Publication Launch: Town Hall No. 3

There’s more going on in Queensland than you might think, but it can be hard to find without a map.

Join us at the Institute of Modern Art for the launch of Town Hall No.3 and a panel discussion asking: Is Art a Job? Art historians Tara Heffernan, Courtney Pedersen, and Christian Rizzali will debate the facets and follies of this timely question.

Town Hall is a new free newspaper, published biannually by the Institute of Modern Art. It’s a unique project, gathering and profiling the brightest and best of Queensland art — art produced here, art coming here, art leaving here; established and emerging. 

Town Hall No.3 features Queensland’s international stars, Michaela Stark and Craig & Karl, a roundtable on Australia’s Venice Biennale backflip, Tara Heffernan’s take-down of brain-rot art history, an interview with the 2025 Sydney Biennale curator Hoor Al-Qasimi, and much more.

Town Hall is free — available only in print. It’s distributed through galleries and museums, bookshops and cinemas, restaurants and cafes, libraries and art schools, hotels and fashion outlets across Queensland. Want to be a stockist? Let us know here.