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The Art Gallery of Western Australia, founded in 1895, occupies a precinct of three heritage buildings on the south-eastern corner of the Perth Cultural Centre.The Gallery houses the State Art Collection, which includes one of the world’s finest collections of Indigenous art, the pre-eminent collection of Western Australian art and design, as well as Australian and International art and design.Through the Collection, our associated programs, and stimulating exhibitions we offer Gallery visitors unique and exciting experiences of historic and contemporary Australian artists, and bring the art of the world to Western Australia.We place particular emphasis on the arts of Australia, and due to our geographic position, the Indian Ocean Rim. Our proximity and access to many of the most exciting cultures of the world adds immeasurably to programs, exhibitions, collections and events at the State Art Gallery.
Depicting the iconic New York that captivates the world’s imagination and the idiosyncratic details that define New Yorkers’ sense of home, this...
Shadow quartet forms an ensemble of four individual sculptures; each one of the figures is actually a cluster of multiple shadow figures with different...
There is a lot to discover and the first of our new displays Your Collection 1800 – 1920 is open in the Centenary Galleries (which can be reached down the...
Come upstairs and join Karin the Kangaroo to experience this exciting new space designed especially for families visiting the State Art Collection...
Join one of the Gallery’s talented Curators; Lucy Harper, Picturing New York Project Curator, and Robert Cook, Curator of Modern and Contemporary...
A humorous and thought-provoking journey through New York history: the people, the place, the culture, the art, the celebrities, the music, the...
Calling all kids! Get creative with these fun, hands-on art workshops presented in collaboration with the Central Institute of Technology. iPad Comics has...
It’s game night at AGWA! Show-off your Chess or Checkers skills and you could be in the running to win some cool prizes. Registrations open Friday 1...
Bauhaus Modernists brought a formal purity to the New World which led to the geometric corporate forms of the American city. After the austere geometry of...
Be stimulated by some fascinating talks on topics inspired by the show’s NYC content including NYC fashion, architecture and inner city trends. AGWA...
Rebuilt after the fire of 1871, Chicago emerged as a towering vertical city. Elevators and water pumps made tall buildings a reality in New York, where...
In the final instalment of our New York mini-festival, we show you’re the big city through the eyes of one of its legends - NY Times photographer and...
An illustrated presentation of the art of street photography before Google stole all the streets.
Create your own unique photograms in the darkroom using photographic processes. Images of New York will be supplied and you can bring in favourite photos...
Workshops will commence at 10am with a guided tour of AGWA’s latest exhibition Picturing New York. Participants will then be escorted to the Central...
This is Romeo and Juliet, told by two rival gangs in the streets of NYC. The classic story of Maria and Tony is played out in song, in all its...
Two giants of early American photography, Stieglitz and Steichen, created classic images of the growing city. By exhibiting European Modernism in New...
Use images shot recently on the streets of New York to visualise yourself in amongst it. Access the brilliant tools of Photoshop CS6, the new industry...
De Niro at his bad-ass best. This time we're exploring the seedy side of New York - the politics, the violence and the taxi cab culture. "I think someone...
Light, movement and everyday life were key subjects of 19th century Realism, Impressionism and the new medium of photography. Blending interests in the...
Extend your creative horizons with the art of ‘stitching’ multiple images of the city using the amazing tools in Photoshop CS6. Retouch, re-compose,...
The Bureau of Ideas has held provocative symposiums in cafés and pubs since 2003. Now you can participate in The Bureau of Ideas in AGWA’s Manhattan...
The Art Gallery of Western Australia is proud to partner with Wesfarmers to present Luminous World - Contemporary Art from the Wesfarmers Collection. The...
Students will design a themed layout on their fabric using contact adhesive, we will then screen print over this with a wild range of colours. Once dry...
This is unique opportunity to try something new together – heaps of fun and tactile experience with a natural material. This workshop is designed as a...
Based on Nigel Milsoms work in the Luminous World exhibition, children will make a simple cardboard puppet and create a setting with black paper. They...
Students will design a stencil screen print for their t-shirt, then learn this easy method of printing and applying the finishing touches to their fashion...
Students will explore colour and colour combinations based on the observation of Gretchen Albrecht’s: Pink and Orange Sherbet Sky 1975 – on show in the...
Students will learn flat felting, a magical process that turns wool fibre into a fabric through the use of water, soap and elbow grease. This is an...
The Gallery announced today that Picasso to Warhol: Twelve Modern Masters is now Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters with the addition of works...
Josh Pyke is gearing up to play one last run of shows before he heads off into the sunset to write his next album.Josh’s love of performing and hanging...
Celebrate Picasso’s birthday Thursday 25 October with a special evening where contemporary art and theatre come together. Enjoy an exclusive preview...
Welcome to the Paul Capsis Revue! Award winning star of stage and screen, Paul Capsis, joined by musical wizard Andrew Patterson, will take you on a...
AGWA’s Allsorts Comedy Debates are for Allsorts of people with Allsorts of passionate ideas! On two nights, Allstar comedian Dave Callan (Triple J, Rove...
Jeff Wall is recognised as one of the most innovative and influential artists working today. Jeff Wall Photographs, this first Australian survey of his...
Mid-century Modernism in America coincided with World War II, the Cold War and the rise of consumer culture, with the Abstract Expressionists emerging as...
Create sculptural forms in metal, using ideas or techniques derived from Calder’s work exhibited in Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters. Saturday 1...
Rauschenberg once said that he wanted to “work in the gap between art and life”. Both he and Jasper Johns worked with everyday objects, materials or...
Create sculptural forms in metal, using ideas or techniques derived from Calder’s work exhibited in Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters. Saturday...
Pop on both sides of the Atlantic created a new mix of art tradition and popular culture. This now-legendary blend of ‘high’ and ‘low’ blurred...
Romare Bearden was best known for his richly textured collages. Create a collage of your life using recycled or found materials, including photos of...
The traditions of sculpture splintered into a myriad of “isms” during the first half of the 20th C. The dramatic social, economic and political upheaval...
Work with bold shapes and intense colours to create free compositions full of movement and energy. Participants will be inspired by works in our latest...
Shifts in Modernism emerged from ideas in architecture and product design, as well as from visual art, and in many cases were as directly implicated in...
The final section, Your Collection 1980 – today completes the Gallery’s chronological displays. Presenting a varied array of abstract and figurative...
Our State Art Collection display Your Collection 1920 – 1960 features a drawing table for both children and adults. When you visit this display you can...
Your Collection 1960–1980, brings together a diverse range of Western Australian, national and international art mirroring the period’s eclecticism. The...
Your Collection 1920 – 1960 presents a rich array of Australian and international works from the modern period after World War I. Many of the paintings,...
Year 12 Perspectives is your yearly taste of art by the best, brightest and most talented graduating high school artists in the State. An annual barometer...
This year the Art Gallery of Western Australia celebrates 10 years of the Tom Malone Prize. The prize has strengthened the Gallery’s engagement with the...
The opening up of northern Western Australia to mining exploration in the 1960s also opened up this terrain to artists – both literally by providing...
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, has one of the greatest collections of European decorative art of the 17th and 18th centuries, from the miniature...
Mobile Industries and Troy Horse are proud to announce the double bill tour of two of the USA's songwriting legends Kinky Friedman and Van Dyke Parks who...
She’s made three critically acclaimed albums, won the ARIA for Best Female Artist and enraptured fans with her powerful lyrics, fabulous instrumentation...
KATY STEELE has announced she will head home for the first time since moving to her newly adopted city of New York for a few intimate performances...