Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
BRISBANE'S GALLERY SCENE
The Gallery of Modern Art (aka GOMA,
Click here
)
and the Queensland Art Gallery (
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) in South Bank
steal the show, but Brisbane also has a growing array of smaller private galleries and exhibition spaces where you
can get an eyeful of both the mainstream and the cutting-edge.
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Institute of Modern Art
GOOGLE MAP
(IMA;
www.ima.org.au
; 420 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley;
MAP
11am-5pm Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, 11am-8pm Thu) in the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts in
Fortitude Valley is an excellent noncommercial gallery with an industrial vibe, and has regular showings by local
names. With risqué, emerging and experimental art for grown-ups, it's GOMA's naughty little cousin.
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Suzanne O'Connell Gallery
GOOGLE MAP
(
www.suzanneoconnell.com
;
93 James St, New Farm;
MAP
11am-4pm Wed-Sat) in New Farm specialises in Indigenous art, with brilliant works from artists all
across Australia. Check the website for regular exhibition openings.
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Milani
GOOGLE MAP
(
www.milanigallery.com.au
;
54 Logan Rd, Woolloongabba;
11am-6pm Tue-
MAP
Sat) is a superb gallery with cutting-edge Aboriginal and confronting contemporary artwork. It's in an in-
dustrial area surrounded by car yards and hairdressing equipment suppliers - if it looks closed, just turn the door
handle.
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The estimable
Philip Bacon Galleries
GOOGLE MAP
(
www.philipbacongalleries.com.au
;
2 Arthur St,
MAP
Fortitude Valley;
10am-5pm Tue-Sat)
has been around since 1974 and specialises in 19th-century
and modern Australian paintings and sculpture.
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A fabulous warehouse space,
Fireworks Gallery
MAP
Doggett St, Newstead; 10am-6pm Tue-Fri, 10am-4pm Sat) specialises in both Aboriginal art and off-
beat contemporary ceramics, sculpture, weavings and canvases. It's just a short stroll from James St in Fortitude
Valley.
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Fronted by a strip of astroturf, the charcoal-grey
Jan Murphy Gallery
MAP
GOOGLE MAP
(
www.janmurphygallery.com.au
;
486 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley;
10am-5pm Tue-Sat)
is another
leading exhibition space in the thick of Fortitude Valley's gallery district.
Drinking & Nightlife
The prime drinking destination in Brisbane is Fortitude Valley, with its lounges, live-mu-
sic bars and nightclubs (both straight and gay). Most clubs here are open Wednesday to
Sunday nights; some are free, others charge up to $20. Dress nicely and bring your ID. In
the CBD there's a bottoms-up after-work crowd, while the West End has cool bars full of
inner-city funksters. New Farm has some hip bars, attracting a mostly neighbourhood
crowd.
