New galleries for Bruny Island and Caboolture

Bruny Island in Tasmania and Bribie Island in Southeast Queensland, add to the tourism offering with new galleries.
woman in red dress looking at medieval portrait in gallery with green walls. Abbey Museum

Very different in character, but both boosting the cultural offering to the tourism market, two new galleries have opened in regional towns.

In the Moreton Bay region of Southeast Queensland, the Abbey Museum Art Gallery and Café was recently launched by Minister for the Environment and Tourism and Minister for Science and Innovation, Andrew Powell, with art dealer and philanthropist, Philip Bacon AO lending his support.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina