995–97 by Australian artist Michael Eather, with contributions from 13 other artists (Joanne Currie Nalingu, Kumantje Jagamara, Lin Onus, Christopher Hodges, Clifford … -
Watch • Artist story/ Michael Eather's monumental 'Two worlds'
'Two worlds' is a very personal visual diary where Michael Eather has merged his north-south journey from Tasmania in 1983, when he was … -
Read • Exploring the relationship of colours
Mary Norrie (16 May 1917–2005) was an influential exponent of hard-edge abstraction and colour-field painting in Brisbane, her work Green abstract 1970 … -
Read • Approach to material & process honours Country
D Harding’s approach to material and process honours the artist's Bidjara, Ghungalu and Garingbal Country around the Carnarvon Ranges (Kooramindanjie) in Central Queensland … -
Read • Frontier fluidity — the colours of Danie Mellor’s Country
On the Queensland colonial frontier, everything was black and white, but nothing was straightforward. ‘marru | the unseen visible’, an exhibition of new works by Ngadjonjii … -
Watch • Elijah-Jade Bowen performs in the heart of ‘Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses’
Dancer Elijah-Jade Bowen (Mununjali & Guugu Yimithirr) performs in the heart of the ‘Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses’ exhibition. The dance performance was choreographed … -
Watch • Celebrating the Year of the Wood Snake at Brisbane Quarter Precinct
In celebration of 'The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' and Lunar New Year, Japanese-Australian artist Elysha Rei has created a 25-metre … -
Read • Dance, fashion & a tapestry of sound collide
We highlight dancer and choreographer Elijah-Jade Bowen's recent performance in the heart of ‘Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses’. Bowen is an emerging … -
Watch • Jasmine Togo-Brisby’s Triennial installation is all about Australian South Sea Islanders
Brisbane-based artist Jasmine Togo-Brisby’s practice centres on research into the Pacific labour trade in Australia and how it intersects with her own … -
Read • Works by Joe Furlonger tours throughout Queensland
Joe Furlonger is well known for his expressive, painterly figurative images, and vast Australian landscapes in all their brilliant diversity. An exhibition celebrating the work … -
Read • Church interiors
Three works by three Australian artists born within three years of each other, all with different life experiences, immerse us in the solemn atmosphere of … -
Read • Go back in time to a Monday morning family wash day — once a common sight
Monday morning helped launch Frances Vida Lahey‘s (1882–1968) career when the painting of two young women doing the family wash — one at the … -
Read • Go back in time to a moonlight night in Brisbane
William Bustard (18 April 1894–1973) was an important figure in the development of art in Queensland from the 1920s onwards, advocating for artists to … -
Read • Anthony Alder’s skill is depicting natural history subjects
Once a prominent colonial Queensland artist, Anthony Alder (27 December 1838–1915) and his works had all but vanished from public memory until, in 2011 … -
Read • Go back in time to a corner of Brisbane
In 1914, Melbourne-born artist Charles H Lancaster (1886–1959) moved to Brisbane to manage the stained-glass department at RS Exton and Co., where …