Exhibitions
Current
Once Known
139 St Georges Terrace
4 Apr 2025 – 6 Mar 2026
Opened for the first time at the Old Perth Boys’ School, Once Known, presents a selection of meticulous reproductions of the delicate and treasured artworks created by Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families and detained at the Carrolup Native Settlement in the 1940s.

Upcoming
Kattidj Nagãr [Peaceful Quiet Reflection]
John Curtin Gallery
26 May – 13 Jun 2025
Kattidj Nagãr features artworks and personal objects created by the children who were forcibly removed from their families and detained at the Carrolup Native Settlement in the 1940s

Bridging to Next: Truth and Reclamation Exhibition
John Curtin Gallery
26 May – 6 Jun 2025
Third-year Curtin University Fine Art students have been invited to showcase Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artist works within the Curtin University Art Collection that reflect this year’s Reconciliation theme, Bridging Now to Next

Nan Goldin: The ballad of sexual dependency
John Curtin Gallery
4 Jul – 14 Sep 2025
This ground-breaking series of 126 brilliant colour photographs is touring to JCG exclusively within Western Australia.

James Tylor: Turrangka… in the shadows
John Curtin Gallery
4 Jul – 14 Sep 2025
Kaurna artist James Tylor bridges historical and contemporary photographic process, sculpture and found objects as a language of intervention.

Fantastic Forms
John Curtin Gallery
3 Oct – 7 Dec 2025
A touring exhibition from the Bundanon Collection, in dialogue with new drawings, ceramics, sculptures and animation.

Dirt Feeling
John Curtin Gallery
3 Oct – 7 Dec 2025
Featuring ceramics works from the Curtin University Art Collection

Everyday, Myths and Legends
John Curtin Gallery
3 Oct – 7 Dec 2025
An exhibition of works from the Curtin University Art Collection that explore everyday mythmaking.
