Culture of Brisbane

The Queensland College of Art (a part of Griffith University), is based on the former World Expo 88 site at South Bank, and the QUT Art Museum (a part of the Queensland University of Technology) is based at the QUT Gardens Point campus.

City Roos sculptures made by sculptor Christopher Trotter during 1999 from scrapmetal from a broad cross-section of industries are not far from the former Law Courts Complex in George Street.

Some notable professionals who have taught performing arts in Brisbane include Rhoda Felgate,[2] Babette Stephens, Jean Trundell, Joan Whalley,[2] Alan Edwards, Ian Thomson and Harold Collins.

Outdoor venues include the Roma Street Parkland Amphitheatre and Riverstage in the City Botanic Gardens.

Artists such as Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Robert Helpmann and Dame Nellie Melba performed there.

The interior of the 2,000 seat Regent Theatre in Queen Street was demolished and replaced by four multiplex cinemas.

After campaigning, led by Veronica Kelly from the University of Queensland English Department (UQ was a major stakeholder as the medical school inherited shares in the building as part of the Mayne estate), the original foyer was retained and remnants from the original 1929 auditorium were used in one of the downstairs multiplex cinemas renamed the "Regent Showcase" cinema.

Small, multi purpose conference spaces were proposed for weekend only use as cinemas, however the office tower development has failed and as of 2014, the land still remains vacant.

Brisbane also held World Expo 88 at South Bank, from April to October 1988, on land adjacent to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre.

The Buddha Birth Day festival at South Bank parklands attracts over 200,000 visitors each year,[4][5] and is the largest event of its type in Australia.

The most popular cuisines by number of dining establishments are Japanese,[7] Chinese,[8] Modern Australian,[9] Italian,[10] American,[11] Indian,[12] and Vietnamese.