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Luminous World - Contemporary Art from the Wesfarmers Collection

The Art Gallery of Western Australia is proud to partner with Wesfarmers Arts to present Luminous World – Contemporary Art from the Wesfarmers Collection. The Wesfarmers Collection is amongst the pre-eminent corporate collections of Australian Art and reflects the vision of successive Managing Directors in developing and supporting such a major artistic resource.

Saturday 20 October 2012 to Monday 11 February 2013
Art exhibition in Western Australia, Australia.

McCubbin: Last Impressions 1907-17A National Gallery of Australia Travelling Exhibition

McCubbin: Last Impressions 1907-17 exhibition is a fresh look at Frederick McCubbin’s late work. It concentrates on the last 11 years of his life when he produced his most vibrant works, ones which express his sense of delight in, and comfort within, the Australian landscape.

Friday 11 December 2009 to Monday 29 March 2010
Art exhibition in Australia.

Helen Smith and Jeremy Kirwan-Ward in their studio image

Wall WorksHelen Smith and Jeremy Kirwan-Ward

These two well-known and highly regarded Perth based artists will create an art work in situ during the week of 30 March to 3 April 2009. Visitors will be able to see the wall work being installed.

Monday 30 March 2009 to Sunday 31 January 2010
Opening: Monday 30 March 2009

Art exhibition in Western Australia, Australia.

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WonderlustOngoing exhibition

Wonderlust is a dynamic presentation of the State Art Collection, featuring Indigenous, Australian and International art, craft and design acquired since the Gallery's inception in 1895.

Thursday 01 January 2009 to Friday 01 January 2010
Art exhibition in Western Australia, Australia.

Wakartu Cory Surprise image
4 collections

Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards 2009

The Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards is a national art award founded in 2008 to celebrate the diversity and richness of Indigenous art from across the country. The awards acknowledge the significant contribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists make to Australian art and culture.

Saturday 25 July 2009 to Sunday 15 November 2009
Art exhibition in Western Australia, Australia.

Coastline between Esperance and Cape Arid, Western Australia 2006 image

Abstract EarthThe Photography of Richard Woldendorp

For the last 50 years, Richard Woldendorp has been depicting the Australian landscape from a unique perspective – the sky.

Saturday 01 August 2009 to Sunday 08 November 2009
Art exhibition in Western Australia, Australia.

Necklace  image

David WalkerAnatomy of the object

Retrospective of jewellery designer David Walker, whose works are imbued with richly evocative narratives derived from the Australian climate and environment, and reveal a profound fascination with the skeletal form as a vehicle for spatial and structural explorations.

Saturday 27 June 2009 to Sunday 18 October 2009
Art exhibition in Western Australia, Australia.

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Mari Funaki Works 1992 - 2009

Mari Funaki is one of Australia's leading jewellers. This exhibition celebrates her considerable achievements between 1992 and the present day. Her first major show in a state gallery, it includes nearly fifty works and will be the first time Perth audiences have seen her work in such depth. Many of these are new works produced especially for this show.

Mari Funaki

Saturday 27 June 2009 to Sunday 18 October 2009
Art exhibition in Western Australia, Australia.

Barbie Collection image
3 collections

Vintage Barbie @ The Gallery

No doll outshines Barbie’s celebrity, and this year Barbie celebrates her 50th Birthday. To celebrate the Art Gallery of Western Australia has teamed with up with renowned collector Neil Taylor to showcase his vintage Barbie collection.

Wednesday 23 September 2009 to Sunday 11 October 2009
Art exhibition in Australia.

Koko the clown image

Year 12 Perspectives 2008 Graduates

Year 12 Perspectives has become a much-loved fixture on the Art Gallery’s annual calendar and is a showcase and forum for emerging talent to connect with the wider public and explore a range of subjects and themes important to young people today.

Wednesday 08 April 2009 to Sunday 19 July 2009
Art exhibition in Western Australia, Australia.

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Design Challenge 2009Student design competition winners

A creative, practical design competition for Primary, Secondary and Tertiary students was devised as part of the Gallery's THING beware the material world exhibition, which focuses on design. The students were given the opportunity to create their own unique chair, to rival those in the exhibition. Each category was given a specific brief to follow.

Tuesday 09 June 2009 to Sunday 05 July 2009
Art exhibition in Western Australia, Australia.

Rag chair 1991 designed, 2004 manufactured image

THING Beware the material world

THING beware the material is a bold exhibition of furniture, lighting, sculpture and photography from across the globe, celebrating the human impulse to shape and re-shape the world around us.

Saturday 18 April 2009 to Sunday 05 July 2009
Art exhibition in Western Australia, Australia.

Manggalili Monuk (detail) image

LarrakitjKerry Stokes Collection

Since 2000, a forest of Larrakitj has been gradually taking shape in Perth. Now the public has the opportunity to see this unique collection of Larrakitj for the first time in this free exhibition at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. The Larrakitj collection displays work by Yolngu artists from North East Arnhem Land.

Friday 13 February 2009 to Sunday 31 May 2009
Art exhibition in Western Australia, Australia.

Baru Ga Yathikpa – Crocodile dreaming image

Everywhen Bark paintings from the State Art Collection

Everywhen explores the richness and beauty of bark paintings from the Yirrkala region of North East Arnhem Land. This exhibition will survey selected works from the State Art Collection, including many that were acquired by collector Louis Allen between the late 1950s and 1970s.

Saturday 31 January 2009 to Sunday 31 May 2009
Art exhibition in Western Australia, Australia.

Notes to Basquiat (The coming of the light)  image

Gordon BennettA National Gallery of Victoria Touring Exhibition

Since his first major solo exhibition in 1989, Gordon Bennett has achieved international critical acclaim for the complex ways in which his work engages with historical and contemporary questions of cultural and personal identity, with a specific focus on Australia’s colonial past and its postcolonial present.

Thursday 01 January 2009 to Sunday 22 March 2009
Art exhibition in Western Australia, Australia.

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