Having a 20 month old toddler, I know how challenging it can be coming up with new and exciting activities for kids… especially when it's raining! This said, I have to share with you my weekend visit to the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA). They have a...
Continue Reading'Up late' is back at GOMA with the current Matisse: Drawing Life exhibit, running from 20 January-2 March 2012 on Fridays 5.30-10pm. With an exciting line-up planned...
Continue ReadingArt lovers will agree that Henri Matisse was an artist of classical greatness. His career was long and varied, covering many different styles of painting from Impressionism to near Abstraction. Early on in his career, he was viewed as a Fauvist, and his celebration of...
Continue ReadingThe flavours, fashion and flair of Italy will be celebrated during Italian Week in Brisbane from 26 May - 2 June. To coincide with the week, at Brio Group we're excited to launch Optical FX's new website, which gives a nod to the much-loved European country....
Continue ReadingLovers of rock can swap stage for cinema during the upcoming Let There Be Rock program at the Gallery of Modern Art’s Cinémathèque. Featuring more than 45 documentaries, concert movies and feature films capturing the rebellious spirit of rock music, Let There Be Rock surveys more than 50 years...
Continue Reading[caption id="attachment_5870" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Salvador Dalí 'Hallucination partielle' 1931"][/caption] One of the world’s important collections of surrealist art will be shown at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art this winter. Paris’s renowned Centre Pompidou will loan the core of its surrealist collection for Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams, a major...
Continue ReadingThe Queensland floods have put life on temporary hold for many people and businesses whilst the rebuild continues. Thankfully, life in Brisbane's art world has now stirred with the re-opening of Brisbane's premier art venues, The Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) and Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA),...
Continue Reading[caption id="attachment_5035" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Bharti Kher 'The skin speaks a language not his own' 2006"][/caption] Two spiralling steel slides, a sound installation created by live finches, a swimming pool, a room filled with balloons, and a giant installation of coloured plastic bags are centrepieces of a...
Continue ReadingWhen 5pm rolls around each Friday, what do you do? a) Head to a city bar and muse over the working week with colleagues and a bottle or two of vino? b) Drive straight home and settle in for an evening of TV and takeaway? c) Or...
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