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AGWA is thrilled to announce Re/Collections: a suite of exhibitions reimagined to celebrate works in the WA State Art Collection.

As Western Australia’s greatest visual art asset, the prized Collection aims to empower visitors to understand the world — old, new, unknown — creatively. Re/Collections is an extension of this objective. Expertly curated, the exhibitions have been woven together to create a rich tapestry of cultures, states, moments, and ideas, both here at home and farther afield. Far from the conventional chronological displays of the past, Re/Collections allows audiences to consider, reconsider and consider again.

Lie flat and take a break from relentless living

Presented by the Simon Lee Foundation Institute of Contemporary Asian Art, Özgür Kar's first show in Australia is a multi-screen audiovisual installation which contemplates the cynicism and fragility of this present moment.

Working across video, sound, performance, and installation, Özgür Kar’s practice is an exploration of contemporary existentialism. Focusing on the interconnections between digital media and the human body, Kar’s installations feature black and white, minimally animated characters trapped within television screens who languorously deliver tales of desire and despair.

Bigger, bolder and braver than ever before, The West Australian Pulse 2023 promises to deliver a youth quake.

In its 31st year, AGWA will amplify its popular Pulse program and for the first time, invites WA's talented young creatives to unleash their creativity and takeover the State Art Gallery.

The Pulse program for 2023 will be an avant-garde youth festival and provide a platform to showcase the State's young talent across all creative forms.

As well as celebrating young artists through the highly popular exhibition The West Australian Pulse, the program will extend across all forms of art and culture, including music, design, fashion, writing, and performing arts. As AGWA takes on an advocacy role to champion creative industry career pathways for young and aspiring creatives and remind us all of the urgent need to nurture arts and creativity in our society.

TAFE students' award-winning work on display at AGWA.

Burrowing insects and a passion for snowboarding were the unlikely inspirations behind two award-winning, new WA fashion collections.

The inaugural AGWA Design Store Accessory Prize has been awarded to two standout North Metropolitan TAFE students whose works go on display this week.

The exciting designs of emerging designers, Ellery Stevens and Lily De Saran, caught the eye of judges from the gallery’s design store for their storytelling and innovation.

The Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) is honoured to present celebrated Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara’s first Australian solo exhibition.

Opening on 26 February 2023, the exhibition Yoshitomo Nara: Reach Out to The Moon, Even If We Can't brings together major sculptural works alongside paintings, drawings, ceramics, and photography.