Art Gallery of Western Australia Review

Interesting exhibits and amazing architecture in the lower ground level in the old courthouse. Very helpful staff. Definitely worth a visit.

Interesting, many works exhibited in spacious and well-lit rooms. In this period CORSINI WINDOW ITALY collection March / June 2018.

Great spaces, good selection, great exposure to First Nationals

Excellent place for all ages, great cafe and bath room. Friendly knowledgeable staff. No drinks allowed

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.

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.

The Uber driver told me that this is the most important painting in the modern Australia painting history...lovely place

I love to live in Perth - visit friends and see the art there.

Good variety of art with helpful staff and regular tours to show you around the place, not to mention it is free and has somewhat frequent events

Not bad for a free museum, but all the historical art is upstairs much better than the "modern" stuff.. in my opinion.

excellent... but you cannot bring in your selfie stick

Not my sort of thing at all but is a pleasant venue with great friendly staff and video explanations on some pieces

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

Perth art gallery was amazing and definelty worth a visi. Only 5 mins walk from Perth underground. There is a jewellery exihibtion on at the money which has some really nice jewellery items. The art work and the sculptures are divided in different sections. Staff were really nice and helpful.

Excellent exhibitions, but the permanent collection isn't as exciting.

Corsini exhibition at Art Gallery worth a visit if you in to Renaissance painting a lot of historical knowledge.

I recommend you to take a tour when you are not in Perth

SketchMyEvent Artist was here at the Art Gallery WA to sketch a corporate Christmas event. Loved it

Great place to spend a couple of quiet hours in the city, for free. Really enjoyed the Heath Ledger exhibition.

good collection of works here. sufficient for a couple of hours

A well laid out and well maintained facility with a nice range of local and international art. However I note some of the exhibits could be better signed and contextualised. Great, well curated gift shop.

Well laid out, some interesting gallery exhibitions.

Ever changing and always an interesting visit. Highly recommend

Splendid gallery, good selection of local artists and content. Aboriginal art and colonial art. Modern stuff too. Excellent books in the shop. Very helpful volunteers and staff.

Its enjoyable. However I'm personally more into older art.

Absolutely not to be missed! Seven hundred years of history of Florence and Italy through the role of the Corsini family in the society of the time and the art treasures preserved in their palaces. An exhibition set up with passion, competence and great dissemination skills. As long as there are similar ambassadors in the world, there is a future for our Italy!

A place you must visit.

And its free.

Great location, accessible and so much of the gallery is free to access. The gift shop is pretty nice too.

Great place to spend a few hours. Always something worthwhile to see.

Some really lovely pieces here...Shearing the Rams...iconic...fantastic aboriginal stuff...the Wanginas...amazing

The art gallery of Western Australia is aesthetically displeasing. It's not a good outing.

Best in the state! Have some great works and diverse exhibitions. Also strongly focuses on Aboriginal art with dedicated exhibitions. Year 12 perspective annual exhibition is another exhibition that attract crowds and appreciate and motivate students. Now showing "Treasure Ships" which bring art from the age of spices from Europe and East Asia (informative to see). Some art might go a bit overhead but for some these are their favourites. Overall 4.5/5

Nice staff. Lovely atmosphere. Like how they seperate the topic by using time frame.

Good range of exhibitions on display. Free entry! Great way to spend an hour or two

A very beautiful and quite amazing place, where you can find a lot information and history of Aboriginal peoples in Australia, six seasons paint.

only spent up to 10mins here, not worth going out of your way for. Visit the Sneaker culture if you appreciate shoes

Fantastic, wish there was more, great pieces and free access

It's okay. It does not have many works but there are interesting ones, and the fact that it is practically empty makes it very quiet to walk there.

Very friendly staff who understood and spent time to recommend what I could see in 20 mins as I had arrived close to closing time. Very spacious and quiet visit.

Art is something that you have to see for yourself. Art gallery is a place where opinions as different as the art itself. Came and check it out for yourself.

Love this place, like my second creative home. Saw the Corsini Collection WOW

A great venue and collection directly adjacent to the Perth train station. The curated exhibitions are second only top the AGWA collection that has been acquired and donated over the years. The building itself is a patient gem.

Beautiful gallery, an absolute must do in Perth. The gallery itself is an old concrete retro style building with geometric tile work on the ceiling, great for architecture nerds. They had a beautiful collection of Aboriginal art work, classic and modern and a heavy focus on local Australian art. Loved it!

Our yearly dose of culture. Beware not opened on Tuesday's

I love this place. It is inspiring and welcoming. And the gift shop is a real gem. Hidden in a relatively small space, lots of beautiful handmade objects that can make unique and beautiful presents for special occasions or special ones. And the staff are amazingly supportive, knowledgeable and not pushy at all. Loved it!!

Great new infrastructure and good variety of art pieces

Nice airconditioned rooms, friendly staff, nice art, easy to find your way around

This place is wonderful with so much beautiful art. Love visiting here.

Its one of those places everybody needs to visit. Even the ones that dont understand 'art' (like myself). There is always stuff to confound the bounds of the rational mind. Some great, some hideously ugly or silly. But thats the point.
At my visit a bunch of the exhibits were closed but one of the very friendly security guards pointed us towards some classical stuff in another wing. Which was nice to see.

Bonus points - its free.

Simply put, go there. Take your date for a wander and get points for looking intellectual for a bit, even if you dont understand any of it. Ha.

Congratulations AGWA on a fantastic Desert, River, Sea Exhibition. Fantastic!!

Nice gallery but the items on display from the permanent collection don't change for years. Great shop and Cafe.

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.

Modern setting with a large collection of art to view. It's interesting, thought-provoking and free!

It s a shame more people don t visit! It d be nice to have bigger displays of art... it was over too quickly

I could spend hours in here. And I have to be honest. The artwork is so diverse and a great experience. Especially enjoyable with friends/good place for a first date.

Good art gallery easily accessible by car or public transport. Facilities are good. Attached cafe serves good coffee!

Currently showing a wonderful exhibition of Sydney Nolan's paintings of Ned Kelly. And it's free! Should not be missed!

This is a gem of a place! Wonderful and helpful staff. One of the security people even offered to take my picture in front of an art piece!
Always changing and mentally stimulating whilst still being peaceful.

Some art is great some is terrible. Great place to go and relax. Clear well lit, good to toilets.

I love AGWA. Recommend it to visitors, locals and everyone. Oasis in the city. Well considered collections, exhibitions and use of space. Great for families, school trips, young,old, everyone between.

Interesting and eclectic collection of works in a beautiful building. Staff are helpful

I was a semi finalist for the Lester Prize for portraiture with 'Rotto Pete'. Great venue

Lovely experience and really enjoyed the atmosphere of the gallery at night.....

A great modern gallery just outside the city that features many local, national and international pieces. The recent addition of the History of Sneakers was a fantastic exhibition.

Outside features some fantastic historic buildings as well as gardens and huge natural rooftop vegetable garden showcasing many of our local offerings.

A very cheap and fun way to spend an afternoon.

I always find something I am not expecting to like in here. There's a great ambience and the collections are usually very good. I really enjoyed the Dali, Van Gogh and Picasso collection they showed a few years ago. The aboriginal art is well represented and there are plenty of controversial pieces to make you think. Well worth a visit.

A very good exhibition of the Corsini paintings etc. Well worth seeing.

The Art Gallery of Western Australia has an interesting mix of heritage and contemporary architecture. The main building was apparently inspired by the courtyards and pavilions of the Mexico City Museum of Anthropology. The gallery opens every day from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm except Tuesday. No fees to enter the Art Gallery, but they may ask you to make a voluntary donation as you enter. There are toilet facilities (including disabled access), wheelchair accessible parking and entrance too. ACROD and general car parking is available within the Perth Cultural Center. Accessible by pedestrian overpass from The Perth Train Station. Blue CATs buses has the closest pick up ang drop off on Beaufort Street.

Perth is being advertised as the place on Sydney tv, in news papers, to visit from east coast . Does not help visitors to Perth if Perth attractions are closed to visitors . The galleries on east coast never close . Disappointed that we took International tourists there yesterday and the gallery was closed. Lots of money is being spent on tourism make the opportunity and create more jobs and open 7 days a week!

Some really good pieces, but most of it was pretentious ugliness

old fashioned museum which will be replaced in 2020 by a new one. interesting collection of modern australian art. nice cafeteria offers snacks and drinks.