Fritz Kos Art Gallery of Western Australia 1979 (detail). State Library of Western Australia. Sourced from the collections of the State Library of Western Australia and reproduced with the permission of the Library Board of Western Australia. (224277PD).
Join us after-hours for a special talk and tour of the exhibition.
Hear from Robert Cook, AGWA Curator of 20th Century Arts, and gain fascinating insights into the history of the Brutalist building.
Includes a glass of Juniper Estate wine on arrival.
AGWA 40 – Celebrating the anniversary of AGWA’s 1979 Brutalist building.
Opened on 2 October 1979 by then Premier Charles Court, the new Art Gallery of WA building was a dramatic example of late Brutalist architecture designed by Polish born Charles Sierakowski.
Perth Brutal: Dreaming in Concrete opens out the many layers of the history of the building’s development featuring images of the building in construction and its early days, along with ephemera such as building models, plans, diagrams and drawings, and early promotional brochures about the structure and its place in the Cultural Centre.
Bookings essential
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GALLERY OPEN
Wed to Mon 10am-5pm
Closed Tuesdays, Good Friday and Christmas Day
Entry is free, donations welcomed. Special exhibitions may incur a ticket fee.