What's On at UWA

In this Friday Talk, listen as Emeritus Professor Richard Read explores the idea that ‘bad’ works of art reveal the problem that ‘successful’ works of art conceal and that this effect of ‘failure’ has therefore been an essential quality of truly experimental art, especially over the (...)

Join exhibition curator Dr Vanessa Russ, Associate Director of the Berndt Museum, to learn about the forming of the exhibition Stockyards and Saddles: A Story of the Gibb River, and the stories depicted in the rich array of photographs, most of which were taken by her uncle Colin Russ on a box (...)

Led by educator Erin Knight, attend the Professional Development workshop for teachers using these education kits. Links can be made to: VET Courses: Certificates in Visual Arts, CUA50915 Diploma of Photography and Photo Imaging, Year 11 ATAR Design Unit 1 and 2, Year 11 and 12 General and ATAR (...)

Join Tom Picton-Warlow, collector of important signed works and archival material by Marcel Duchamp, to hear about the origin of his interest and collection – some of which is featured in HERE&NOW18 now showing at LWAG.

Join us for the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery’s quarterly program for people living with dementia and their carers or family members. This event provides a forum for conversation through the shared viewing and exploration of artworks on display – highlighting themes, artists, and exhibitions at (...)

Join us for a touch and verbal descriptive tour of the current exhibitions for people living with vision impairment or blindness. A trained guide delivers descriptions of the visual elements of artworks exhibited, along with tactile opportunities using mixed media and 3D-printed models of the (...)

Slow your day down by joining us for a different kind of art gallery tour. We begin this session with a close observation of selected artworks from the current exhibitions, followed by an informal discussion on themes of empathy and compassion.

Experience the artwork at LWAG in Australian Sign Language. Join us for a free tour in Auslan of the current exhibitions guided by a gallery staff member and interpreter from Auslan Stage Left. We welcome adults with hearing loss and their friends and family on this tour. Community Partner: Auslan (...)

Join us for the launch of our 2019 Season 1 exhibition program, with the opening of two new exhibitions:

Love, Displaced • Film and video art offering new and innovative ways of navigating the white noise of contemporary life. | Artists include AES+F, Jacobus Capone, Jeremy Deller & (...)

In this artist's talk, Richard Lewer discusses his works Never shall be forgotten – a mother’s story (2017) and Worse Luck I am Still Here (2014) currently on show in Love, Displaced.

Richard Lewer is a Melbourne-based visual artist who works with video and animation, painting (...)

The artists featured in the exhibition Love, Displaced cover a variety of video art genres. In this professional development workshop, visual art educator Erin Knight introduces the education kit for Love, Displaced, exploring how video media has been manipulated by artists in deeply personal ways (...)

In this talk, Carrolup Revisited curator and Berndt Museum Associate Director Vanessa Russ shares insights about curating the exhibition, the artists and stories associated with the artworks.

Join Gregory Rowbotham for a short journey through the history of astronomy and big telescopes and learn how and why astronomers collect different types of light to study our universe. He will also discuss the Square Kilometre Array, the world’s largest telescope soon to be under construction in (...)

Bring your friends to LWAG’s Art Party to celebrate the new academic year. Newcomers as well as regular visitors are invited to explore the gallery and to tour the latest exhibitions, Love, Displaced and Carrolup Revisited: A Journey through the Southwest of Western Australia in a relaxed and (...)

Panel discussion on multiculturalism theory, multiculturalism in Australia vs the rest of the world and discussing how successful multiculturalism is in 21st Century Australia. The conversation will be followed by an audience Q&A. Snacks provided. With the support of: UWA Alumni, the UWA CaLD (...)

Medieval and early modern people were fascinated with the heavens. In an illustrated talk, Andrew Lynch explores the nature of the early cosmos in religious, philosophical and scientific thought, and its influence on literature and the arts, with effects lasting until present day.

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Dr Laetitia Wilson has taught art history courses on topics such as the evaluation of contemporary video practices. She has curated numerous significant exhibitions, including Theatres for the 2015 Perth Festival and Hyperprometheus at PICA for the 2018 SymbioticA Unhallowed Arts Festival. These (...)

Slow down your day by joining us for a different kind of art gallery tour. Much like a mindfulness exercise where you focus on your breathing, in this tour we settle our minds on the artwork on display. Community Partner: Institute for Creative Health with support from the Australian Government (...)

Join Dr Lynne Howarth-Gladston and Professor Paul Gladston in a conversation about re-thinking displays of asian art and artefacts.

The Yellow Box was first developed during the first decade of the twenty-first century by the Hong Kong-based gallerist Chang Tsong-zung (Johnson Chang) as (...)

In celebration of International Women’s Day, we present Art+Feminism, a global movement to improve coverage and representation of women artists. Join us for a day-long program of floor talks, panel discussions, and a Wikipedia hackathon.