In 1943 a number of precious silver and bronze objects dating from the 1600s to early 1900s were hidden from the approaching Nazi armies by a couple of elderly Venetian Jewish religious leaders who never returned from the concentration camps. These valuables, which represent traditional Venetian silversmithing and bronze-casting methods, were forgotten until they were […]
A Private View: Modern Masters from the Kerry Stokes Collection
Art Gallery of Western Australia
22 November 2013 – 3 March 2014
This focussed exhibition showcases works from the Kerry Stokes Collection, one of Australia’s most significant and respected private collections.
Picturing New York: Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art
Art Gallery of Western Australia
26 January – 12 May 2013
Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) is now busily preparing for the arrival of the second exhibition in the series, Picturing New York: Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art.
Opening on Australia Day, Saturday 26 January, Picturing New York promises to captivate all those who share a love for photography or New York, as well as those curious to know more about either.
Luminous World – Contemporary Art from the Wesfarmers Collection
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
20 October 2012 – 11 February 2013
JEFF WALL Photographs
Art Gallery of Western Australia
26 May – 10 September 2012
Jeff Wall is recognised throughout the world as one of the most innovative and influential artists working today. JEFF WALL Photographs, this first Australian survey of his work brings together twenty-six mostly large-scale photographs to present an overview of his extraordinary achievements and features major works from over three decades of artistic and photographic innovation. Large and luminous, his photographs have rewritten nearly every convention of photography. Wall’s outstanding body of work has played a decisive role in establishing photography as the major contemporary art form it is today.
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Saturday 11 February – Monday 9 April 2012
The Year 12 Perspectives exhibition is here! Once again this popular annual event provides the platform to showcase selected works from students graduating from Year 12 Visual Arts. Year 12 Perspectives 2011 promises to deliver works of technical excellence and emotional complexity.
Vast: North-West landscapes
Art Gallery of Western Australia
26 October 2011 – 18 March 2012
The opening up of northern Western Australia to mining exploration in the 1960s also opened up this terrain to artists – both literally by providing easier ways to access it physically by car and air, and imaginatively as a ‘new world’ to discover. Australian artists Russell Drysdale, Guy Grey-Smith, Robert Juniper, Sidney Nolan and many others travelled through the area at this time, and their practice often changed significantly as a result.
Princely Treasures: European Masterpieces 1600 – 1800 from the Victoria and Albert Museum
Art Gallery of Western Australia
24 September 2011 to 9 January 2012
A treasure trove of European decorative art from London’s Victoria and Albert Museum will go on show at the Art Gallery of Western Australia in September.
The Friends of the Art Gallery of Western Australia are proud to introduce this year’s Princely Treasures Film Festival – a series of six documentaries designed to whet your appetite and heighten your appreciation of the works in the forthcoming Princely Treasures exhibition.
The largest commercial art gallery in Australia officially opens its doors in Perth taking Western Australia’s private art scene to a new level.
The Anthony Riding Gallery is the bold new venture of acclaimed WA artist and curator Ben Riding and art collector Andreia Anthony.
As part of the Art Gallery of Western Australia’s Great Collections of the World series, AGWA and MoMA will present six world-class exhibitions over three years from June 2012, through a newly formed partnership series.
William Kentridge‘s Shadow quartet now on display at Art Gallery of Western Australia