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Man in wetsuit with surfboard on beach with sculpture. SWELL Sculpture Festival
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SWELL Sculpture Festival 2025: the Queensland favourite will shine even brighter this spring

Built on a grassroots ethos to connect through stories, SWELL Sculpture Festival will unveil over 80 artworks that tap zeitgeist…

Ken Done, an 85-year-old Caucasian man standing smiling with his arms crossed on top of his chest inside a studio with canvas, paint, and a work in progress.
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Ken Done, 85, takes on surfers’ spirit at HOTA, Gold Coast

Gold Coast’s HOTA will soon welcome the joyous paintings of Ken Done in Ken Done: No Rules.

Two photos of the Visiting Creatives artists collaged together side by side. On the left is Jeff Koons, a white middle-aged man wearing a blue long sleeve collared shirt. On the right is Jeffery Gibson, a middle-aged Native American man with a gray beard, gray hat, blue shirt, standing in front of a work with a diamond shape in psychedelic colours of blue, orange and red.
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Visiting Creatives Program brings Jeff Koons and Jeffrey Gibson to town

The US artists will be in Canberra this year to present public talks and help bring recognition to Australian art.

Theatre makers stand on stage as a close up of a mans face fills the theatre backdrop in a purple, blue hue.
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Sharing Trent Dalton's 'Love Stories' on stage: 2025 national tour

From September, the play will be travelling outside Brisbane for the very first time.

Lady stands in front of exhibition of surf images hung on wall.
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Flotsam Festival is surfing along the Gold Coast

The annual festival returns in May with a whirlpool of film, photography, and surf.

Australian actor Heather Mitchell as Ruth Bader Ginsburg in ‘RBG: Of Many, One’ at HOTA from 3-5 April 2025. A fair-skinned woman, dressed as member of the American judicary, stares somewhat aloofly at the camera. Behind her is a salmon-pink background.
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World-class theatre comes to the Gold Coast

Australian playwright Suzie Miller’s acclaimed play about the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg will soon play a short season at HOTA.

Two depictions of mountain ranges.
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Exhibition review: A Bigger View, HOTA

Referencing the work of David Hockney in its title, 'A Bigger View' broadens perspectives for visitors to HOTA.

John Taylor, 'Chandos portrait', 1610, showing as part of 'Writers Revealed' at HOTA. An oil painting rendered in dark hues of a figure looking calmly at the viewer.
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Over 100 manuscripts from the British Library and National Portrait Gallery to arrive at HOTA

HOTA's exhibition will feature rare manuscripts, first editions and portraits of literary luminaries, including William Shakespeare, Jane Austen and the…

Campbell Addy, 'The First Rainbow', 2023. Solo exhibition slated for Ballarat International Foto Biennale 2025. A cropped photo depicting five black female-presenting figures from the collarbone upwards painting in five different colours.
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The latest photography news at a glance

Photo wins and headline announcements – the latest news in photography.

Gold Coast introduces new arts grants. People at a music festival pumping their fits. The air is filled with confetti raining down on them.
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$200,000 grants to be distributed to creatives in Gold Coast

Grants worth a total of $1.5 million will be offered through Experience Gold Coast Arts Fund to support local artists.

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