Walk-in Tours

 

FREE and generously guided by Volunteer Gallery Guides.

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November 2009

Monday 9, 16, 23, 30 at 11am & 1pm
Monument #23: Slump by Callum Morton

 

Callum Morton
Monument #23: Slump 2009
polyurethane, epoxy resin, fibreglass,

sand cement, timber, acrylic paint
260 × 960 × 270cm
State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia
Purchased through the Tomorrow Fund, Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation, 2009
© Callum Morton
Installation view at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

| 26 February – 21 March 2009
photo: Ivan Buljan

Wednesday 4, 11, 18, 25 at 11am & 1pm
Exploring the importance of pattern and line in Indigenous art
 
Thursday 5, 12, 19, 26, at 11am & 1pm
Social change in Australia through the
eyes of the artist
 
Friday Focus 6, 13, 20, 27 at 12.30pm
Moving Moon and Owl by John Olsen
 
Friday 6, 13, 20, 27 at 2pm
Traditional or contemporary - which is for you?
 
Saturday 7, 14, 21, 28 at 1pm
A tour of your State Collection
 
Sunday 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 at 11am & 1pm
Artworks that 'speak' to you?
 

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December 2009

Monday 7, 14, 21, 28 at 11am & 1pm
Animals in art
 

Frederick McCubbin

The Old Garden c1910

oil on canvas

56 x 91.5cm

State Art Collection,
Art Gallery of Western Australia

Purchased with funds from the Great Australian Paintings Appeal, 1978

Wednesday 16, 23, 30 at 11am & 1pm
McCubbin: Last Impressions 1907-17
 
Thursday 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 at 11am & 1pm
Contemporary Indigenous art works
 
Friday Focus 4, 11, 18 at 12.30pm
Snake Dreaming at Ngukalupalkarra
by George (Hairbrush) Tjungurrayi
 
Friday 4, 11, 18 at 2pm
Body
 
Saturday 5, 12, 19, 26 at 1pm
A tour of your Collection
 
Sunday 6 at 11am & 1pm
A tour of your Collection
   
Sunday 13, 20, 27 at 11am & 1pm
McCubbin: Last Impressions 1907-17
   

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January 2010

Monday 4, 11, 18, 25 at 11am & 1pm
McCubbin: Last Impressions 1907-17
 

Frederick McCubbin: Arrival of the Duke and Duchess of York

Frederick McCubbin
Arrival of the Duke and Duchess of York, 1901c 1908
oil on paper on canvas
59.4 x 89.8 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of a special grant
from the Government of Victoria, 1979

Wednesday 6, 13, 20, 27 at 11am & 1pm
Body
 
Thursday 7, 14, 21, 28 at 11am & 1pm
McCubbin: Last Impressions 1907-17
 
Friday Focus 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 at 12.30pm
The Pay-Back by Julie (Yaminga) Dowling
 
Friday 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 at 2pm
3D Indigenous art works
 
Saturday 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 at 1pm
A tour of your Collection
   
Sunday 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 at 11am & 1pm
Monument #23: Slump by Callum Morton
   

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February 2010

Monday 1, 8, 15, 22 at 11am & 1pm

Myths, legends and stories told through art works

 

Arthur Boyd - The rabbiter 1953

Arthur Boyd

The rabbiter 1953

oil and tempera on hardboard

88.0 x 104.7 cm

State Art Collection,
Art Gallery of Western Australia

Purchased 1953
Reproduced with permission of Bundanon Trust

Wednesday 3, 10, 17, 24 at 11am & 1pm
What's your 'WOW' factor?
 
Thursday 4, 11, 18, 25 at 11am & 1pm
Designing women
 
Friday Focus 5, 12, 19, 26 at 12.30pm
Deep Blue by David Serisier
 
Friday 5, 12, 19, 26 at 2pm
McCubbin: Last Impressions 1907-17
 
Saturday 6, 13, 20, 27 at 1pm
McCubbin: Last Impressions 1907-17
   
Sunday 7, 14, 21, 28 at 11am & 1pm
A brush with nature
   
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Please note:

1. Advertised tours and talks may be subject to change without prior notice.
    We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

2.  No pre-booking required.

3.  The Gallery is closed Tuesdays.

4.  Tours run for approximately one hour, with the exception of Friday Focus tours,
     which run for approximately half an hour.

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