The Art Gallery of Western Australia accepts the general findings of the report undertaken by the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) regarding the management of the State Art Collection and endeavours to take further action to tackle issues such as addressing the conservation backlog and perfecting record keeping.
AGWA Board Chair, Sam Walsh AO and AGWA Director, Dr Stefano Carboni are delighted to announce Mr Warwick Hemsley as the new Chair of the AGWA Foundation.
The seventy-six objects that will be on display at AGWA will comprise a selection from the extensive collection of Chinese ceramics belonging to Albert Yuen, a Perth-based Hong Kong native with a longstanding passion and knowledge for this particular aspect of Chinese art.
A Window on Italy – The Corsini Collection: Masterpieces from Florence, closes this Monday 18 June. Drawn from the private art collection of the eminent Corsini family, the exhibition featuring paintings from Italian artists such as Botticelli, Pontormo, Tintoretto and Caravaggio has inspired tens of thousands of Western Australians, exceeding the exhibition's visitation target.
AGWA celebrates free-thinkers, boundary-pushers and ground-breakers in the second half of 2018 through three contrasting exhibitions. First up, is Sidney Nolan's rebel masterpiece series Ned Kelly. Themes of identity, individuality, and a strong sense of place, have cemented this series within the Australian national psyche.
Cultural similarities cross oceans in this year's Perspectives public favourite . Michaela Savage has been awarded the 2017 Year 12 Perspectives Act-Belong-Commit People’s Choice Award for her work Inheritance 2017.
40 finalists from across Australia have been chosen from over 500 artists who entered this year's prestigious prize, the second largest total since ARTrinsic Inc conceived the event 12 years ago.
Ground-breaking science or art? Including strange, bewildering, rarely seen and just maybe new organisms, this exhibition defies categorisation. Opening at AGWA on Saturday 8 September, WA Now – Biomess – The Tissue Culture & Art Project (Oron Catts / Ionat Zurr) is a radical experiment in live culture. Presented by The Tissue Culture & Art Project of SymbioticA.
New AGWA Culture Juice exhibit spotlights body art. Centred on 300 varied pieces from the WA State Art Collection, from the 1800s to today, Beyond Bling! unlocks the AGWA vaults to showcase the best, the bizarre and the most sophisticated jewels in its historical and contemporary collections.
Janet Holmes á Court announced as the new chairperson of the Art Gallery of Western Australia.
View a selection of works from the Black Swan Prize for Portraiture exhibition and see how artists employ a range of techniques and styles to evoke particular moods or emotions within viewers and to communicate insights into the character of the si
Join us and some of Australia's finest portrait artists at the exclusive Black Swan Prize for Portraiture celebrations. Enjoy a night of fine wine, canapes, and the announcement of the major prize winners.
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Created by pioneering Japanese sound artist Asuna, 100 Keyboards is a captivating site-specific listening experience, a strange but beautiful accompaniment to the Beyond Bling! exhibition.
Join AGWA Curator of Contemporary Design and International Art Robert Cook on an exclusive after-hours tour of the next exhibition in the Culture Juice program: Beyond Bling!
10am-1pm, Monday 24 September
1pm-4pm, Thursday 27 September
10am-1pm, Thursday 4 October
Study day is an opportunity for students and their teachers to gain valuable insight into strategies for communicating original ideas in their Year 12 works.
For his WA Now project, Greg
AGWA’s new major sculptural installation, Blue Sky with Rainbow harvests plentiful Western Australian sunlight to beckon visitors into the galleries. Join US artist, Julianne Swartz with AGWA Curator, Jenepher Duncan for a discussion about how this project came about.
These residencies were an opportunity for Nicholls to engage with various sites associated with the 18th century Grand Tour, a rite-of-passage that saw young, aristocratic men complete their education by journeys to Italy to view the remains of classical antiquity and the masterpieces of the Renaissance.
Andrew Nicholls is an Australian/British artist, writer, and curator whose practice explores how power has been expressed through aesthetics, historically.
11am, Saturday 18 August
Using recycled plastics the artists challenge the ways we overlook the potential of discarded objects and bring new life to materials that our society often views as junk.
Centred on 300 varied pieces from the State Art Collection from the 1800s to today, Beyond Bling! unlocks the vaults to showcase the best, the bizarre and the most sophisticated jewels in its historical and contemporary collections.
They will discuss the intersections of science and art in reflection of their exhibition Biomess which looks at the oddities of the natural world that confront and confound our usual ways of thinking.
This tour will help you to look closely at the work of artists who have intentionally pushed the accepted boundaries of art.
Find out about the artist’s country, journey and inspiration for painting and create your own canvas using brushes and natural materials like sticks, tree nuts and leaves to take home.
Centred on 300 varied pieces from the State Art Collection from the 1800s to today, Beyond Bling!unlocks the vaults to showcase the best, the bizarre and the most soph
Learn about the art of pearl shell carving with artist Garry Sibosado, and bush-dying with natural materials with artists from Mangkaja Arts.
Marc Leib, the winner of the prestigious Tom Malone Prize in 2017 for his work Inner core, is the owner of a long established, highly successful glass studio in South Africa, and now operates from his workshop in Morley since moving to Perth in 2002.
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There is nothing like a personal interaction to spark the imagination. Whether you’re a seasoned artistic traveller or apprentice explorer, our Voluntary Gallery Guides, offer that extra insight and revealing glimpse into the artwork, the era and the artist.
There is nothing like a personal interaction to spark the imagination. Whether you’re a seasoned artistic traveller or apprentice explorer, our Voluntary Gallery Guides, offer that extra insight and revealing glimpse into the artwork, the era and the artist.
There is nothing like a personal interaction to spark the imagination. Whether you’re a seasoned artistic traveller or apprentice explorer, our Voluntary Gallery Guides, offer that extra insight and revealing glimpse into the artwork, the era and the artist.
There is nothing like a personal interaction to spark the imagination. Whether you’re a seasoned artistic traveller or apprentice explorer, our Voluntary Gallery Guides, offer that extra insight and revealing glimpse into the artwork, the era and the artist.
There is nothing like a personal interaction to spark the imagination. Whether you’re a seasoned artistic traveller or apprentice explorer, our Voluntary Gallery Guides, offer that extra insight and revealing glimpse into the artwork, the era and the artist.
There is nothing like a personal interaction to spark the imagination. Whether you’re a seasoned artistic traveller or apprentice explorer, our Voluntary Gallery Guides, offer that extra insight and revealing glimpse into the artwork, the era and the artist.
There is nothing like a personal interaction to spark the imagination. Whether you’re a seasoned artistic traveller or apprentice explorer, our Voluntary Gallery Guides, offer that extra insight and revealing glimpse into the artwork, the era and the artist.
There is nothing like a personal interaction to spark the imagination.
There is nothing like a personal interaction to spark the imagination.
There is nothing like a personal interaction to spark the imagination.
There is nothing like a personal interaction to spark the imagination.
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