Tag Archives: Art Gallery of Western Australia

Desert River Sea: Portraits of the Kimberley opening events

23 January 2019 | Art Almanac

'Desert River Sea: Portraits of the Kimberley' opens, as part of the Perth Festival with a day of artist talks, art demonstrations, cultural performances, and family activities and events....

Perth Festival 2019 | Visual Arts Program

3 November 2018 | Art Almanac

The Perth Festival returns this summer with a diverse program of theatre, circus, music, dance, film, literature and the visual arts from 8 February to 3 March 2019....

Biomess: The Tissue Culture & Art Project

28 September 2018 | Art Almanac

‘Biomess’ curated by Robert Cook, is a collaborative project between SymbioticA at the University of Western Australia, Western Australian Museum, and the Art Gallery of Western Australia....

2018 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture | Finalists announced

21 August 2018 | Art Almanac

From over 500 entries, 40 finalists from across Australia have been chosen for the '2018 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture', Western Australia’s premier art prize worth over $70,000....

Julie Dowling: Babanyu (Friends for life)

29 March 2018 | Dr Laetitia Wilson

For First Nations people, painting is an essential medium to communicate cultural knowledge, connection to Country and socio-political realities. Indeed in all cultures painting inscribes memories; it is a symbolic language that acts as a record for current and future generations. This is poignantly expressed in...

Tom Malone Prize | Contemporary Australian glass artists

14 March 2018 | Art Almanac

Now in its 16th year, the 'Tom Malone Prize', a highly respected national event for contemporary Australian glass artists, culminates in an exhibition at the AGWA from 31 March to 28 May. 2018....

A Window on Italy – the Corsini Collection: Masterpieces from Florence

30 January 2018 | Art Almanac

Preserved through the centuries, having survived the threat of war and flood, this selection of works on show in ‘A Window on Italy’ has never left Italy nor presented in a touring exhibition, until now....

2017 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture – People’s Choice | Nick Stathopoulos

30 November 2017 | Art Almanac

Sydney-based artist Nick Stathopoulos is self-taught and known for his hyper-realism. It is this painterly manner that attracts viewers to his works, mesmerising them with intricate detail and photographic quality....

$50,000 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture + Youth Prize winners

17 November 2017 | Art Almanac

Western Australian artist Jana Vodesil-Baruffi was awarded this year’s $50,000 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, WA’s only portrait prize of its kind, for her work titled, Black Swan (2017). ...

Six Seasons

3 July 2017 | Art Almanac

The AGWA new exhibition space, Six Seasons Gallery (named after the Noongar weather patterns), is dedicated to the display and interpretation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art from the State Art Collection. ...

Nathan Beard

16 May 2017 | Melissa Pesa

Nathan Beard is a Perth-based interdisciplinary artist whose practice is primarily engaged with culture, memory and biography, particularly through the prism of his diasporic Thai-Australian lineage. ...

The Tom Malone Prize celebrates 15 years

29 March 2017 | Art Almanac

The Tom Malone Prize, now in its 15th year recognises the work of Australian contemporary glass artists acknowledging it as a unique medium and artistic practice. ...