The pandemic accelerated an existing trend, one which saw people, businesses and infrastructure focusing more attention outside the major capital cities.
In Queensland, new cultural institutions outside Brisbane have benefited from increasing populations, and growing interest from tourists and they offer new energy to the sector. Among them are Rockhampton’s Museum of Art (opened February 2022), the Gold Coast’s HOTA (May 2021), the University of the Sunshine Coast Gallery (USC, 2020), Toogoolawah’s The Condensery (opened 2015, rebranded 2021), and the new Redcliffe Art Gallery (July 2020).
