Bequests

A bequest is a special way for you to make a significant and lasting contribution to your State Art Gallery.

Make a lasting contribution and safeguard AGWA for future generations. With a gift to AGWA in your will, your story becomes part of our story, playing an important role in the lasting legacy of AGWA.

If your life has been enriched by your experiences at AGWA, leaving the Gallery a planned gift in your will ensures future generations can also experience the positive impacts of art and culture.

Tailored for you

Bequests can take the form of:

• The residue of your estate (after taking care of your family and other gifts and costs)
• A percentage of the residue
• A set amount of funds as a gift
• A specific asset such as a work of art, a collection of works, shares or real estate.

View a selection of bequest artworks from the State Art Collection

Related Information

AGWA Bequest Circle

We would like to be able to acknowledge our supporters who plan to leave a bequest to AGWA. In this way we can appropriately recognise your generosity, ensure we fully understand your motivations and intentions and provide a unique opportunity for you to develop a closer relationship with the Gallery in your lifetime.

The AGWA Bequest Circle is a special group of Gallery supporters who have made a provision for AGWA in their will. Members of the AGWA Bequest Circle are afforded the following recognition, privileges and opportunities:

• invited to exclusive AGWA Bequest Circle events and to other AGWA Foundation events and activities
• formal acknowledgement in the AGWA Annual Report and on the Gallery’s honour board
• acknowledged for all gifts of works of art, or acquisitions made with the support of a bequest, on the work’s display label and wherever the image of that work is reproduced.

To become a member of the AGWA Bequest Circle, you simply need to let us know that you have remembered AGWA in your will.

View Our Bequest Brochure

Write your Will for free with Gathered Here

The Art Gallery of Western Australia has partnered with Gathered Here, Australia’s leading online Will-writing platform to offer our supporters a free online Will. In just 10 minutes, you can create a legally binding Will with unlimited updates for life. After you have taken care of your loved ones, you may wish to leave a gift to AGWA. All gifts, big or small, will help safeguard the future of WA’s State Art Gallery.

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Bequest a brighter future

If you would like to discuss the possibility of leaving a bequest to AGWA, please contact our Foundation Office via email foundation@artgallery.wa.gov.au or call +61 8 9492 6685.

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