OPINION: The new 10 Year Vision for Arts and Culture is David Templeman's parting gift to WA's creative industries. But what does the ‘vision' need to deliver to the sector, and is it likely to be delivered?
Victoria-based art curator Hannah Mathews is set to return to the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts after 14 years, following her appointment as its new chief executive.
Family members of the late Judy Wheeler have donated $300,000 to the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts in her honour to fund a new 10-year commissioning program.
Forty-nine arts organisations that previously received Australia Council for the Arts funding have missed out in the latest round, with the 95 recipients selected last Friday to share $31.7 million over four years.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Bruce Godfrey, Graeme Hunt, Sarah Ryan, Lisa Paul, Mark Woffenden, Miranda Johnson, Daniel Gordon, Vaughan de Vos and Stephen Nano.
Culture and the Arts Minister David Templeman has announced the formation of a cultural precinct taskforce, ahead of WA Museum's reopening in late 2020.
The owners of Northbridge's Picabar have signed a five-year lease agreement with the Perth Theatre Trust (PTT), Culture and the Arts Minister David Templeman announced this morning, bringing to an end a year of uncertainty for the venue.
Emerging visual artist Curtis Taylor will hold his first solo exhibition at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts later this month, titled ‘Untitled (Uura)'.
Northbridge venue Picabar may have been granted a reprieve, after intervention by Culture and Arts Minister David Templeman that will grant Picabar first preference in lease negotiations.
The future of the Perth Cultural Centre's Picabar has been placed in doubt, after its operators disclosed their lease had been terminated by the state government, which has transferred management of the precinct to the Perth Theatre Trust.
Ionat Zurr and Oron Catts' upcoming exhibition Biomess is literally living proof of the creative opportunities available when the state's cultural institutions relax their usual aversion to risk.
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts will launch its 27th Hatched: National Graduate Show this Friday night, showcasing 30 new graduates from across the country, including five local
Curator and critic Eugenio Viola is bringing a fresh outlook and almost a decade of experience to his role as senior curator at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
With the development of new projects in Perth's east end under way as part of the Historic Heart project led by Adrian Fini, it is perhaps fitting that the Proximity one-on-one performance arts festival will take place at Cathedral Square for 2017.
A wind chime made from old cutlery, marbles and fishing line was the first of many creations for Carly Lynch, a local artist featuring in the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts' 2017 Hatched: National Graduate Show.
SPECIAL REPORT: A specialist indigenous publisher in Broome has achieved its most successful fundraising campaign, after Creative Partnerships Australia helped it secure the backing of two philanthropic family foundations in Perth.
Eleven Western Australian arts groups have secured four-year funding deals under a long-awaited announcement from the Australia Council for the Arts, leaving four WA arts groups that have been getting government funding with an uncertain future.
Sensorium Theatre and Spare Parts Puppet Theatre are among the major Western Australian recipients in the latest round of project grants from the Australia Council for the Arts, which were worth $11.2 million in total.
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts curator Leigh Robb has resigned to take up the newly formed position of curator of contemporary art at the Art Gallery of South Australia next month.
