Stunning images snapped by two Albany photographers have won awards in the 2026 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition
Claire Middleton
Two composers with a shared romantic interest inspire Giovanni Consort’s recital at South Perth and Nedlands.
David Cusworth
Bob Hawke College Year 12 Visual Arts graduate Yuvan Muthusami has won The West Australian Pulse 2026 People’s Choice Award for his artwork The Last Embrace.
Tanya MacNaughton
When musician Guy Ghouse died in November 2025, Gina Williams-Ghouse not only lost her husband but her creative songwriting soulmate.
From a Father’s Day market to a modern update on a Shakespeare classic, here are some of the best ways to spend your free time this weekend and beyond.
Choreographer Alice Topp has returned to WA Ballet with her modern reimagining of Shakespeare tragedy Macbeth, complete with backstabbing politicians and “witchfluencers”.
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world, has died aged 97.
Staff Writers
A century of Kojonup’s history is now proudly displayed on the walls of its Memorial Hall, with a striking new mural honouring the town’s wartime connections.
Amy Towers
Konstantin Shamray holds Winthrop Hall enthralled through Prokofiev’s First Piano Concerto with WA Symphony Orchestra and conductor Asher Fisch
Best known for his large-scale murals, artist Kambarni is scaling things down, but not holding back, with his first solo exhibition at Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre.
Megan French
AI anxiety led to Will O’Mahony writing and starring in humorous and emotionally honest play Day (After Day) In The Life Of The Useless, commissioned by Black Swan State Theatre Company.
From a gin festival to a circus spectacular, these are some of the best ways to be entertained this week.
A wheat field is taking over a Perth CBD office and a Subiaco building as part of a new public art installation designed to give city workers and visitors a chance to pause and reconnect with nature.
Sophie Gannon
Circular antique frames are not the easiest vintage item to source in Perth, as The West Australian Pulse 2026 artist Clara North soon discovered while creating her 2025 artwork Mirror, Mirror On The Wall.
ChorusOZ and Perth Symphony Orchestra bring Carl Orff’s choral epic Carmina Burana to UWA on AFL Grand Final day.
Sally Pell has a unique ability to bring art and history together, using the Albany Woollen Mills as inspiration for her iconic brand of woollen jackets and accessories.
Jacki Elezovich
A Mirrabooka high school student has won a national design competition with her original artwork proudly printed on a rare NAIDOC t-shirt.
Kellie Balaam
Artretro welcomed more than 100 people to its Old Land [in a] New Light exhibition when it opened at Narrogin’s ARTS Space on August 8.
Sculpture at Bathers is building on a decade-plus legacy since beginning in 2013, rebranded and expanded as Sculpture West, a WA arts organisation championing sculpture practice Statewide.
UK guest director Alastair Knights is at the helm of WAAPA’s jukebox musical & Juliet, giving Shakespeare’s classic tragedy a feminist twist on the famous ending to grant Juliet another chance at life and love.
From food, beer and arts festivals to an ARIA-winner playing Freo, here are some of the biggest events taking place around the State this weekend and beyond.
From now on, The Greatest Showman soundtrack will take on new meaning for music theatre performer Des Flanagan as he tours ringside in Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular.
Stunning portraits and haunting landscapes are the stock in trade for Albany artist Kirsten Sivyer.
The artistry of drag queens proved Elton Giraudo’s biggest source of inspiration when the John Curtin College of the Arts Year 12 visual arts graduate created his Pulse artwork Bastet’s Crown.
![Janey Marsh and Ned Crossley check out the Artretro’s Old Land [in a] New Light exhibition.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/C-22736258/8003c4d0bac343de23f7e6ba44f6e0f4c9902ccc-16x9-x0y242w4642h2611.jpg?imwidth=2048&impolicy=wan_v3)
