Cairns Art Gallery

Reimagining: Between Tradition and Innovation highlights the work of Indigenous artists from the Cairns Art Gallery’s Collection.   The exhibition highlights the significance of legacy in contemporary Indigenous art, where the generational transmission of cultural knowledge across time and place informs innovation and is intrinsic to artistic practice.    The artists in this exhibition are Grace Lillian Lee, Brian Robinson and Ken Thaiday Snr.   Gallery Open Hours: Monday to Friday – 9am to 5pm Saturday – 10am to 5pm…

Xapiri: Motta and Lima is an International Screen Series presented by the Cairns Art Gallery.   Xapiri is an experimental film by two artists, Gisela Motta and Leandro Lima, who live and work in São Paulo, Brazil. The film is inspired by Yanomami shamanism.    The Yanomami are one of the indigenous forest-dwelling peoples deep in the Amazon River basin in South America. They did not have sustained contact with the outside world until the 1950s and were characterised as the “fierce people”. …

Made / Worn: Australian Contemporary Jewellery explores the act of making jewellery, from intimate pieces to large-scale objects presented by the Cairns Art Gallery.   All works in the exhibition are designed to be worn – to adorn and embellish the body and to be a vehicle for personal expression.    Twenty-two jewellers are represented in this exhibition, with works spanning a wide range of materials, techniques and meanings, and designs that are playful, intricate, conceptual, personal and political.   …

Northern Landscapes: Six Viewpoints presented by the Cairns Art Gallery.   An important focus of the Gallery’s Permanent Collection is the representation of landscape by artists from the region or those visiting the region of far north Queensland.   Through these artists’ eyes we can develop new connections with and interpretations of the landscape that surrounds us and explore issues of place, identity and belonging.    The artists in this exhibition are Danie Mellor, Rosella Namok, Anneke Silver, Ray Crooke,…

Reimagining: Between Tradition and Innovation highlights the work of Indigenous artists from the Cairns Art Gallery’s Collection.   The exhibition highlights the significance of legacy in contemporary Indigenous art, where the generational transmission of cultural knowledge across time and place informs innovation and is intrinsic to artistic practice.    The artists in this exhibition are Grace Lillian Lee, Brian Robinson and Ken Thaiday Snr.   Gallery Open Hours: Monday to Friday – 9am to 5pm Saturday – 10am to 5pm…

Xapiri: Motta and Lima is an International Screen Series presented by the Cairns Art Gallery.   Xapiri is an experimental film by two artists, Gisela Motta and Leandro Lima, who live and work in São Paulo, Brazil. The film is inspired by Yanomami shamanism.    The Yanomami are one of the indigenous forest-dwelling peoples deep in the Amazon River basin in South America. They did not have sustained contact with the outside world until the 1950s and were characterised as the “fierce people”. …

Made / Worn: Australian Contemporary Jewellery explores the act of making jewellery, from intimate pieces to large-scale objects presented by the Cairns Art Gallery.   All works in the exhibition are designed to be worn – to adorn and embellish the body and to be a vehicle for personal expression.    Twenty-two jewellers are represented in this exhibition, with works spanning a wide range of materials, techniques and meanings, and designs that are playful, intricate, conceptual, personal and political.   …

Northern Landscapes: Six Viewpoints presented by the Cairns Art Gallery.   An important focus of the Gallery’s Permanent Collection is the representation of landscape by artists from the region or those visiting the region of far north Queensland.   Through these artists’ eyes we can develop new connections with and interpretations of the landscape that surrounds us and explore issues of place, identity and belonging.    The artists in this exhibition are Danie Mellor, Rosella Namok, Anneke Silver, Ray Crooke,…