QLD
Queensland art galleries and their FEBRUARY 2025 exhibition schedules are listed below, grouped by region. For listings in other Australian states please use the What’s On menu above.
Brisbane
Art Clique Gallery and Studio
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10 Gunsynd Court, Bribie Pines, Ningi 4511.
0418-876-230.
lyne@artclique.com.au
www.artclique.com.au
www.lynemarshall.com.au
10.00 to 4.00 selected Sun, or by appointment to suit your travel.
Located between Brisbane and Sunshine Coast.
Features paintings, sculpture and books of artist Lyne Marshall, who layers nature’s spirit, mystery and stories into her contemplative artworks.

Lyne Marshall, Web of Life, acrylic on canvas, 60 × 60cm. Courtesy the artist

Lyne Marshall, Synthesis, acrylic on canvas, 63 × 63cm. Courtesy the artist
artisan
45 King Street, Bowen Hills 4006.
Mon–Tues by appointment, Wed–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Sun.
FireWorks Gallery
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9/31 Thompson Street, Bowen Hills 4006.
(07) 3216-1250.
art@fireworksgallery.com.au
www.fireworksgallery.com.au
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 6.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00 or by appointment.
Griffith University Art Museum
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226 Grey Street, South Bank 4101.
(07) 3735-7414.
artmuseum@griffith.edu.au
www.griffith.edu.au/art-museum
Admission free.
Tues–Sat 11.00 to 4.00. Closed public holidays and during exhibition installation periods.
To March 15 Yuriyal Bridgeman: yubilong(mi)bilongyu.

Yuriyal Bridgeman, Cardboard composition tiles, 2024, 31 × 21cm. Courtesy the artist, Milani Gallery, Meanjin/Brisbane and Griffith University Art Museum
Institute of Modern Art
Ground Floor, Judith Wright Arts Centre, 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006.
Tues–Sun 10.00 to 5.00.
Jan Manton Art
54 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe 4005.
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 11.00 to 4.00.
Jan Murphy Gallery
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486 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006.
(07) 3254-1855.
enquiries@janmurphygallery.com.au
www.janmurphygallery.com.au
Director: Jan Murphy.
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00, or by appointment.
Jan 28 to Feb 15 Summer group exhibition.
Feb 20 to 23 Melbourne Art Fair – Michael Cook.
Feb 20 to March 15 Michael Cook.
Mitchell Fine Art
86 Arthur Street, Fortitude Valley 4006.
Mon–Fri 10.00 to 5.30, Sat 10.00 to 5.00. Closed Sun and public holidays.
Museum of Brisbane
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Level 3, Brisbane City Hall, King George Square, Brisbane 4000.
(07) 3339-0800.
info@museumofbrisbane.com.au
www.museumofbrisbane.com.au
Daily 10.00 to 5.00.
To July 13 New Light: Photography Now + Then – spanning 1890 to 2024; includes works by contemporary artists Marian Drew, Jo-Anne Driessens, Joachim Froese, Tammy Law, Carl Warner, Nina White, and Keemon Williams.

Carl Warner, Towards Silence, Palazzo Ducale, 2024, archival pigment on cotton paper, 120 × 95cm unique print. Courtesy the artist and Museum of Brisbane
PARKER Contemporary
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38 Hope Street, South Brisbane 4101.
info@parkercontemporary.com.au
www.parkercontemporary.com.au
Instagram: @parkercontemporaryau
Wed–Sat 11.00 to 4.00, Sun by appointment.
To Feb 8 Matthew Hurdle: Should I remember you . . .
With rich textures of pulped sackcloth and ash, Hurdle’s papermaking invites tactile engagement, connecting to subtle transformative nuances.
Feb 14 to March 8 Ross Woodrow: Order from Ruins.
Featuring classical fragments of columns and capitals pulled from large copper-plate etchings, Woodrow references the agency and impact of these long-established and architectural orders not to advocate for a return to rules or codes, but to their scale, colouration, and muscular surface as a material metaphor and comparison to the human body. These columns and capitals, with their intricate, fluid and evolving character, manifest a millennia-old impulse to shape stone, marble, and now etched copper, into an anthropomorphic microcosmos, transcending any logical rules or ways of thinking. Discover how Woodrow’s practice invites you to rethink the boundaries of material, form, and meaning.

Ross Woodrow, Ionic from the The Orders triptych, 2024, shaped copper plate etching on Hahnemühle 300gsm, 80 × 100cm. Courtesy the artist and PARKER Contemporary
Petrie Terrace Gallery
Home of the RQAS, Brisbane Branch
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3/162 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane 4000.
(07) 3367-1977.
gallery@rqas.com.au
www.rqas.com.au
Entry is free, except for ticketed events.
Wed–Sun 10.00 to 3.30.
To Feb 16 Hidden Gems 2025.
Feb 27 to March 23 Harold & Agnes Richardson Drawing Prize 2025.
Philip Bacon Galleries
2 Arthur Street, Fortitude Valley 4006.
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00. Closed public holidays.
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA)
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Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane 4101.
(07) 3840-7303.
www.qagoma.qld.gov.au
Free entry, unless otherwise stated.
Daily 10.00 to 5.00.
QAGOMA: to April 27 The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art.
More information here.

Rithika Merchant (India, born 1986), Temporal Structures, 2023, gouache, watercolour and ink on paper, 105 × 150cm. © the artist. Courtesy the artist, TARQ, Mumbai and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA)
Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland
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Cnr Middle and Bloomfield streets, Cleveland 4163.
(07) 3829-8899.
gallery@redland.qld.gov.au
artgallery.redland.qld.gov.au
Free admission.
Mon–Fri 9.00 to 4.00, Sun 9.00 to 2.00.
Feb 9 to March 25 Performing Presence.
Artists: Tony Albert and Natalya Hughes, Michael Cook, Gerwyn Davies, Yavuz Erkan, Petrina Hicks, Dylan Mooney, Monica Rohan, Keemon Williams, and William Yang.

Keemon Williams, Acclimation, 2021, photographic print on matte rag, 120 × 81cm. Documented by Carl Warner. Redland Art Gallery Collection. Acquired in 2024 with Redland Art Gallery Acquisition Funds. Courtesy the artist and Redland Art Gallery
Feb 9 to March 25 Dice Topologies.
Artists: Nicholas Aloisio-Shearer, Charlie Donaldson, Spencer Harvie, Michelle Le Plastrier, and Tara Pattenden.

Spencer Harvie, PARTY MOUNTAIN, 2020, graphite and ink in artist’s frame, 150 × 120cm. Photograph: Charlie Hillhouse. Courtesy the artist and Redland Art Gallery
UQ Art Museum
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Building 11, University Drive, The University of Queensland, St Lucia 4067.
(07) 3365-3046.
artmuseum@uq.edu.au
www.art-museum.uq.edu.au
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat 11.00 to 3.00. Closed Sun–Mon and public holidays.
Feb 18 to June 14 These Entanglements: Ecology After Nature.
Petroleum, chemicals, and bacteria have become agents of history. Humanity, or rather the settler-colonial project, has infiltrated every environment on a molecular level, resulting in anthropogenic climate crisis. In this state of “post-nature” there are no edges; even plastic has invaded our blood streams. These Entanglements: Ecology After Nature thinks with the molecular, the geological and the biological and their entanglements with social relations. Bringing together Australian and international artists it traverses choreography, sculptural installation, filmmaking, field research, tarot reading, photography, painting, and virtual simulation. Working from the premise that human exceptionalism has led to environmental catastrophe, the exhibition proposes a more ethical, symbiotic, and reciprocal approach to cross-species relations and ways of being in the world. Curated by Anna Briers.

Alicia Frankovich, Atlas of Anti-Taxonomies, 2019–22. Commissioned by Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. Exhibition view, Gus Fisher Gallery | Te Whare Toi o Gus Fisher. Photograph: Sam Hartnett. Courtesy the artist, Starkwhite, Tāmaki Makaurau/ Auckland and 1301SW, Naarm/Melbourne and Gadigal Country/Sydney
William Robinson Gallery
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2 George Street, QUT Gardens Point campus, Brisbane City 4000.
(07) 3138-8005.
wrgallery@qut.edu.au
www.wrgallery.qut.edu.au
Free entry.
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 4.00. Closed public holidays.
To Aug 31 Numinous: The Landscape Paintings of William Robinson.

William Robinson, Passing storm, late afternoon, Beechmont, 1993, oil on linen. QUT Art Collection. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by William Robinson 2017
Gold Coast
Anthea Polson Art
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29 Tedder Avenue, Main Beach 4217.
(07) 5561-1166, 0417-707-326.
info@antheapolsonart.com.au
www.antheapolsonart.com.au
Director: Anthea Polson.
Mon–Sat 10.00 to 6.00, Sun 10.00 to 4.00.
Gallery One
Shop 16.02 The Brickworks, 107 Ferry Road, Southport 4215.
Mon–Sat 9.00 to 5.00, Sun 10.30 to 4.00.
HOTA Gallery
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135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise 4217.
(07) 5588-4000.
gallery@hota.com.au
www.hota.com.au
Daily 10.00 to 4.00.
HOTA Gallery is filled with multiple ideas that present an unfolding experience of viewpoints and trails that challenge us to dig deeper and get lost in creative ideas. Go online to view the exhibitions and events calendar.
To May 11 Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award 2024.

Installation view, Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award 2024. Courtesy HOTA, Home of the Arts
HOTA, Home of the Arts is proud to announce the return of the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, one of Australia’s most significant awards for contemporary photographic practice. As the richest prize for photography in Queensland, the $25,000 acquisitive award is open to all Australian artists working in the broad medium of contemporary photography. Visitors to the exhibition will also get to choose their favourite artwork for the $5,000 People’s Choice Award. Since the Award’s inception, over 60 works have been acquired by HOTA, resulting in a celebrated collection that reflects shifts in the cultural and social landscape over two decades. Previous winners include wani toaishara, Tamara Dean, Shaun Gladwell, Darren Sylvester, Lynne Roberts-Goodwin, Polixeni Papapetrou, Polly Borland, and Cherine Fahd.

Installation view, Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award 2024: Merilyn Fairskye, Focus infinity III (4.47am, 11 May 2024, Maralinga village). Courtesy HOTA, Home of the Arts
Sunshine Coast
Caloundra Regional Gallery
22 Omrah Avenue, Caloundra 4551.
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat–Sun 10.00 to 2.00. Closed public holidays and exhibition changeovers.
Montville Art Gallery
138 Main Street, Montville 4560.
Daily 10.00 to 5.00.
Noosa Regional Gallery
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Riverside, 9 Pelican Street, Tewantin 4565.
(07) 5329-6145.
gallery@noosa.qld.gov.au
www.noosaregionalgallery.com.au
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat–Sun 10.00 to 3.00. Closed Mon, public holidays and during exhibition changeover.
Feb 8 to March 30 Journey To Paradise: Colin Pennock. Colin Pennock’s paintings speak to the beat and rhythm of time and change. While glimpses of distant horizons evoke melancholy and memory, the spaces that Pennock is drawn to exist between the moments, in between the places.
Feb 8 to March 30 Allisions: Ben Hedstrom. The encounter between the visceral experience of a landscape and its cerebral resonance gives rise to a unique phenomenon – an “allision.” This exhibition brings together a collection of encounters along the edge of the ocean on the Sunshine Coast.

Ben Hedstrom, Rockpool V (Fairy Pools, Noosa Heads), 2024, oil on linen, 101 × 101cm. Courtesy the artist and Noosa Regional Gallery
South East Region
Gympie Regional Gallery
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39 Nash Street, Gympie 4570.
(07) 5481-0733.
gallery@gympie.qld.gov.au
gympie.qld.gov.au/gallery
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat 10.00 to 2.00. Closed public holidays.
The Gallery showcases a changing program of emerging and established artists from the region, as well as touring exhibitions from around Australia.
Ipswich Art Gallery
d’Arcy Doyle Place, Ipswich 4305.
Daily 10.00 to 5.00.
Logan Art Gallery
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Cnr Wembley Road and Jacaranda Avenue, Logan Central 4114.
(07) 3412-5519.
artgallery@logan.qld.gov.au
www.logan.qld.gov.au/artgallery
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00. Closed Sun–Mon.
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
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531 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba 4350.
(07) 4688-6652.
art@tr.qld.gov.au
tr.qld.gov.au/trag
Instagram: @trartgalleries
Free entry.
Wed–Sun 10.30 to 3.30. Closed Mon–Tues and public holidays.
To Feb 23 John Elliott: Almost A True Story.
Known for his social documentary photography, John Elliott’s portraits of Australian icons and country music legends celebrate the lives and passions of people across this country. A consummate storyteller, John has been photographing the people and places of regional Australia for 50 years. This exhibition is supported by Haymans Electrical and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.

John Elliott, Slim Dusty and Dame Edna Everage, Carlton Hill Station, WA, 10 July 1993, gelatin silver photograph on paper, 76 × 61.5cm. © John Elliott. Courtesy the artist and Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
Feb 22 to May 18 Alchemy: Works by Sir Lionel Lindsay.
The studio of Sir Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961), according to his brother Daryl, “was like a 16th century Alchemist’s den.” This exhibition distils Lindsay’s life, work and legacy through the lens of what Sir Lionel called “the strange alchemy of Fate.”

Lionel Lindsay, Lionel Lindsay ex libris, 1933, wood engraving, 9 × 8cm. Toowoomba City Collection – Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery 1297. © National Library of Australia
North
Artspace Mackay
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Civic Precinct, Gordon Street, Mackay 4740.
(07) 4961-9722.
artspace@mackay.qld.gov.au
www.artspacemackay.com.au
Admission free.
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 10.00 to 3.00.
To March 30 I, Object – QAGOMA touring exhibition.
Also, Danish Quapoor: The Wall (departed), and Focus on the Collection – Anneke Silver: Iconic Moments.
To April 6 Thea Anamara Perkins: Dualities.
Cairns Art Gallery
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Cnr Abbott and Shields streets, Cairns 4870.
(07) 4046-4800.
info@cairnsartgallery.com.au
www.cairnsartgallery.com.au
Free entry.
Mon–Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00, Sun 10.00 to 2.00.
Visit website for full exhibition program.
To March 9 William Yang: Collection in Focus.
Gab Titui Cultural Centre
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Cnr Blackall Street and Victoria Parade, Thursday Island 4875.
(07) 4069-0888.
info@gabtitui.gov.au
www.gabtitui.gov.au
Admission fees.
Mon–Fri 9.00 to 4.30, Sat 9.30 to 1.00 (April to Oct), Mon–Fri 10.00 to 3.00, Sat 9.30 to 1.00 (Nov to March).
Gallery 48
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48 The Strand, Townsville 4810.
(07) 4724-4898 (during business hours), 0408-287-203 for appointment.
gallery48thestrand@gmail.com
gallery48thestrandtownsville.com
Wed and Sat 12.00 to 5.00 or by appointment.
NorthSite Contemporary Arts
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Bulmba-ja Arts Centre, 96 Abbott Street, Cairns 4870.
(07) 4050-9494.
hello@northsite.org.au
northsite.org.au
Galleries: Mon–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Sun and public holidays.
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
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Cnr Flinders and Denham streets, Townsville 4810.
(07) 4727-9011.
galleries@townsville.qld.gov.au
www.townsville.qld.gov.au/ptrg
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 10.00 to 1.00.
To March 9 Yucky Yum Yum.
Do you find joy eating food in fake rainbow colours, even though it might be bad for you? Do you like watching videos of objects being squished, or even people popping pimples? Even if you answered “no” to all the above, you would know that some things can be both delicious and disgusting at the same time. Or they can be funny and sad. Sometimes we actually desire things because they are scary or dangerous. The artists in this exhibition have made works that you might find both yucky and yum. Hopefully, the art sparks your senses. It may ignite your emotions and memories too. Many of the works in this exhibition are connected by themes around food, nature and the “unnatural,” disgust and taboo. These themes have complex and challenging histories, presents and futures. The artists don’t shy away from tough subjects, but their works are also filled with fun and irreverence. Yucky Yum Yum will be packed with new, artist-designed activities to keep you entertained and engaged over the long summer months. Just don’t eat ice-cream off the pavement.
Featuring Ebony Russell, Elizabeth Willing, Hotham Street Ladies, Jan Hynes, Kenny Pittock, Lisa Ashcroft, Smac McCreanor, and more. A Townsville City Galleries exhibition.

Kenny Pittock, Bubble O’Bill from ‘100 Ice-creams’, 2023 Painted ceramic. Collection Bendigo Art Gallery, purchased with support from the Heather Williams Trust, 2023. Courtesy the artist, MARS Gallery, Melbourne, OLSEN Gallery, Sydney and Townsville City Galleries
Pinnacles Gallery
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Riverway Arts Centre, 20 Village Boulevard, Thuringowa 4817.
(07) 4727-9011.
galleries@townsville.qld.gov.au
www.townsville.qld.gov.au
Free entry. Pinnacles Gallery is a dynamic art space committed to community engagement, artistic development, and contemporary practice. To Feb 23 Between [the] Details. Showcasing six moving image artworks by Australian artists, this exhibition celebrates ACMI’s vibrant collecting and commissioning program. Working in video offers artists the opportunity to use editing as their primary technique; mixing and matching elements from other films or their own work to tell new stories. By remixing or rearranging footage they build different rhythms and moods, create hilarious juxtapositions or shed new light on cultural cliches and presumed histories. The works in this exhibition all demonstrate an irrepressible desire to bring deep themes to the surface with humour and an incredible attention to detail. An ACMI touring exhibition.

Kaylene Whiskey, Ngura Pukulpa – Happy Place, 2021. Photograph: Max Mackinnon. Courtesy the artist, Iwantja Arts, South Australia and Pinnacles Gallery
Rockhampton Museum of Art
220 Quay Street, Rockhampton 4700.
Daily 9.00 to 4.00.
Tableland Regional Gallery
16 Robert Street, Atherton 4883.
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat 9.00 to 12.00. Closed Sun–Mon.
Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts
408 Flinders Street, Townsville 4810.
Tues–Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 9.00 to 1.00. Closed Mon, public holidays and during exhibition install weeks.
UMI Arts Gallery & Gift Shop
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4/1 Jensen Street, Manoora 4870.
(07) 4041-6152.
exhibitions@umiarts.com.au
umiarts.com.au
www.facebook.com/umi.arts
Instagram: @umiarts
Mon–Fri 10.00 to 4.00. UMI Arts is the incubator Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural organisation for Far North Queensland, an area that extends north of Cairns to include the Torres Strait Islands, south to Cardwell, west to Camooweal and includes the Gulf and Mt Isa regions. UMI Arts is a not-for-profit company governed and managed by an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Board and has been operating since 2005. Our mission is to operate a cultural organisation that assists Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to participate in the maintenance, preservation, and protection of culture.

UMI Arts Gallery & Gift Shop, Manoora, Cairns. Courtesy Lovegreen Photography
The UMI Arts Gallery and Gift Shop in Cairns showcases the fine art and crafts created by our member artists, assisting them to continue preserving and protecting the culture and stories of the region. UMI is a Creole word that means “You and Me” – for UMI Arts, this is significant as we believe that we need to work together to keep our culture strong.

UMI Arts Gift Shop, Manoora, Cairns; open Mon–Fri, 10am–4pm. Photograph: Lovegreen Photography. Courtesy UMI Arts Gallery & Gift Shop
Western District
Dogwood Crossing, Miles
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81 Murilla Street, Miles 4415.
(07) 4628-5330.
dogwood.crossing@wdrc.qld.gov.au
www.dogwoodcrossing.com
Free entry.
Mon–Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat 9.00 to 12.00. Closed Sun.
Feb 8 to March 29 John Mullins Memorial Art Gallery: skeletons by Judy Watson. Open the closet doors to Australia’s skeletons and an alternative national narrative in this exhibition by Waanyi artist Judy Watson. Curated by Amanda Hayman of Blaklash, supported by Milani Gallery, and commissioned by Queensland State Archives.
Feb 8 to March 29 Curved Wall: Mother and daughter: A Cadilla connection by Cindy and Bailey Grimes. This exhibition explores the themes of living and working in the Western Downs, through the shared narrative of the mother-daughter bond.

Judy Watson, bones (detail), 2021. Courtesy the artist, Milani Gallery, Brisbane and Dogwood Crossing, Miles
Grassland Art Gallery
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30 Arthur Street, Tambo 4478.
(07) 4621-6600.
admin@grasslandgallery.com.au
www.grasslandgallery.com.au
Free admission.
Mon–Fri 8.30 to 4.45.
Outback Regional Gallery, Winton
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Waltzing Matilda Centre, 50 Elderslie Street, Winton 4735.
(07) 4657-2625.
karens@matildacentre.com.au
www.matildacentre.com.au
Mon–Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 9.00 to 3.00.
To March 6 Transformations: Art of the Scott Sisters.
Featuring reproductions of 35 delicate watercolours of butterflies and moths based on the original illustrations (1850–1870) of Harriett and Helena Scott, two of Australia’s most prominent 19th century natural history artists. On loan from the Australian Museum, Sydney.
Bundaberg, Hervey Bay
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
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1 Barolin Street (cnr Quay Street), Bundaberg 4670.
(07) 4130-4750.
bragadmin@bundaberg.qld.gov.au
artsbundaberg.com.au/galleries
Mon–Fri 9.30 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 10.00 to 2.00. Closed public holidays.
Visit website for exhibition program.
Hervey Bay Regional Gallery
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166 Old Maryborough Road, Hervey Bay 4655.
(07) 4197-4206.
regionalgallery@frasercoast.qld.gov.au
hbrg.ourfrasercoast.com.au
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat–Sun and public holidays 10.00 to 2.00. Closed Mon.
To Feb 16 Mia Boe: Guwinganj.
Mia Boe is a Melbourne-based painter from Brisbane with Butchulla and Burmese ancestry. Her work is influenced by the inheritance and “disinheritance” of these two cultures, often responding to the British Empire’s deliberate and violent interferences with the cultural heritages of Burma/Myanmar and K’gari. Through her unique depiction of elongated figures and stylised landscapes, Boe records and recovers Indigenous histories in a contemporary context, fusing the personal and historical. Boe’s solo exhibition has been developed on Butchulla Country as the recipient of the 2024 Fiona Foley residency.

Mia Boe, The Design, 2024, oil and acrylic on linen. Courtesy the artist and Hervey Bay Regional Gallery
To Feb 16 Picturing the End.
Depictions and predictions of civilisational collapse, looming planetary limits and existential threats reverberate through contemporary culture. While the cause and appropriate response to these apocalyptic visions may be a point of debate across the political spectrum, the assurance of mass human suffering just around the corner has popular appeal. As ìthe Endî of humanity flashes across our screens, what can we learn about ourselves and our public cultures by examining these narratives? Bringing together works from significant Australian artists Tiyan Baker, Joseph Breikers, Michael Cook, Kinly Grey, Guy Louden, Dana Lawrie, Tracey Moffatt, Grant Stevens, and more, Picturing the End reflects on how our relationship with our own mortality intersects with narratives of humanity’s downfall.

Tiyan Baker, Bamboo Paradise, 2019, installation view. Photograph: Dan McCabe. Courtesy the artist and Hervey Bay Regional Gallery
To Sept 20, 2026 National Interests: Australian Art in the 20th Century.
This exhibition explores the cultural legacy of Australian Modernism in the 20th century, pairing artworks from the Hervey Bay Regional Gallery Art Collection with significant works from Australia’s national collection. Featuring works made from 1936 to 1997, each grouping of works of art acts as an entry point into a thread of Australian art history. Considered together, the works in National Interests paint a picture of Australia’s search for a national identity in a rapidly changing cultural landscape. National Interests includes works on long-term loan from the National Gallery of Australia with support from the Australian Government as part of Sharing the National Collection.