18 June 2026
HOTA IDEAS: NOT A DISTANT ELSEWHERE – HOW CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART LIVES IN AUSTRALIA
What if the same exhibition could exist in two places at once, and mean something entirely different in each?
Join Dr Kim Machan for a talk coinciding with This Moment: Highlights from the White Rabbit Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art. Dr Machan will discuss a major collaborative project that was presented at the State Library of Queensland between 2010-2012, and simultaneously toured throughout China, visiting the National Library of China, and the National Art Museum of China, among others. This site-specific exhibition of five Chinese and five Australian artists unfolded in both contexts, revealing how meaning shifts as art moves between cultures. Rather than treating Chinese contemporary art as something “over there,” this project asked how we see each other, how Australian audiences read Chinese art, and how Chinese audiences interpret us in return. It emphasises thinking about art not as fixed, but as something transformed through context, dialogue, and exchange. This project included artists Zhang Peili, Wang Gongxin, and Lin Tian Miao whose works are in the White Rabbit Collection.
11am, Saturday 20 June, The Studio, HOTA Gallery
THE EXIBITIONIST BAR WELCOMES WINTER
It’s not too late to welcome winter at the Exhibitionist Bar with Midweek Treats and Sunset Sips and DJ Spins. Every Wednesday and Thursday of June, from 4pm, enjoy a Happy Fantasies Spritz or glass of wine with any pizza of your choice for only $25.
Fridays and Saturdays, embrace the magic of Golden Hour as the sun sets, accompanied by classic cocktails and the perfect soundtrack from our resident DJs.
Available only until the end of June, so book now.
DROP-IN, DO ART!!!
Join us at HOTA this school holidays for free drop-in making activities for all ages.
Each day will have a new activity to explore connected to our free exhibition program.
Daily drop-in workshops from 10am - 2pm, Mon 29 June - Fri 3 July
The Foyer, HOTA Gallery
VIEW THE 4 JUNE 2026 ARTS & CULTURE UPDATE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
Experience Gold Coast acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we are situated, the Kombumerri families of the Yugambeh Language Region.
We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging, and recognise their continuing connections to the lands, waters and their extended communities throughout Southeast Queensland.