EXHIBITIONS & FEATURES

Djilba is the fifth season in the Nyoongar Calendar. This is the season of growth, as the weather begins to warm up. Djilba season is a time to look for the yellow and cream flowers starting on mass. As the season progresses and the temperatures continue to rise,...

Djilba is the fifth season in the Nyoongar Calendar. This is the season of growth, as the weather begins to warm up. Djilba season is a time to look for the yellow and cream flowers, starting in mass. As the season progresses and the temperatures continue to rise,...

The Lester Prize is one of Australia’s most prestigious awards for portraiture, celebrating the talents of artists and engaging the community. This screening debuts the finalists for this year’s Lester Prize, chosen from nearly 1,000 entries vying for the coveted...

In celebration of the 2025 Perth Poetry Festival, 28 - 31 August WA Poets Inc. present new works from the city’s poets with daily slow TV screenings on the City of Perth Urban Screens. The 21th annual Perth Poetry Festival, organized by WA Poets Inc., features invited...

Screening during National Science Week, SCINEMA is a celebration of the power of the moving image to inspire the young, satisfy the curious, explain the baffling and ask the impossible. SCINEMA is the largest science film festival in the southern hemisphere,...

WA’s talented young artists are celebrated in this yearly showcase, gauging the pulse of young people who will influence, empower and shape the world we live in. The selected works provide a window into young people’s private, social and artistic concerns. It is an...

Each year, PICA’s Hatched: National Graduate Show presents artworks by outstanding graduates from across the country. Showcasing the next generation of Australia’s contemporary creative voices, this year Hatched will be presented for the first time in an offsite venue...

Canopies and Cathedrals is a new video work by internationally recognised Western Australian artist David Carson. The screenings form the Australian premiere, following the on-site exhibition at The Chapter House in Wells Cathedral, United Kingdom. The Chapter House...

NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee) Week occurs annually in July to celebrate the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This event is celebrated not...

NATIONAL ABORIGINES’ DAY TO NAIDOC WEEK National NAIDOC Week is celebrated across Australia during the first week of July each year, honouring the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. A central feature of these...

Noongar Language Project – Place Names Melville (2022–2024) Running from 2022 to 2024, Place Names Melville placed Noongar language and cultural knowledge at its core, illuminating the ancient meanings embedded in Noongar place names across the City of Melville. These...

Tjanpi (meaning grass in Pitjantjatjara language) represents over 400 Anangu/Yarnangu women artists from 26 remote communities on the NPY lands. Tjanpi Desert Weavers is a social enterprise of the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s...

A lot of stories are still being recounted of long journeys of people from various language groups, who travelled from rockholes and waterholes to caves and mountains finally arriving at Haasts Bluff. The locals, Luritja people...

Waringarri Aboriginal Arts is a living, growing art centre celebrating the uniqueness of Miriwoong cultural identity. Established in the 1980s, in the heart of Miriwoong country at Kununurra in the Kimberley region of northern Australia, Waringarri artists share the...

Ninuku Arts was founded in 2006 by a small group of Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra artists in a modest mud-brick building in the Kalka Community, located in the far north-west corner of South Australia. Today, the art centre supports a rotating roster of nearly...

Kujungka is the third exhibition following Mirrka (2023) and Waru (2022), which respectively celebrated many of the bushfoods that have sustained Martu people over thousands of years, and the importance of traditional fire uses. Kujungka speaks to a sense of...

SEVEN SISTERS – THE COLLECTOR’S SHOW Seven Sisters – Kungkarangkalpa – is one of the most powerful and enduring Tjukurpa (Ancestral Law) songlines in Australia’s First Nations culture. This rich, ancient narrative spans thousands of kilometres across Aboriginal lands...

The Lester Prize Youth Awards encourage young creatives to pursue their talents and aspire to a life in the visual arts, offering the viewer a glimpse into the unique artistic perspectives of school-aged artists. The physical exhibition runs from Friday, 2...

WA’s talented young artists are celebrated in this yearly showcase, gauging the pulse of young people who will influence, empower and shape the world we live in. The selected works provide a window into young people’s private, social and artistic concerns. It is an...

Bunuru (February – March) is the hottest time of the year with little to no rain. Hot easterly winds continue with a cooling sea breeze most afternoons if you’re close to the coast Bunuru is also a time of the white flowers with lots of white flowering gums in full...

Bunuru (February – March) is the hottest time of the year with little to no rain. Hot easterly winds continue with a cooling sea breeze most afternoons if you’re close to the coast. Bunuru is also a time of the white flowers with lots of white flowering gums in full...

“Sea to Suburbia” takes you on a nostalgic journey spanning four decades, showcasing the people, places, and everyday life of Western Australia through a collection of captivating photographs. Immerse yourself in iconic Western Australian scenes—sun-drenched beaches,...

Illuminating the Night: Murdoch School of Photography Melds Emerging Spirits in Northbridge. In an age of constantly evolving media and communications, the annual Murdoch School of Photography exhibition emerges as a beacon of creativity and innovation. Held at the...

Twelve Films Heart is the award-winning annual short film festival screening works from independent & underground filmmakers with a strong DIY aesthetic. Sometimes quirky, other times moving, but always showing unique and heartfelt expression in its myriad forms. 12 Films Heart is a free-to-public screening under the stars just a heartbeat from the Pleasure Garden, screening at the City of Perth Northbridge Piazza Superscreen on Valentine’s Night.

Yifei Xiang explores the Chinese queer experience. The Glasgow-based illustrator takes inspiration from the harsh lines of brutalist architecture to explore his soft subject matter. Romance is the theme that illustrator Yifei Xiang has always found most creatively...

“I have been to restaurants in Soho whose denizens have crossed social and geographical barriers to reach them. In one, I have seen a girl sitting amid C. Walker Jackson pandemonium with a book open on her knees and her little finger entwined with that of her true...

Jakub Gessler: Family Portraits London-based photographer and director Jakub Gessler invites you to explore a delightful and heartfelt collection of portraits that celebrate the enduring and quirky relationships between humans...

Harry Cunningham | The Night Speaks Immerse yourself in the nocturnal world of Northbridge with The Night Speaks, a dynamic visual journey into the energy, people, and culture that come alive after dark. Harry Cunningham, a Perth-based documentary and contemporary...

Over 15 years ago, Emil Bardh, Olof Schröder, Emmanuel and Jonatan Moreno performed Procrastinatus at the New Media Meeting using Albeton Live and Resolume. The landscape of visual electronica was a different world back then, as was the interconnected electronic...