Perth Poetry Festival 2019

Perth Poetry Festival 2019

Perth Poetry Festival 9 – 18 August 2019 As part of this year’s Perth Poetry Festival, a variety of poems by West Australian poets were featured in a series of special feature screenings throughout the week. Created in collaboration with WA Poets, Inc., this...
Artitja Fine Art: Our Place | Our Land

Artitja Fine Art: Our Place | Our Land

This collaboration between the City of Perth and Artitja Fine Art highlights the importance of country through imagery and storytelling. A visual exploration of complex stories around the geography and narratives of the land, this exhibition sees artworks from...
Hilma af Klint: Abstract Pioneer

Hilma af Klint: Abstract Pioneer

Hilma af Klint was a classically trained painter born in Sweden in 1862. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts, af Klint began working in Stockholm, gaining recognition for her landscapes, botanical drawings, and portraits. Her conventional painting became...
Ellis Rowan: Western Australian Wildflowers

Ellis Rowan: Western Australian Wildflowers

Marian Ellis Ryan (1848–1922) was born in Melbourne. As a young woman, Rowan began to paint wildflowers, birds, insects and butterflies and she continued to do so for the rest of her life. Her interest in botany was encouraged by Ferdinand von Mueller, who was a...
AGWA The Botanical: Beauty & Peril

AGWA The Botanical: Beauty & Peril

This major exhibition explores the abundant beauty of the botanical world and the threats that assail it. The Botanical: Beauty and Peril draws from the renowned Janet Holmes à Court Collection and the AGWA Collection to present a vivid, involving and sometimes...