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As you pass through the gate at the Trinity Test Site in New Mexico’s Jornada del Muerto desert, the barren landscape sparkles in the morning sun. But there’s more to the twinkling desert than meets the eye. The glittering sand is the result of tiny green fragments of trinitite, an artefact of the ominous events…
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Now in its 47th year, the Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award is our longest running exhibition series and Australia’s premier print award. Each year, the award draws submissions from artists at all stages of their careers—a diversity that ensures the Print Award remains a vital and continually evolving exhibition, reflecting both the enduring traditions…
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Walyalup I Fremantle Arts Centre is pleased to present David Shrigley’s solo exhibition. The British artist expands his conceptual practice with a new body of work comprising an interactive installation and large-scale neon. The evolving installation Walyalup I Fremantle Tennis Ball Exchange transforms the two spaces of Ngoorlak and Karrak Galleries. Visitors are invited to…
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An exhibition by Irish artist and organiser Kate O’Shea and artist-architect Aideen O’Donovan, with invited collaborators. Long-time friends and creative partners from the southwest of Ireland, Kate and Aideen bring an experimental, collaborative practice to this immersive exhibition. JUMP CUTS emerges from Kate O’Shea’s international residency at Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre, part of a cultural…
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Inaugural Exhibition of Moores Building Art Studios Residents Moores Building Art Space is proud to present STUDIO, featuring the inaugural cohort of resident artists at the newly established Moores Building Art Studios, showcasing the diverse practices of six contemporary artists who have been working within the historic walls of this significant Fremantle landmark. The exhibition features…
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FREE ENTRY | CLICK HERE TO BOOK NOW Join us for a powerful evening of art, advocacy, and action as we reflect on gender-based violence and celebrate the strength of women’s voices and stories. Panel Guests: Dr Alison Evans – CEO, Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing Justine O’Malley – educator, counsellor, and social worker…
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In Feminine Fragility, artists Kamila Waleszkiewicz and Iwona Van Niekerk present a profoundly resonant exhibition that invites reflection on violence, remembrance, healing, and feminine resilience. Hosted at the Moores Building Art Space in Fremantle, this collaborative project transforms the gallery into a sanctuary for contemplation and testimony, where art resists, mourns, and remembers. At the…
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From the artist, Ella van Leeuwen: In the early 1920s, my great-grandfather emigrated from Tuscany, Italy to Western Australia. Together with his growing family, he moved between country towns seeking work. In 1935, they moved to Day Dawn, a remote, bustling gold mining town located 6.6km outside of Cue, where my Nonna was born in…
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It’s Always Been Always centres the voices of Blak women, celebrating their powerful connections to Country, Community, and Culture. Curated by Zali Morgan. Featuring newly commissioned and existing works by Wendy Hubert (Yindjibarndi – Juluwarlu Art Group), Harriette Bryant (Pitjantjatjara – Mimili Maku Arts), Kaylene Whiskey & the Iwantja Young Women’s Film Project (Yankunytjatjara –…
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NO STORYBOARD NO SCRIPT WE MAKE OUR FILMS FROM OUR LIFE AND LANDS FOR OUR LIFE AND LANDS. This artistic manifesto describes the collective’s technique and approach to filmmaking. Working in the tradition of an oral history, the group develops the ideas for its films in a communal and conversational process; most of the footage…
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