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Imagery supplied by Mitchell Fine Art Picnic 25 August - 2 October 2021 Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Fortitude Valley Mixed media artworks, sculptures, and couture form part of an inaugural exhibition for Ipswich-based artist Matthew Cheyne. Picnic will be Cheyne’s first commercial exhibition in Australia for almost ten years. A graduate of the Queensland College... Continue Reading →
Image supplied by Mitchell Fine Art Topsy Peterson Napangardi 21 July - 21 August 2021 Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Fortitude Valley Mitchell Fine Art presents a follow up exhibition of paintings portraying the Australian desert landscape, highlighting the contrast of artistic influences between family members. Topsy Peterson Napangardi was born in the remote desert of... Continue Reading →
Imagery supplied by Mitchell Fine Art Ngale Sisters - Polly, Kathleen & Angelina 7 April - 8 May 2021 Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, Fortitude Valley Soft pastel hues and multiple layers of colourings form the common thread in an Aboriginal art exhibition by the dynamic artistic sister trio Polly, Kathleen, and Angelina Ngale. Created between 2008 and... Continue Reading →
Image supplied Invisible Border 10 April - 5 June 2021 Institute of Modern Art, Fortitude Valley Free entry Hazara artist Khadim Ali explores the normalisation of war and the experience of refugees through a series of poetic installations and textile works in his largest Australian solo exhibition to date. Featuring existing work alongside new commissions... Continue Reading →
Lorelei 6 - 13 March 2021 QPAC Concert Hall This production contains coarse language and adult themes. Recommended for ages 15+. By arrangement with Victorian Opera, Opera Queensland presents the much-anticipated Queensland premier of new Australian opera cabaret Lorelei, after being postponed in 2020. The sumptuous, female-led production tells the story of the Lorelei, three sirens... Continue Reading →
Defying Convention Exhibition of work by Janelle Stockman Napaltjarri 29 April - 6 June 2020 Mitchell Fine Art Gallery, 86 Arthur Street, Fortitude Valley Blurring any preconceived notions of Aboriginal Art, Central Australian artist Janelle Stockman Napaltjarri was known for her innovative and experimental approach to painting. The works in this exhibition are from the... Continue Reading →
‘Director’s Choice’ Exhibition 28 January – 21 March Mitchell Fine Art, 86 Arthur Street, Fortitude Valley Mitchell Fine Art in Fortitude Valley begins its 2020 gallery exhibition calendar year with the personally curated exhibition ‘Director's Choice’. Gallery Director Mike Mitchell has selected artworks from the galleries collection featuring a mix of Australian contemporary and Aboriginal... Continue Reading →
We went to see Queensland Ballet’s hotly-anticipated Dangerous Liaisons – a brand-new, full-length, world premiere ballet by acclaimed choreographer and QB Artistic Associate Liam Scarlett. The season has concluded now, but I had such a jumble of feelings about the production that it has taken me this long to sort them out and write a... Continue Reading →
Crowds flocked to HOTA's new Outdoor Stage to see Tim Minchin - photographed by LEXIMAGERY Where? HOTA’s brand new outdoor stage (135 Bundall Rd, Surfers Paradise) When? March 17, 2018 In February, the Gold Coast Arts Centre unveiled their new stage and new name and became HOTA, Home of the Arts. On Saturday night,... Continue Reading →
Where? Concert Hall, QPAC When? March 8, 2018 Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s second Maestro concert for 2018, Epic Visions, featured the triumphant return of Hungarian violinist Barnábas Kelemen and the QSO-exclusive Australian debut of conductor Eduardo Strausser. QSO’s principal tuba player Thomas Allely gave the pre-concert talk – I can’t recommend this enough if you... Continue Reading →
Cast of Black is the New White, photographed by Prudence Upton Where? Playhouse Theatre, QPAC When? Feb 1 – Feb 17 As responding artist Benjamin Law writes in his programme note, “Romantic comedy is the whitest movie genre of all time…race matters, especially when yours is excluded from civic life, politics, and the arts. And... Continue Reading →
Where? Bille Brown Studio, West End When? September 16 – October 8 Nakkiah Lui recontextualises Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ play for Australian audiences and the result is a rare and knee-slappingly funny piece of theatre that explores race, culture and identity, as well as the nature of storytelling and theatre. Shari Sebbens as Zoe & Anthony Taufa... Continue Reading →
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