LWAG Talks

Conversation – artist Kirsten Hudson with marine research scientists Fabio Boschetti and Matt Andreotta

Recording of a performance, titled: Recreation - Exploring Ekphrasis through words and music, an event held at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery on 17th April 2021. It was inspired by the artworks of Olga Cironis in Dislocation, an exhibition held during the period 27 February to 5th June 2021 at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

In this episode, Michael Houston and Sofie Nielsen from the Berndt Museum of Anthropology are joined by members of the 2020 LWAG Student Advisory Committee Maya Quinn and Jeremy Passmore to discuss the online exhibition 'Expressions of India: From the Ronald M. And Catherine H. Berndt Collection'. Originally scheduled to take place in person, 'Expressions of India' was modified to take place as an...

'HERE&NOW20: Perfectly Queer' curator Brent Harrison speaks with exhibiting artist Benjamin Bannan about his new work 'Salvation Rainbow', on show in HERE&NOW20. HERE&NOW20: Perfectly Queer is the 2020 iteration of Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery's annual HERE&NOW exhibition series exploring issues and themes pertinent to Western Australian contemporary art practice. Curated by Brent Harrison, HERE&NO...

Hear about the recent history and future programs at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, as well as Director Ted Snell's own career path in this intimate conversation between Snell and members of the LWAG Student Advisory Committee (LSAC) Victor Arul, Brendan John Harry Dias and Zahraa Al Taey. This expansive conversation covers a range of topics, from LWAG's response during the coronavirus shutdown and...

Learn more about the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art (CCWA) in this conversation with CCWA curator Lee Kinsella and members of LSAC (LWAG Student Advisory Committee) Victor Arul, Fannisa Balqis Assyilah, Mia Davis and Amy Reid. One of several major public collections owned by the University of Western Australia, the CCWA consists of over 700 works of art created by Australia women artists. In t...

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, LWAG Director Professor Ted Snell, speaks with Perth businessman Ivan Hoffman about the fundraising involved in building the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. In 1986, Hoffman was the Honorary Director of the fundraising appeal to build the Gallery, which officially opened to the public on 18 July 1990. The music in this episode...

In this second episode of 'Art Aside', LWAG Director Ted Snell explores the National Gallery of Australia's controversial 1973 purchase of the painting 'Blue Poles' by Jackson Pollock and its reverberations in Perth. 'Art Aside' is a series of short, 5-10 minute episodes developed and produced by Ted Snell that delve into fascinating and little-known stories within the history of art. Music for th...

Munich-based artists David Bielander and Helen Britton share reflections and insights on their practice as artists in this public talk during the 2019 symposium 'MAKING: A living?' Produced in collaboration between LWAG, the 2019 Fremantle Biennale and Artsource, 'MAKING: A living?' brought together local, national and international artists, musicians, editors, marketing experts and more to explor...

LWAG Director Ted Snell delivers the first in our 'Art Aside' series. In these short 5-10 minute episodes, Ted delves into fascinating and little-known stories within the history of art. This first 'Art Aside' explores the theft of the 'Mona Lisa' and how artists and friends Pablo Picasso and Guillame Apollinaire became entangled in the investigation. The 'Art Aside' series is written and produced...

Artist Iain Dean talks with LWAG Director Professor Ted Snell on his work, including a new piece, 'We are Crumbs', commissioned for INSIDE/OUT, a series of artworks for the LWAG's south-facing windows celebrating its 30th anniversary. A selection of Dean's work from 2017-2020 was also featured in 'The Long Kiss Goodbye', LWAG's 2020 Perth Festival exhibition. Iain Dean is a Perth-based multidiscip...

Artist, curator and textile theorist Dr Belinda von Mengersen delivers the keynote talk, 'Textiles Lucidity', for the 2019 symposium Social Fabric at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. Organised alongside the exhibition HERE&NOW19: Material Culture, Social Fabric was a day-long symposium that brought together artists, theorists and curators to explore ideas surrounding textile-based art practices. The s...

Using archival images, Madeleine Clear, co-founder of Tiwi Design, reminisces about the early years of Tiwi Design, where she worked closely with artists in the late 1960s. From humble beginnings as a printmaking workshop, it went on to gain national and international recognition as one of the earliest and most successful Aboriginal art projects in Australia. The Tiwi Design art centre continues t...

In this talk, Professor Philip Mead and Dr. Catherine Noske delve deeper into historical and literary associations conjured by the artworks
 of Sir Sidney Nolan in celebration of Nolan’s Centenary year, and highlighting his works in the UWA Art Collection. Professor Philip Mead is inaugural Chair of Australian Literature, School of Humanities and Director of the Westerly Centre. Dr Catherine Noske...

Sana Bharadwaj, PhD Candidate in Linguistics at UWA, reflects on how language, culture and identity interact in the sociolinguistics of the Indian diaspora in Australia. This event was organised alongside the exhibition Bharti Kher: In Her Own Language, presented at LWAG in 2016 as part of the Perth International Arts Festival. The talk was part of LWAG's Friday Talk series and presented with Ling...

An 'emerging curator' confronts many situations. Join local curators Eve Chaloupka, Erin Coates, Gemma Weston and Dr Laetitia Wilson, whose own experiences reveal some of the diverse challenges and interpretations of the role and responsibilities of a “curator” in the current WA scene. Co-chaired by Ron Bradfield Jnr and Dr Janice Lally. In partnership with Artsource - peak membership body for vis...

An astonishing collection of crayon drawings on brown paper was first created by Yolngu artists in late 1940s north-east Arnhem Land. Now part of the Berndt Collection of Australian Aboriginal cultural materials, this talk brings together insights from a museum perspective about the artworks and their history, conservation and presentation. Hear from Berndt Museum Associate Director, Professor San...

While preparing the Yirrkala drawings for exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales Conservator Sarah Bunn was excited to uncover layers of information in the process. Material culture not only tells stories about its content, but also of its making and life journey. Hear from Sarah Bunn as she reveals her discoveries. This discussion was part of the 2015 public program of events accompanying the...

Writer and academic Dr Shevaun Cooley presents ‘You must change your life’, a discussion of the intersection of art and poetry, and what happens when those works carry with them the whiff of death. This talk was presented as part of the public program accompanying the exhibition 'Memento Mori' at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA. Dr Shevaun Cooley is a Western Australian poet and academic. Her...

Carrie McGee and her colleagues at The Museum of Modern Art have won international respect for their unique efforts to make the MoMA’s extensive resources, collection and programs accessible to visitors with disabilities. In this lecture McGee discusses the development and outcomes of MoMA’s programs, including the world- renowned MoMA Alzheimer’s Project, in order to validate the notion that high...

CURATINGforum was both an actual and virtual forum hosted by the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery for generating discussion around contemporary curatorial practice. The forum focuses on the ways in which art institutions, artists, business and non-arts government organisations can work together in innovative ways. Panellists: - Anne Loxley (Curator of C3West Program, Museum of Contemporary Art Australi...