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If it's on display you'll find it here. From the blockbuster exhibitions at the major art galleries across Brisbane to more intimate shows by emerging artists in smaller spaces. Painting and drawing, ceramics and sculpture, photography, new media and multimedia, and everything inbetween.

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Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the telegraph in Queensland. … more

1948 image of post office counter
Dates Fri 11 February 2011 - Sun 10 July 2011
Venue Museum of Brisbane, 157 Ann Street, Brisbane City
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Lloyd Rees: Life and Light

Brisbane-born painter and draftsman Lloyd Rees (1895–1988) is one of Australia’s most recognised and awarded artists. Rees deftly captured the effects… more

Lloyd Rees
Dates Fri 25 March 2011 - Mon 13 June 2011
Venue Queensland Art Gallery, Cnr Grey & Peel Street, South Brisbane
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Somewhere in the City: Urban Narratives by Robert Brownhall

Brisbane born and educated painter Robert Brownhall is locally inspired. Since his first art-student exhibition he has garnered a loyal following, … more

Robert Brownhall Story Bridge at Dusk (detail) 2010, City of Brisbane Collection, Museum of Brisbane.
Dates Fri 15 April 2011 - Sun 31 July 2011
Venue Museum of Brisbane, 157 Ann Street, Brisbane City
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William Robinson: The Transfigured Landscape

Showing at both QUT Art Museum and William Robinson Gallery. William Robinson: The Transfigured Landscape presents an unprecedented opportunity to … more

self portrait
Dates Sat 16 April 2011 - Sun 14 August 2011
Venue QUT Art Museum, QUT Gardens Point, 2 George Street, Brisbane CBD
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Art, Love and Life: Ethel Carrick and E Phillips Fox

'Art, Love and Life: Ethel Carrick and E Phillips Fox' tells the story ofan artistic marriage and partnership, one of the most significant in … more

Dates Sat 16 April 2011 - Sun 7 August 2011
Venue Queensland Art Gallery, Cnr Grey & Peel Street, South Brisbane
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Roman Signer - Floating in a Box

Roman Signer's 'action sculptures' involve setting up, carrying out, and filming explosions, collisions, and crashes. … more

Dates Sat 7 May 2011 - Sat 25 June 2011
Venue Institute of Modern Art (IMA), at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, 420 Brunswick St (cnr Berwick St), Fortitude Valley
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Peter Kennedy - Light Years 1970-1

In the early 1970s, Brisbane-born artist Peter Kennedy was a leading figure in the development of conceptual art in Australia. … more

Dates Sat 7 May 2011 - Sat 25 June 2011
Venue Institute of Modern Art (IMA), at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, 420 Brunswick St (cnr Berwick St), Fortitude Valley
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'Art, Love and Life: Ethel Carrick and E Phillips Fox' - Music in the Gallery

Free concerts by talented young musicians enhance weekend visits to ‘Art, Love and Life’, providing a musical backdrop to the exquisite impressions of… more

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Venue Queensland Art Gallery, Cnr Grey & Peel Street, South Brisbane
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Desert Painting Now: New Works for the Collection

Much of the most exciting art emerging from the growing desert painting movement is now being produced by ‘new’ painting communities — some of the … more

Dates Sat 14 May 2011 - Sun 14 August 2011
Venue Queensland Art Gallery, Cnr Grey & Peel Street, South Brisbane
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Physical Video

Drawn from the Gallery’s Collection Physical Video explores the artist’s use of the body in video and film as a means to illustrate social, political … more

video film
Dates Sat 14 May 2011 - Sun 4 September 2011
Venue Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Stanley Place, South Bank, South Brisbane
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