Media Releases
Treasure Ships: Art in the Age of Spices is on its way to Perth
14 September 2015
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Treasure Ships: Art in the Age of Spices sails into AGWA
8 October 2015
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Media Enquiries
Please contact Tanya Sticca
T +61 8 9492 6692 | E tanya.sticca@artgallery.wa.gov.au
Selected Press
- Treasure trove of spicy art
by Laetitia Wilson in The West Australian - Rare artefacts on display for Spice Ages exhibition at the Art Gallery of WA
by Helene Lambetsos on Perthnow.com.au - Opulent works in spice age display
by William Yeoman in The West Australian - Old spice, art and treasure
by Steve Bevis in The Weekend West - Art Gallery of South Australia’s Treasure Ships: Art in the Age of Spices
review by Christopher Allen in The Australian - Treasure Ships a trove of art from meeting of East and West
review by John McDonald in The Sydney Morning Herald - ‘Treasures on show for shipshape 2015 Art Gallery of SA program’
by Patrick McDonald in The Advertiser - ‘Spice age treasures on show at Art Gallery of South Australia’
by Justin Burke in The Australian - ‘A treasure trove of exotic discovery‘
by Suzie Keen in InDaily - ‘‘Spice age’ artefacts and paintings go on show at Art Gallery of South Australia’
on ABC.net.au - ‘Scholarship is the real treasure that bonds museums‘
by Gina Fairley on Visual Arts Hub
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'Kangaroo'
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'Surcoat [jinbaori], with mon'
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'On display in West Ryogooku [Nishi ryogoku ni oite kogyo] Leopard'
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'Jewellery box'
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'Infant Jesus, Saviour of the World'
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'Portrait of D. Francisco de Almeida'
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'Reliquary monstrance'
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'Islands of Maluku...(Insulae Moluccae...)'
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'Dutch trading ship in Japanese waters'
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'Portable altarpiece, with devotional image'
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'The arrival of Dutch ship at the port of Nagasaki in 1641'
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'Scenes of traders at Nagasaki'
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'Reliquary cross of St Francis Xavier'
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