AGWA signals renewal in 2017 with new initiatives and refreshment of core Gallery experience

Antony Gormley Big Pluck 2 2016 and Big Yield 2015. Purchased through the Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation: Funds donated by John Rodgers to the Art Gallery of Western Australia, for permanent display and enjoyment by the public in recognition of the contribution by his father Kurt Rodgers to the Arts and the Gallery, of which he was a Board member from 1960 to 1970, 2016. © the artist. Photograph by Stephen White, London Courtesy: Sean Kelly, New York.

AGWA signals renewal in 2017 with new initiatives and refreshment of core Gallery experience

• New Permanent Indigenous Gallery: Six Seasons signals major Indigenous commitment
• New contemporary strand Culture Juice launches with The Rise of Sneaker Culture and Heath Ledger: A Life In Pictures 
• Major new acquisitions of entrance sculptures by Sir Antony Gormley
• PIAF collaboration: Everyone has a history exhibition
• Return of the Black Swan Prize for Portraiture
• RENEW of WA State Art Collection Galleries

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On Saturday 27 August, the Gallery is open 10am-3pm only as we prepare for the AGWA Foundation Gala supporting women in the arts. Some exhibition access will be disrupted with two Tracks We Share ground floor galleries closed. AGWA Rooftop bar will be closed, reopening at 2pm Sunday. Details