Beautiful gallery from the outside as well as from the inside. Very well worth the visit. They keep changing their art collections which is fantastic as it makes it attractive to be visited more than once. I go to WA for work and this is one of the places I would like to visit again

An over emphasis on contemporary pieces and an under-utilised amount of space makes the Art Gallery feel sparse and cold. The top level is serviced by one elevator which doesn’t facilitate a natural flow and despite the rooftop bar having the best skyline views of Perth but even on a 25°C sunny day in spring - it was unbearable in the sun and there was no shade to escape. Portrait collection was the highlight

The first good thing is that it is free. What a nice surprise. There was a lot of different rooms with different types of art to see. We both found many interesting pieces. We loved the Pulse exhibit of young talent.

We visited again after the renovation and were impressed with the work done. The new rooftop looks amazing. It’s always fun spending a morning browsing through the art at AGWA then grabbing something to eat at Northbridge after.

My friends and I had an amazing time at the gallery today. It had been years since I visited, so it was lovely to experience some of the updates, including the gorgeous rooftop bar with stunning views of Perth city, great drinks and warm and welcoming staff. I loved looking at all the interesting glass work as part of the Tom Malone Prize. The Collective Ground Exhibition was also beautifully curated. If you haven't been to the gallery in a while, put it back on your list to do sooner rather than later.

3 floors of exhibition space. Full of historical facts. Themes on culture, nature, wildlife, space, dinosaurs. And so much more. Gift shop has so many books, games and souvenirs.

It's free to enjoy the arts in Perth. Located near the WA Museum, this is a must visit gallery when you are in the area. Many great artworks are on display. Don't miss the opportunity.

Exciting re-start since their reopening. Looking forward to what's to come. Great exhibit of contemporary Indigenous art, and the inclusion of 'fringe' culture. The rooftop space will be incredible once shading is installed to manage the summer nonsense.

super cute for a date idea or just to go with your girlfriends. nice and quiet and peaceful and the art is so beautiful and interesting. i would recommend checking out the new exhibit as its only around for a while! great place to go without spending money.

Really like this museum. Visited twice. It can be a good spot to cool down in the afternoon while enjoying the art. They have a Cafe, too. It's free. Enjoy guys!

Love visiting the art gallery. There is a variety of art works in currently including the amazing year twelve Pulse Perspective works of 2019. There are also natural fiber textile workshops for free for all age groups. Help the W.A artist Sharyn Egan create a gigantic grass tree sculpture. The workshops are in a beautiful old section of the gallery.

A lovely experience! The recent renovations are great, the art gallery is looking very good and current exhibitions are interesting. Rooftop bar not so good but art gallery is definitely worth a visit.

Nicely curated, and lots of lovely artworks to look at :)

Me and my friend went here and had such a fun time. All the art work here was very nice. Only bad thing was that the security guy was basically chasing us as soon as we'd walked through the door. He said we weren't allowed to take photos but the security guy on the next floor said we could? The gift shop is very expensive. The young artists work was very impressive 😲

A little confusing to find the place, easiest way I found was to go through James St and continue up the stairs. Would be extremely helpful if there were signs outside showing how to get to entrance. Another gripe I had was even though the building has 3 levels, the top level is pretty much for admin there’s not much exhibits and the rooftop is inaccessible. Therefore pointless to mention it in the elevator. That said, excellent display of Western Australian art and I happened to catch the Awavena exhibit during the Perth festival. Awesome example of combining knowledge and technology together through the VR experience. The staff here are fantastic.

Please note : while the roof is being repaired only 2 galleries are open till Jan 2021.but itsq good place for those culture vultures with only an hour to spare. They are also making some upgrades that will make it worth a visit after the visiting the new Perth museum opening at the end of Nov to thr public.

Beautiful gallery with a lot of diversity. My favourite room was definitely the collective ground, a massive dark room with heaps of aboriginal objects. There's toilets at each level, they're all clean

Excellent first nation art and a roof top sculpture walk.

Absolutely Stunning! Highly recommend! I will be going back again shortly to go back through the current exhibitions. It has such a stunning display of art from diverse backgrounds, incorporating all the cultures within Australia. The indigenous exhibition was very moving and I highly recommend the Pulse exhibit. The pictured piece is moving and some of the best art I've ever seen. The rendition of the girl with the pearl earring is elegant and sophisticated, it cleverly conveys the integration of cultures in Australia.

Our art gallery here in Perth's cultural centre is currently a buzz of activity as new displays are being installed, however this didn't take away from the visit I just had. A fascinating array of eclectic art items for visitors to take in makes AGWA a great place to spend an hour or two.

Today went on a School excursion. Looks Some Photos Of the Art & sculpture. For my School Work that I'm Doing. Love All the Art Work & sculpture design. Pre Good Straight Off the Bat 💯

This art gallery was surprisingly very interesting! I enjoyed the art pieces and is a good place to go if you have any spontaneous hang out ideas with friends. There are some very unique art projects that are on display at the moment. Here's some of my favourite!

Beautiful art & awesome people.

AGWA Rooftop sculpture Walk bar opens! Great view towards perth city buildings. Excellent new exhibition here! Definitely worth to have a visit during weekend!

New ROOF LEVEL BAR review. Good idea. Unfortunately there's absolutely no shade up there so it's a blinding bright and hot scorching experience. Give it a miss during the day and go at night. Good local packaged beer selection.

I want to thank all the security and front desk for making this day happen and special thanks to Sachin for taking photos and videos. Your enthusiasm and support was greatly appreciated. Definitely and memorable day love Samir and Mariam ❤ 22 Dec 2021.

Free admission art gallery in the city center. We only have time to visited the ground floor and it's amazing. Will come back for the rest soon.

Some impressive exhibitions on at present especially the Tom Malone Glass Prize with a 20 year retrospective of other year's winners. Stunning indigenous works and also the youthful talent of Year 12 artists on exhibition

Excellent and comfortable lecture theatre for 50-100 persons. A/V quite sophisticated and laptop Mac connections very easy. Microphone on the lectern is well positioned. Need to check the room 30’ before starting to make sure the A/C is on especially first thing in the day or out of hours. Also, the art Gallery guides’ lecture on the history of portraiture by A.Marshall was well worth it (and a terrific morning tea was supplied in the catering area in the theatre lobby afterwards).

Great Museum with interesting exhibitions. Free entry which is amazing. Loved the kids area with all the blocks to build something- spent some time there even as adults :). Great rooftop as well for a nice city view.

Love this art gallery. Always have some interesting art pieces. They also constantly have new exhibitions through out the year. There is a rooftop bar as well with a great view of Perth city.

(This review is directed mainly to the exhibition of Yoshitomo Nara.) I loved Yoshitomo Nara's exhibition within the ACWA. One thing that I believe is that with art, you don't have to make it complex, with theories there, theories that, yada yada. Yoshitomo didn't have to follow the complexity of Art Theory and maintained some emotion with it, and also, it looked really nice. I noticed that a lot of his artwork is directed towards the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing. His artwork is like visual protests towards having peace to the world; hoping that future generations don't create war (like his artwork Love or Nuclear made in 2013.) It gives me hope for the future world, for peace and tranquillity, and less atomic violence. I gotta say, the way his exhibition room is set up looks really nice and neatly done. I also love you can see the early untitled concepts of his sculptures, to see how much prototypes have changed over time, or if he just kept the design. Speaking of, his sculptures looked really beautiful and unique. The sculpture that was my personal favourite was Miss Forest (i assume that's what the tree lady is called), she looked really pretty. I also love some of the pottery and vases that he made (my favourite being 'reach out to the moon, even if we can't'. really love the name of that one). Overall, the Yoshitomo exhibition at ACWA was really nice. I recommend it.

War ganz ok. Für freien Eintritt kann man sich das mal anschauen.

Great museum. Great architecture and collection. Came here for the Yoshitomo Nara exhibit, great pieces that I never seen before. Been to a few Nara exhibits but this one is very intereting. Great for young children as they have an interactive zone that kids can play and build their own sculpture. Great shop and merchandise too.

I’ve come every year for over a decade, I’m always impressed with the curation and variety of pieces, and the highlight of First Nations artists. The staff and volunteers are always lovely and the space is beautiful.

Very wonderful collection of art, with comprehensive descriptions to read through and learn more about the piece. The actual building is not the most attractive for an art gallery, but I definitely enjoyed my time here.

Amazing service & friendly greetings. Offered a basket to keep our belongings so we can browse the space freely. Very nice art gallery too, aesthetic architecture and interior. We visited Yoshitomo Nara's display and it was free entry too! Overall amazing experience

The Art Gallery of Western Australia is well worth a visit. I saw the blown glass display by Yhonnie Scarce called"The Light of Day"

Superb exhibition of mid-20th century Australian artists, under the title of the Antipodean Manifesto. Wonderful rarely seen works by Nolan, Brack and many others. The collection is outstanding.

We, the Ukrainian and Russian speaking NM TAFE students are very grateful to "Art Gallery of WA" for having the excursions with tour guide Elena. It let us better understand Australian life through seeing the unique indigenous art and vibrant young artist's works. It helps us to integrate into Australian society.

Beautiful gallery, very kind staff and it’s free!!!

Beautiful gallery, relatively modern design and layout. Only complaint is that it is rather stagnant; i would estimate about 40% of it has been on display there for a good 15 years now, since i recognise it each time from previous visits. Staff are lovely, and there are toilet facilities on each floor.

Always love learning new things..

Very good but we didn't get to see it all, half of it was closed because it was a Sunday.

A very relaxing experience. Good to see open. Cheers all. Greg

Art is fantastic, good variety of work from w.a. loved the year 12 pulse artwork, very talented, will come again, staff also helpful.

Free entry and they have bathrooms. Lots of different artwork to look at with different styles. I recommend it for a walk through.

Excellent museum. I come here whenever I am in Perth. The exhibition's are regularly rotated so there are always new, interesting and thought provoking things to see. I love the place

Me and my little girl loved it! Great day out

Excellent range of different art.walking distance to PERTH City plus Northbridge & The State Library

Brilliant gallery, no entry fee and very relaxed...building improvements underway when we visited... Great gift shop and cosy cafe

I haven't been to this art gallery for 30 odd yrs and can't see myself going again in next 30yrs ..nothing special. My Dr has turned his surgery into an community art gallery and this is more interesting than the Art Gallery of WA.

Interesting and different

We felt completely unwelcome because we had a walking baby with us. The security guards followed us around watching us like hawks as though we were going to let baby wreck the joint! We were helicopter parenting and managing just fine. We even heard the security guard radio ahead to a colleague when we went into another section of gallery. Very unfriendly. I've never experienced this kind of rudeness from galleries in Melbourne and London. Pathetic. A little badge, big power to the little guard.

A real gem. Love this place.

Pornagrahic exibits to me and many others in society isn't and never will be classified as an art form.

Great in summer. Open every day except Tuesday.

Great exhibition Perspectives upper school works atm.

Didn't hate it (yawn)

the best (and I mean the BEST) Devonshire tea I have had for decades.. fresh home made jam and cream was fresh..price was very reasonable... I will make sure I visit each time I am in Perth. you should also.😁

Thoroughly enjoyed my visit

Very good gallery

Love

One of the best galleries youll find in WA

Very nice and clean place to visit. Guards aren’t so welcoming to disabled people.

Fabulous as always

(Translated by Google) A space where dozens of paintings and modern works of the 18th century coexist. Plastic garbage bags are also sublimated into works of art. I saw many admirable works. There were some works that were difficult to understand, but there were many works that I generally wanted. Especially Tom Malone's work completely fascinated me. A space where dozens of 18th century paintings and contemporary works coexist. Plastic garbage bags are also sublimated into works of art. I saw a lot of admirable works. There were some works with high difficulty that I didn't understand, but there were also many works that I generally wanted. Especially, Malone's work totally fascinated me. (Original) A space where dozens of paintings and modern works of the 18th century coexist. Plastic garbage bags are also sublimated into works of art. I saw many admirable works. There were some works that were difficult to understand, but there were many works that I generally wanted. Especially Tom Malone's work completely fascinated me. 18세기의 그림 수십점과 현대적 작품들이 함께 공존하는 공간. 플라스틱 쓰레기봉투도 예술 작품으로 승화. 감탄스러운 작품들을 많이 많이 구경했다. 이해가 안되는 난이도 높은 작품도 있었지만 대체적으로 탐나는 작품들도 많았다. 특히 말론의 작품은 완전히 나를 매료 시켰다.

Beautiful and interesting exhibitions. And a bonus with a couple hours of free parking on weekends and public hollidays.

Good enough to visit once a decade.

Incredible art work here and brilliant guides

Since my last day in Perth was quite rainy I figured this was the perfect place to spend a couple of hours. It’s nicely set up, but not too big. Small selection of gifts in the gift shop. Probably good for a visit of up to 2 hours for the average person. There’s some guided tours as well. Unfortunately I didn’t get the chance to do one.

I'ne been here a number of times as they have resident collections and visiting ones. The new one this visit was about Brutalistc art of which the building itself is a fine example. There are specialist guided tours you can sign up for or just mooch at your own pace as I do. There are nany outstanding pieces on display, I visit most times I come over from the UK.

Lots of unusual paintings

Great holiday program for the kids making screen print bags.

A place of solace and inspiration for me for the past 35 years.

The Art Gallery of WA has same interesting art work, but I think it could do with a bit more pieces

Just beautiful.

Great place to obviously come and look at art ,helpful friendly staff to help you if you have any enquires

Spacious

Love visiting the art gallery with our culture club and being inspired by artists and new exhibitions

Our Book Club attended the Art Gallery of WA on Saturday morning 21/11. We were greeted by Laura who was so cheerful and helpful in finding our guide Chris. Chris was giving us an insight into Aboriginal Art. I am not an Art Connoisseur but the knowledge Chris imparted, really interested me and would love to attend again. Many thanks.

Great staff who know so much about the art and very kind but dedicated security. Please when/if you go and if you're able to, make a donation to the art gallery on your way out :)

I love this place!!!! I go here at least once a month to see the new additions. I'm a bit of an art nerd and love everything about it. I particularly love the student entries and this one artwork by Lance Chadd (he has an indigenous aboriginal name but I don't want to try and spell it and get it horribly wrong!). I suggest you go hunting for it, you won't be disappointed 😉. Sadly the last time I went there, they were moving a lot of exhibits and artworks, so only three galleries were open, but I still very much enjoyed myself and can't wait until it's all open! Great staff who know so much about the art and very kind but dedicated security. Please when/if you go and if you're able to, make a donation to the art gallery on your way out :)

Really great range of displays despite the restricted space with renovations. Staff were wonderful, helpful and informative.

Surprisingly relaxing. No drinks allowed 😢

Bunch of kids art

We looked at 2 galleries . The culture vltures we spent 1 hour. Love this Art Gallery

Amazing artwork - friendly staff. Bring the family... 👍

Short visit with pre-school grandchildren. Both found things that interested them.

It's an art gallery, it'll always be good even if it's bad... a safe bet for a nice afternoon

This is a really great space to explore, ponder, reflect and engage with all the amazing art, history, learnings and observations. Definitely recommend this if you're visiting Perth! Love the name AGWA too :)

Is quite well there the toilet is clean but the sanitizer smell bad

Very nice gallery!!!

Exceptional

Great gallery , it has a diverse range of artwork , and is nicely presented.

Since my last day in Perth was quite rainy I figured this was the perfect place to spend a couple of hours.It’s nicely set up, but not too big. Small selection of gifts in the gift shop.

Did some Christmas shopping at the AGWA shop. Always great to have a look sround there.

amazing artworks, i can’t believe it’s free

Amazing building. A credit to perth.

The best in Perth

Not many displays atm. Lower level only. Some historical an inspiring works on display.

Being repaired so only ground floor open.

Renovations does present some viewing but on the whole great presentation.

everyone was so kind and very helpful, highly recommend going and I'll definitely be coming back for longer

The Lester Prize was so good this year. Love, love, love.

Love the Art Gallery, always a great place to visit

Because I love art and it makes the plase beutiful and pleasant.

show cases abstract, surrealism,contemporary lots more. Definitely worth a visit!

Downstairs was open doing renovations upstairs

The Museum looks great. A real improvement on the old building. The building is a mix of old and new architecture, which really adds to its atmosphere. Its a real gem for Perth. Displays are interactive, great for kids to have a hands on approach...a great day out...

I visited the art gallery without having very high expectations because I have no clue how to appreciate art and how to analyze it. However, the various exhibitions they had going on were very interesting. There was also a really helpful security guard that talked us through some of the pieces. Super interesting visit and I would definitely go back there again. Be sure to set aside at least 3 hours to fully enjoy everything the gallery has to offer.

Couldn't have been more wonderful. Great exhibition. What a beautiful view of the skyline of Perth on the top floor of the gallery. The gallery runs four or five artistic movies. I watched the one where "escape" artists climbed walls and structures.

Great gallery with constant additions to art and style. Many local artist works are displayed which is good to see. The new rooftop space and bar is a beautiful place to hold an event or even just to see the sunset.

Visited during the week, no crowds so free to explore at a leisurely pace. Staff were very helpful. Exhibitions were amazing, visually stunning and culturally informative..

Love the weaving activity currently running. Lovely lady staff today. The accessible toilet and baby change is only on the ground floor and quite outdated unfortunately.

Is there any better way to expand public's access to art than opening a door for free charge? I think the Art gallery of WA in Perth is a good example. Its geographical accessibility is good, but most of all, I felt the real effort of the gallery in trying to reach citizens by lowering the psychological and physical barriers to exhibitions.

Lovely building, and though there were a few gallery's under maintenance, the ones they had open were lovely. I especially liked the new one with the prices from various art students.

Had a really good time at the Art Gallery of Western Australia today. I was really excited to walk past and saw they have Yoshitomo Nara exhibiting. It’s an honor to see his work in Australia! The rest of the gallery is ok, quite a few exhibits are undergoing installation and you can’t get to the rooftop without going into the one lift, which means there is a bit of a wait. The lift was a bit of fun though, decorated for the Yeahnahesia exhibit. The kids loved the kids interactive exhibit in room 9 The toilets really need an upgrade though, it looked a little tired.

Free bag check, free exhibits,. The air conditioning is set a bit too cold but some may consider that as relief. The shop doesn't have a wide selection of items. It was nice to have the two opposing exhibits right on op of reach other and it is also nice that the paintings change frequently.

Lots of incredible paintings and arts displayed. Quiet ambiance, good aircon, and comfortable. The entry ticket is free and donations are available.