What does it take to start or build a collection of contemporary art? What are the different approaches you can take? Why is it so rewarding?

Join us as gallerist Seva Frangos, private collector Frederic Flipo, and Murdoch University Art Collection curator Mark Stewart discuss what, how, and why they collect.

This is sure to be an insightful evening for anyone interested in the idea and history of collecting, or thinking of starting a collection of their own, so don't miss out!

Tuesday 4 August, 6pm
Tickets $20, refreshments included
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Tomorrow we're celebrating the publication of An Internal Difficulty. Featuring writing by Carol Seigel and Dr. Janine Burke, this book captures the extraordinary exhibition installation at PICA earlier this year, and the work of trailblazing Western Australian artists.

Thursday 23 July, 6pm
FREE Event
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Studio Open Night is PICA’s most popular series of artist talks that connect you personally with our current studio residents. Join local artists Carla Adams, Elise Reitze, Tanya Lee and Simone Johnston as they discuss their recent residencies here.

Tuesday 11 August, 6pm
FREE EVENT
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With the PICA Salon now officially open, the Education Notes for the show are available online.

There is still time to book your students in for an Interactive Exhibition Tour, or for an Abstraction and Narrative Workshop which will see students undertake activities exploring personal narratives.

Until 14 August
Bookings essential:
education@pica.org.au or 9228 6316

Thanks to our friends at Icon Film Distribution, and to celebrate the release of Last Cab to Darwin on August 6th, we have a very special giveaway for you.

To be in the running to win one of five double passes to the film (and even a host of extras including a DVD pack and promotional tea-towels), e-mail us here with your full name and postage address, and tell us in 50 words or less what your favourite work in the PICA Salon: Epic Narratives is, and why.

 

Images (top to bottom): PICA Salon Vernissage Opening Night, 2015. Photo: Holly Jade Photography; Andrew Nicholls & Travis Kelleher, Untitled Study (detail pictured), 2013. Image c/o the artists with thanks to the Freud Museum London;  Tanya Lee & Simone Johnston, Personal Space (2) (detail pictured), 2014. Photo: Rasheen Lee; Anna Dunnill, a short lesson study (detail pictured), 2014. Image courtesy of the artist; Last Cab to Darwin. Image courtesy of Icon Film Distribution.