The art Gallery of Western Australia – part of the Perth Cultural Centre, located near the Western Australian Museum and State library. The current building of the gallery was opened in 1979.

Gallery collection has more than 15, 5 thousand works of art, admire that every year comes up to 400 thousand people.

Previously, the gallery was housed together with the Museum and library in the building Jubilee building, built in the late 19th century. And the administration of the gallery occupied the space in the former Police quarters. The main building of the gallery was built in 1977 during the boom of the mining industry. In those years the Western Australian government has invested significantly in culture, and inspired by the upcoming 150-year anniversary of the founding of Australia in 1979, has allocated money for the construction of a library.

The building is an Art gallery done in a more brutal style, popular at the time in European design. The first collection was eclectic: it consisted of the works of Indian and Asian artists, works of Australians of European descent and copies of works of English art. Current exhibits include works of traditional and contemporary aboriginal art of the Northern Territories and Western Australia and Australians work 1820-1960-ies. Annual exhibition of "Year 12 Perspectives" presents to the public the works of students of art schools – paintings, prints, digital art, design and sculpture.