Self portrait a winner for Louise Smith
Gold Coast artist Louise Smith has taken out the hotly contested Dean Cogle Portrait Prize for 2020 with her ‘Self Portrait 1’. The Dean…
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SWELL Sculpture Festival winners announced ahead of its final weekend
We celebrate the winners of this year’s SWELL Sculpture Festival as the beloved event draws to a close for another year. The Gold Coast…
The Top 7 must-see sculptures of SWELL 2020
Can you believe SWELL Sculpture Festival 2020 is halfway through already? This year’s offering, as always, is a quirky, fun, diverse, meaningful and downright…
The Hive art gallery buzzes into Burleigh
Despite the COVID-19 challenges faced by the arts and culture community of the Gold Coast, brand new The HIVE Art Gallery has given local…
Gold Coast artist Courtenay Kay McCue appears on The Block 2020
Tonight’s episode of Australia’s most popular house renovation TV show, The Block, featured the work of Gold Coast’s own Courtenay Kay McCue. Courtenay’s artwork…
SWELL points in new directions for 2020
This year’s SWELL Sculpture Festival will be taking place, as always, on the pristine sands of Currumbin Beach on the southern Gold Coast, but…
Suzi Lucas takes flight at westerlySWELL
Gold Coast artist Suzi Lucas will migrate her Moonbird west to Mudgeeraba for the inaugural manifestation of westerlySWELL. westerlySWELL is the brand new satellite…
Jane Hoggard’s works gets a star turn on Australian TV
Jane Hoggard is a local visual artist based in Northern New South Wales. She works with various techniques on canvas and the end result…
Surf film legend’s unseen film fragments
Unseen Film Fragments is nostalgic video project by Josh Bystrom, a Gold Coast based photographer and son of renowned surf filmmaker Chris Bystrom. Josh…
Libby Harward’s deadstream to livestream this weekend
Gold Coast artist Libby Harward will present her years-long project on water sovereignty at national virtual arts event Next Wave ASSEMBLE! this weekend. The…