William Kentridge at Art Gallery of Western Australia
William Kentridge‘s Shadow quartet now on display at Art Gallery of Western Australia
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remix at Art Gallery of Western Australia
remix
Art Gallery of Western Australia
16 April – 15 August 2011
remix showcases the creativity of some twenty contemporary Western Australian artists of diverse backgrounds, age and
experience. The exhibition includes a broad mix of media with painting, sculpture, design, photography and filmic work, most of it recently created by the artists and representing some of the most compelling examples of contemporary practice by Western Australian artists.
Princely Treasures: European Masterpieces 1600-1800 at Art Gallery of Western Australia
Princely Treasures: European Masterpieces 1600-1800
Art Gallery of Western Australia
24 September 2011 – 9 January 2012
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), London has one of the greatest collections of European decorative art of the 17th and 18th centuries, from the miniature to the monumental. Ninety five masterpieces from these magnificent collections have been selected for this exhibition, including painting and sculpture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and furniture, textiles and dress, prints and drawings.
Gulumbu Yunupingu: winner of the 2010 People’s Choice Award
Gulumbu Yunupingu from Yirrkala in North East Arnhem Land, has won the People’s Choice Award of $5,000 in the Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards 2010.
Our diverse Gallery audience have responded to the talent and delicate sensibility of Yunupingu’s artworks. Her entrancing paintings on bark and carved wood of Garak, The Universe and Ganyu, Stars , depict an infinite universe of stars, shared by all. They show true innovation, while embodying understandings of Yolngu belief systems and contemporary life.
A Day in Pompeii Art Gallery of Western Australia (Perth)
A Day in Pompeii
Art Gallery of Western Australia
21 May – 12 September 2010
An exquisite collection of decorations, paintings and furnishings recovered from beneath the ancient ruins of Pompeii is among more than 250 priceless artefacts which feature in A Day in Pompeii, on show at the WA Museum until September 12, 2010.
Art Gallery of Western Australia (Perth, Australia) hosts Peggy Guggenheim: A Collection in Venice
Peggy Guggenheim: A Collection in Venice
Art Gallery of Western Australia
October 9, 2010 – January 31, 2011
This autumn the public will have the unique opportunity of seeing world-class works of art normally on display in Venice, Italy, when the Art Gallery of Western Australia hosts Peggy Guggenheim: A Collection in Venice (October 9, 2010 – January 31, 2011), the first exhibition of a new series entitled Great Collections of the World.
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia
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.
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