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Tanya Sticca
Community Relations Co-ordinator, Media
Tel: +618 9492 6692
Email: tanya.sticca@artgallery.wa.gov.au
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2013 Media Releases: |
AGWA's latest MoMA exhibition is set to capture the imagination of WA19 June 2013 |
Opening on 22 June, Van Gogh, Dalí and Beyond: The World Reimagined brings to Perth a feast of world-class works from The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Arriving direct from New York, this exhibition presents over 130 works by more than 90 artists who together reinvented the traditional genres of landscape, still life and portraiture and reimagined how we view the world through art. |
Chet Faker will bring the fifth season of ARTBAR to a close17 June 2013 |
Performing live at the Art Gallery of WA, Chet Faker will bring the fifth season of ARTBAR to a close, with an exclusive Perth performance in the Gallery space. In 2013, your ARTBAR ticket includes entry into the current MoMA exhibition on the night, prior to the main performance, so be early and make your visit one to remember. Chet Faker Thursday 31 October |
Bringing local talent and global art together at AGWA14 June 2013 |
Continuing on from the success of the Gallery’s jazz themed nights, comedy debates, Curator tours and Game-on! Fridays, AGWA Nights returns every Friday night during Van Gogh, Dalí and Beyond with a whole new line-up of Western Australian talent. This new season of AWGA Nights is jam-packed with art and entertainment including live WA music supported by the West Australian Music Industry Association, the burlesque sketching antics of Dr Sketchy’s Anti Art School, comedy nights, Curator tours, special guests and AGWA Talks. All wrapped-up with the usual AGWA Nights extras, including the Manhattan-inspired popup bar and guided tours. |
Year 12 perspectives 2012 Santos people's choice award winner12 June 2013 |
The Year 12 Perspectives 2012 Santos People’s Choice Award was awarded to Christopher Nguyen whose work Command S was voted the most popular by Gallery audiences. Christopher attended Applecross Senior High School. As part of his prize his school will also receive 30 tickets to visit the Van Gogh, Dalí and Beyond: The World Reimagined exhibition from The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, opening at the Gallery on 22 June. One lucky voter also wins a season pass for two to this extraordinary MoMA Series exhibition. |
ARTBAR - Clairy browne & thE bangin' rAckettes8 May 2013 |
Now into its fifth season, ARTBAR brings you four nights of brilliant live music made up of international and national acts. In 2013, your ARTBAR ticket includes entry into the current MoMA exhibition on the night, prior to the main performance, so be early and make your visit one to remember. Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes Thursday 4 July Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes formed over a mutual love of nineties dance videos, early soul records and big hair. Their dynamic live show is an experience from start to finish, with the intention of taking their audience to another place with their contemporary take on the heightened hysteria of 1960s music TV. Ticket includes entry to Van Gogh, Dalí and Beyond: The World Reimagined on the night. |
AGWA Says Goodbye to New York Photography with The Last Hurrah!1 May 2013 |
With less than two weeks to go until the Picturing New York exhibition must head home to New York, the Gallery is gearing up to say goodbye with a big Last Hurrah! This closing celebration promises to be a must-attend event for those last minute exhibition viewers and nostalgic AGWA Nights regulars. Showcasing all the highlights from this season of AGWA Nights, you’ll enjoy the last AGWA Talk – Adventures and Architecture in NYC, a guided tour of the exhibition, cheer on the Game-On finalists as they vie for the Game-On championship, along with an awesome line-up of music. Jack Doepel Trio perform and RTR FM DJs Chris Wheeldon and Aarom Wilson will present a carefully curated set of highlights throughout New York’s musical history. So expect to hear anything from Benny Goodman to Animal Collective, from the Ramones to the Beastie Boys! Come down from 5-7pm and listen to RTR FM’s live broadcast outside AGWA. The Art Gallery Café will be open to purchase food and drinks whilst enjoying the live broadcast. |
From New York to a New World - AGWA prepares for Van Gogh, Dalí and Beyond: The World Reimagined29 April 2013 |
Thousands of Western Australians have enjoyed visiting New York City without leaving Perth, thanks to the current exhibition Picturing New York. And while many more are expected to visit this stunning photography display before it closes on 12 May, the Gallery team is also looking ahead to the next exhibition, Van Gogh, Dalí and Beyond: The World Reimagined. This third exhibition in the MoMA Series promises to capture the imagination of WA, and indeed Australia, with its impressive selection of works of art offering innovative interpretations of traditional genres. |
ART GALLERY OF WA AND RIO TINTO ANNOUNCE NEW INDIGENOUS ARTS PROJECT DESERT RIVER SEA: KIMBERLEY ART THEN & NOW12 April 2013 |
After two years of consultation, The Art Gallery of Western Australia with support from the Rio Tinto Community Investment Fund today announced the launch of a six-year $1.8 million Kimberley art initiative Desert River Sea: Kimberley Art Then & Now. Desert River Sea has grown from extensive community consultation and research undertaken by the Gallery with art centres, elders and community members across the region. This consultation phase was also enabled through support from Rio Tinto who, “took a leap of faith in supporting the Gallery’s vision,” according to Joanne Farrell, Board member of the Rio Tinto Community Investment Fund. |
ARTBAR – where music, food, wine and art come together! |
Now into its fifth season, ARTBAR brings you four nights of brilliant live music made up of international and national acts. In 2013, your ARTBAR ticket includes entry into the current MoMA exhibition on the night, prior to the main performance, so be early and make your visit one to remember. |
Check in Here to Check Out There |
AGWA is giving one lucky visitor to the Picturing New York exhibition the chance to WIN a trip for two to New York City! Visit the exhibition any time until Sunday 31 March 2013, share your favourite photograph from the exhibition and you could win a five night trip for two to the ‘city that never sleeps’. |
Year 12 Perspectives 2012 |
The Year 12 Perspectives exhibition is here again and celebrating its twenty-first year. Once again this popular annual event provides the platform to showcase selected works from students graduating from Year 12 Visual Arts. Year 12 Perspectives 2012 promises to deliver works of technical excellence and emotional complexity. |
Winner Tom Malone Prize 2013 |
The Art Gallery of Western Australia is delighted to announce that the winner of the 2013 Tom Malone Prize for contemporary glass artists is Tom Moore. Now in its eleventh year, the Tom Malone Prize has grown into a highly respected and eagerly anticipated event for contemporary Australian glass artists. This is reflected in the high quality of the Prize winners and the competitive shortlists. Download the Tom Malone Prize 2013 Catalogue.
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Artists Selected to Exhibit in Australia's Richest Indigenous Art Prize |
Sixteen finalists will be represented in the exhibition of the Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards 2013. The artists who have been invited to participate in the awards exhibition have the opportunity to share in $65,000 in prizes. The awards comprise a group exhibition of outstanding art and three non-acquisitive awards totalling $65,000: the Western Australian Indigenous Art Award of $50,000; the Western Australian Artist Award of $10,000; and the People’s Choice Award of $5,000. |
From the streets of New York to the walls of the Art Gallery of Western Australia23 January 2013 |
Today, the Art Gallery of Western Australia celebrated the arrival of Picturing New York: Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art, the second exhibition in the MoMA series, which is supported by the State Government through Eventscorp.
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Central Park styled celebrations at AGWA11 January 2013 |
Picturing New York kicks off on Friday 25 January, 5.30-10pm, with a Central Park-themed Opening Party! Be one of the first to see this world class exhibition from The Museum of Modern Art, New York, plus enjoy roaming performances by the Junkadelic Collective, cool projection art from VJ Zoo and DJ sets from RTRFM 92.1 DJs . Throughout the evening, Adam Trainer – Music Director, RTRFM, and Jade Nobbs from RTRFM's Soulsides and El Ritmo programs, will be playing everything New York! From Tin Pan Alley, through to downtown jazz and blues, garage and latin-influenced funk, to East Coast hip hop, CBGBs punk and no wave, as well as contemporary indie rock from the home of the hipsters: Brooklyn.
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See also:
- 2011 News
- 2010 News
- 2009 News
- 2012 Media Releases
- 2011 Media Releases
- 2010 Media Releases
- 2009 Media Releases
Last reviewed 19 June 2013
