Commencing Friday 7 May - Sunday 30 May, BRISBANE ART DESIGN (BAD) 2021 is back, and ready to showcase a month-long program where art, design and the city of Brisbane collide with dynamic exhibitions, open studios, workshops, tours, plus much more!

Led by the Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane’s city, fringe areas and suburbs will be activated across four jam packed weekends featuring more than 60 venues and shining a spotlight on the best of Brisbane’s Art and Design. With a focus on four distinct parts of Brisbane (the City, the Valley, Northside, Southside), BAD 2021 unpacks what makes each BAD neighbourhood unique with tours, public art events, contemporary art exhibitions performances, projections and open-studios across the fashion, photography, local artisans, furniture, street art and commercial arts sectors.

Image by James Hornsby, the Artist at Onespace Gallery

Below are the key activities over the four weekends, spanning Brisbane City, Fortitude Valley, Northside, and Southside. Visit here for all the details.

CBD - 7-9 May (Weekend 1)
BAD launch – Friday 7 May and Guided of your local BAD: City Tour Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 May - presented by Museum of Brisbane (MOB).

Botanica - Open-air art exhibition with large scale projections, installations and interactive artworks for adults and children.

City Winery Edward St - Wine Flight hosted by artist and winemaker Kris Cush.

CONTRA - Amy Sargeant returns for a new collaboration with fashion boutique CONTRA with a large-scale art installation and an immersive live sound performance.

RMXTV - MoB's live improvisational drawing environment.

QUT Art Museum - On Earth - Up Late.

State Library of Queensland - Cut Copy exhibition with music posters from the 70s and 80s.

Brisbane Street Art Festival - ARTY PARTY x Portraits Workshop with Tori-Jay at Superordinary.

University of Queensland - 'Architechture’ & panel discussion series.

Brisbane Quarter - Three new kinetic sculptures by local artist Kiralee Robinson.

Image Supplied, Mas & Miek Ceramic House

Fortitude Valley - 14-16 May (Weekend 2)

Innerspace Contemporary Art - Up Late for Hot'n'Heinous, a multi-platform project by Visaya Hoffie.

Adderton House & heart of mercy - Pop-surrealist ceramic painting workshop.

Edwina Corlette Gallery - In Conversation with artist Bridie Gillman.

Metro Arts - Light and sensory experience.

Mitchell Fine Art - Join Bernard Ollis as he discusses the inspiration for his latest exhibition 'The Artist Gardens'.

Jan Manton Gallery - Poetry Reading by Nathan Shepherdson and exhibition works by Arryn Snowball.

Outer Space - Location, Location, Location features a selection of Qld-based artists, who will project their artwork onto the facade of the Judith Wright Contemporary Arts Centre. Also see the exhibition ‘All my friends are returning to Brisbane’ at this new gallery.

St Patrick's Church - Infinite Space installation and live performance work.

Indigenous Art Program - Brisbane Streets will be transformed into an art exhibition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander works.

Northside - 21-23 May (Weekend 3)

Colab 4010 - Supper Club with City Winery's executive chef, Travis Lane, featuring film works from artists at Kiosk Film and a photography exhibition by David Chatfield.

Mayne Line - CTRL ALT DEL exhibition showcasing works from Artists identifying as First Nations, Pasifika, culturally and linguistically diverse, with live music and live mural painting.

Pedder Street Collective - Open garden, leather workers, boutique wood carving, plants and fine art.

MoB guided tour of your BAD neighbourhood at Newstead.

Breakfast Creek Lifestyle Precinct - Interactive workshop presented by Brisbane Fashion Month.

Powerhouse - MELT Portrait Prize, celebrating heroes in the LGBTIQ+ Community.

Brisbane Institute of Art - Workshops, short courses, wheel throwing, pop art painting, charcoal drawing, acrylics, mono printing and ceramic glazes.

Grey Hand Press Pty Ltd - Create BAD Prints! composing woodcuts with unconventional tools and printing techniques.

Luxxbox - One-night-only BAD exhibition and street party.

Perides Art Foundary - Artist talks with Hiromi Tango and Kim Ah Sam.

Image Supplied: Superordinary. Dylan Evans.

Southside - 28-30 May (Weekend 4 and FINAL)

Vacant Assembly - Party + Night Art Market.

Dead Puppet Society - See the design process for an upcoming project.

Metro Arts - Open Studio, artist forum and BAD STUDIO.

UQ Art Museum - OCURRENT AFFAIR exhibition by Brisbane-based Aboriginal artist collective proppaNOW.

Woolloongabba Art Gallery - Featuring artists Stephen Nothling and Maureen Hansen.

Griffith University Art Museum - Hope Street Studio - Open Studio and In Conversation with artist in residence Mandy Quadrio.

Queensland College of Art - Workshops and exhibitions. Learn how to make jewellery, mix analogue and digital graphics and cyanotype.

QPAC - Interactive projected artwork by Inkahoots.

TAFE Qld - School of Visual Art Open Day including exhibitions from a handpicked selection of students and graduates.

Onespace Gallery - Projected artworks, installations plus light + colour.

Gladstone Road Studios - Join artists as they discuss the exchange of ideas and collaborative making.

State Library of Queensland - Exhibition of over 170 Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander designed singlets, t-shirts and jerseys.

Avid Reader Bookshop - Join Vernon Ah Kee, Fiona Stager, Carmel Haugh and Bec Mac as they discuss Making Meaningful Art in Public Spaces with Chrysalis Projects.

BAD Block Party - Town Square, Fish Lane - presented by Blaklash - afternoon of markets from First Nations makers, a behind the scenes tour of the laneway's impressive collection of public artworks, cocktails and stay after dark and watch the lane burst into a riot of circus, dance and live tunes.