NEWS

Home to one of Brisbane’s best escape rooms

November 24, 2023
The Paint Factory is home to one of Brisbane’s best escape rooms, Project Immersive. This fully immersive, thrilling experience has taken advantage of the factory’s unique industrial character, space and history to create a compelling, videogame-like storyline. Their two exciting escape rooms, Nuclear Enrichment and The Portal, are riddled with fun, but challenging puzzles which […] Read more...

Media release: New plans for Australia’s first fully integrated arts village in Brisbane revealed

August 9, 2023
New plans for Australia’s first fully integrated arts village in Brisbane revealed Plans for Australia’s first fully integrated arts village at Yeronga are taking a crucial step forward, with a Change of Use application lodged with Brisbane City Council. The project will transform the old Taubmans paint factory at 115 Hyde Road into an integrated, […] Read more...

A place for storytelling

May 31, 2023
Over the past few years, The Paint Factory has been selected as a desirable location for local and international creatives to curate their stories. Stories that are to be viewed, read, listened to and observed through various forms of art. Artists select this site because its industrial setting and distinct ambiance complement elements of their […] Read more...

Anywhere Festival to take the stage at The Paint Factory

April 20, 2023
Anywhere Festival to take the stage at the Paint Factory Dance, visual arts, folk music, fairy-filled worlds, and an evil surgeon turning his victims into a human centipede – The Paint Factory will show it all for the closing weekend of the Anywhere Festival from May 19-21. The annual artistic celebration, which turns Brisbane’s nooks […] Read more...

Stronger together – The Paint Factory joins forces with Creative Brisbane Collab.

March 20, 2023
Two of Brisbane’s premier arts communities have joined forces, strengthening the prominence of the arts within the River City.   The Paint Factory has joined forces with Creative Brisbane Collab.(CBC), a new initiative to bring the corporate and creative sectors together.  CBC’s vision is bold — Brisbane: the place to be. They aim to create a […] Read more...

The Paint Factory celebrates 2 million hits

January 6, 2023
The Paint Factory has ticked off a major milestone, celebrating two million YouTube views for an array of music videos filmed at our iconic site. During the past few years, The Paint Factory has become one of Brisbane’s most sought-after filming locations for local and international artists, musicians and producers. And we’re delighted to have […] Read more...

Creating culture within the walls of The Paint Factory

February 16, 2022
The Paint Factory has organically become one of Brisbane’s most sought-after filming locations and settings for artists, musicians and producers to tell stories and bring their incredible and vibrant artistic visions to life. More than a dozen musical artists have already chosen to film their music videos in the surrounds of The Paint Factory. They […] Read more...

Music videos filmed at The Paint Factory

June 15, 2021
The Paint Factory continues to provide an integrated arts space for local talent to create and innovate. Extremely talented artists clovo, Jesswar, Hope D and Nerve Mp3 recently visited our Yeronga location to film music videos for their latest songs. Local Gold Coast artist clovo chose to stage the music video for her debut single, ‘Girls’, […] Read more...

A community update from The Paint Factory

May 28, 2021
During the past year, The Paint Factory has fostered a community of artists, local businesses, enterprises and not-for-profits, offering our facilities and resources to support creative projects. This aligns with our broader commitment to supporting the local arts community, allowing creatives to thrive within our precinct as a hub for community-based activity. We are so […] Read more...

Plans Redrawn for Paint Factory Arts Village

September 3, 2020
Plans are afoot to transform a former Brisbane paint factory — once the largest in the southern hemisphere — into Australia’s first fully-integrated arts village. Read more...

Richard Bell – ‘I make art for other Aboriginal people’

August 17, 2020
Our resident artist Richard Bell discusses how his art is an act of protest for the Aboriginal people in the Tate artist feature series. Read more...

Paint Factory Arts Village

August 12, 2020
Concepts for Australia’s first fully integrated Arts Village have been launched by the Brisbane team behind The Paint Factory at Yeronga. Read more...

Artist Dale Harding – ‘Environment is Part of Who You Are’

August 12, 2020
Filmed in The Paint Factory studios, our resident artist Dale Harding discusses his environmental artistic inspirations in the TateShots series. Read more...

Judy Watson – ‘Artists are Strange Creatures’

August 12, 2020
Filmed in The Paint Factory studios, our resident artist Judy Watson details her interest in cultural memory tied to place in the TateShots series. Read more...