Coming from a U.S. state whose governor is working tirelessly to defund the arts, I’ve been delighted to see so much art in Brisbane, Australia – most of it at no cost to the visitor. Â GoMA’s Surrealism exhibit requires a ticket, but the rest of the museum has no admission fee. Â Back in the States, MoMA has a $20.00 admission fee.
But, in Brisbane, you can…
… carry a giant guitar pick on your back
… kick a giant silver ball
… play peek-a-boo with a spaceship from the future
… or dance with giant angular metal.
All at no cost to you!
And I failed to get a picture of the disemboweled mechanical kangaroos, but those are nifty, too.
Above photo by David Jackmason, webmaster of BrisbaneIsHome.com.
Philip Nel
Philip Nel is Professor of English and Director of Kansas State University’s Program in Children’s Literature. His most recent books are Keywords for Children’s Literature 2nd edition (2021, co-edited with Lissa Paul and Nina Christensen), Was the Cat in the Hat Black?: The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature and the Need for Diverse Books (2017), Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss: How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children's Literature (2012), Tales for Little Rebels (2008, co-edited with Julia Mickenberg), The Annotated Cat (2007), and four volumes of Crockett Johnson's comic strip Barnaby (2013, 2014, 2016, 2020, all co-edited with Eric Reynolds).
