Speaking on the occasion of International Museum Day (Sunday 18 May) Dr Galloway said this year’s theme – museums as agents of social change and development - highlighted the valuable role museums play in our society.

The art market was bound to be affected by the turbulence seen in international stock markets this first quarter. As the impact of the subprime crisis rippled out through financial systems and the international economy, seven years of soaring gains in the price of artworks were brought to an abrupt halt.

Arts Minister Rod Welford has announced a new era for Aboriginal and Torres Strait artists in Far North Queensland, setting out details of the four-year Backing Indigenous Arts initiative.

For the first time in the company’s history, Dancenorth has been shortlisted for a highly-prestigious Australian Dance Award associated with the acclaimed work roadkill, which was co-produced with Brisbane Powerhouse and choreographed by Splintergroup.

A major retrospective exhibition of one of Queensland's most successful artists, Gordon Bennett, is now showing at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA).

New Brisbane theatre and arts collective, Black Light, presents British playwright Sarah Kane's haunting dramatic masterpiece Crave.

Brisbane Powerhouse and Brisbane City Council celebrated their partnership with the launch of the Artists in Residence Program.