Beauty of ocean captured by three masters of surf photography
As the start of the new Australian pro-surfing season begins, works spanning 50 years from three of the country's most prolific surf photographers have been brought together for an exhibition that...
View ArticleSand sculptors pit their skills
Australia's best sand sculptors are vying to claim top honours on the Gold Coast.
View ArticleMargaret Olley legacy lives on at Tweed Regional Gallery
A rare opportunity opens to step inside the home studio of one of Australia's most loved artists. At the heart of the new Margaret Olley Art Centre, opening at Tweed Regional Gallery, is an exact...
View ArticleHigh profile friends say Margaret Olley centre a fitting tribute to an...
Personal acquaintances of Margaret Olley have been moved to tears, as they walked through the late artist's beautifully recreated home studio for the first time. Ben Quilty, Philip Bacon and the...
View ArticleA year of sunrises
One woman is on a quest to experience every single sunrise for an entire year.
View ArticleGLOW brings Gold Coast night alive
The night is set to come alive with colourful animations, short films, interactive gaming and a laser and water spectacular.
View ArticleFleeting sand art on a Gold Coast beach
A scenic beach on the southern Gold Coast is transformed into a canvas for a giant work of art.
View ArticleGold Coast artist brings horror to the bush
Catherine Booth has a more interesting job description than most people. The self-employed artist from the Gold Coast specialises in horror and theatre makeup, mural painting and balloon sculptures....
View ArticleBoonah in south-east Queensland unveils 'crazy-fun' Blumbergville town clock
Queensland's Scenic Rim Regional Council has installed a new town clock in Boonah named after the original township Blumbergville.
View ArticleThe last of the neon benders?
As the popularity of neon signs fades, one man still carries a torch for the art of neon bending.
View ArticleSculptor's imagination brings fantasy to life
Inspired by mythology, a Gold Coast artist has drawn on his imagination and sculpting skills to turn his fascination with fantasy into a fulltime profession.
View ArticleCitizens fluke whale photos for scientific research
A national whale research program is using citizen science to find out more about the migration of whales along Australia's east coast.
View ArticleConfronting paintings compare meat and dairy industries with the Holocaust
In a body of work titled 'Animal Holocaust', a northern New South Wales artist uses Nazi Germany symbolism to depict modern day animal farming.
View ArticleGiant green octopus takes centre stage at Gold Coast's Swell Sculpture Festival
Giant green tentacles, virtual reality and yarn bombing: it's the Gold Coast's annual Swell Sculpture Festival.
View ArticleShow us your best #swellfie at Swell
The Swell Sculpture Festival is on again and we want you to be part of the action by taking a #swellfie!
View ArticleOld surfing spirit caught in a moment in time
Striking, intimate portraits of lifelong surfers fresh from the sea capture the passion and experience of years riding the waves.
View ArticleArtist In A Glass Box raising disaster relief funds
An enthusiastic artist is putting his skills on show in a unique mobile workspace to raise money for disaster relief.
View ArticleAre tattoos becoming too mainstream?
Tattoos: once a fairly rare sight, they now seem to be everywhere and becoming more and more common.
View ArticleBrisbane sand sculptor to bring monsters to life at Sand Safari Championships
A city-dwelling sand sculptor takes on Australia's best despite practising his craft in the suburbs of Brisbane.
View ArticleSand sculptures return to Surfers Paradise
Artists from across the globe have come to Surfers Paradise to vie for top honours in the fourth annual Sand Sculpting Championships.
View ArticleArt prodigy Akiane Kramarik calls Gold Coast home
She's the art wunderkind who has rubbed shoulders with Oprah and now Akiane Kramarik is calling the Gold Coast home.
View ArticleGiant mullet set to stun Bleach Festival crowds
Acrobatics, dancing, businessmen on sandbars, human-sized ants and a giant mullet puppet will feature at this year's Bleach Festival on the Gold Coast.
View ArticleBleach* Festival kicks off on the Gold Coast
The 2015 Bleach* Festival brings performance, art, street parties and theatre to public spaces across the Gold Coast.
View ArticleShow us your best Gold Coast water photos
Help us show the rest of the country just how beautiful the water on the Gold Coast is.
View ArticleTurkish and Australian art exhibit reveals shared war and peace
Artists from once warring nations have come together on the Gold Coast to share their interpretations of war.
View ArticleGold Coast snappers make a splash with water photos
Gold Coast photographers have captured water in all its glory as part of ABC Open's Snapped: Water project.
View ArticleGlowing lanterns a watershed for Gold Coast arts
A collection of lovingly hand-crafted lanterns is set to bring the waterways of the Gold Coast alive this weekend.
View ArticleGallipoli 2015: Kids make recycled poppies to cover Currumbin's Elephant Rock
Thousands of poppies made from recycled materials by local school children will cover Elephant Rock at Currumbin this Anzac Day.
View ArticleABC Open: Snapped - Show us your lines and curves Gold Coast
ABC Gold Coast Breakfast and ABC Open have teamed up to see what photos featuring elements of lines and curves people from the Gold Coast can capture.
View ArticleGold Coast snappers show off their lines and curves
The unique lines and curves of the Gold Coast have seen snap happy photographers lift their game for ABC Open's Snapped project.
View ArticleEmbroiderers celebrate 40 years on the Gold Coast
The fine skills and crafty handiwork of more than four decades of embroidery on the Gold Coast has gone on display.
View ArticleToy gun photos barred from NAIDOC art exhibit
A series of photos featuring plastic toy guns has been barred from a Gold Coast NAIDOC Week art exhibition.
View ArticleSwell Sculpture Festival brings art back to the beach
The Swell Sculpture Festival is on again and Currumbin Beach is coming alive with colour, movement and thought-provoking works of art.
View ArticleNude underwater sculpture garden floated for Gold Coast
Nude sculptures in an underwater garden could be the latest diving attraction in waters off the Gold Coast.
View ArticleScarecrows take over Mount Tamborine in annual family-friendly festival
Dozens of scarecrows take over the Gold Coast hinterland, attracting large crowds of curious visitors.
View ArticleLuminaries: Gold Coast heroes to light up night sky
Ten unsung Gold Coast heroes are to be projected across the night sky to honour their achievements in the community.
View ArticleYoung lawyer captures hero Justice Margaret McMurdo for Archibald Prize entry
A young lawyer has her sights set on an Archibald Prize with a portrait of Queensland's top female justice, Margaret McMurdo.
View ArticleBiography and portrait of paedophile Donald Friend removed from Tweed art...
A photographic portrait of artist Donald Friend is removed from Tweed Regional Gallery after community backlash about Friend's paedophilia.
View ArticleFederal Government urged to outlaw fake Aboriginal souvenirs ahead of...
Australia's Indigenous arts community is calling for changes to the law to make it illegal to import and sell fake Aboriginal-style souvenirs. It wants immediate action to make sure that new laws are...
View ArticleStargazing: Who are the astrophotographers capturing our night skies?
Some of ABC Open's Stargazing contributors tell us what drives their passion for the stars and how they capture those stunning images.
View ArticleUnlocking grief through art: Woman who found solace in painting to hold...
Ros Robinson turned to art to deal with her grief when her father was diagnosed with a terminal illness now she is holding the first exhibition in Brisbane of her work called Unstuck.
View ArticleBikini maker Melynda Robinson an emerging designer self-taught through...
An emerging swimwear talent set to feature in Brisbane Fashion Month events during October on the two triggers that started her making her own clothes.
View ArticleArt controversy: hate-mail after grandmother's saliva wins $20,000 portrait...
Judge accused of deliberately courting controversy in prestigious photo-art competition.
View ArticleSwell Sculpture Festival tipped to draw record crowds to Currumbin beach
More than a quarter of a million people expected at Currumbin for the annual Swell Sculpture Festival.
View ArticleStargazing: How to photograph the night sky
Photographs of the night sky can be spectacular, but capturing clear, crisp photos of the stars is challenging. Here are some tips to get you started.
View ArticleRemoving controversial Gold Coast light installation is 'crazy' and 'an...
The New York based artist who designed a controversial $2 million Gold Coast artwork that cannot be read by drivers, says the installation was never meant to be a sign and council's idea to remove it...
View ArticleRealistic nipple, areola tattoos help breast cancer survivors feel whole again
For many women, seeing the battle scars writ large across their chests as a result of cancer can be one of the hardest parts of the recovery process but now 3D tattoos are helping them to heal.
View ArticleAt Lismore Regional Art Gallery everyone can be an art critic in Auslan
Tours led in Auslan by a deaf guide at regional art galleries are making art more accessible than ever for those in regional deaf communities.
View ArticleRainbow Beach's colourful stairs fight to be settled by a public vote
A novel idea to paint stairs the colours of a rainbow at Queensland's Rainbow Beach is at the centre of a two-year dispute after four words were added to the artwork.
View ArticleChildren of the Gold Coast's M1 motorway mural where are they now?
For more than 20 years, 178 children have stared at motorists driving along the busy M1 on the Gold Coast. We dispel the urban myths of who they are and why they are there.
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