The West Australian Pulse 2024: curator Bahar Sayed delves into the annual exhibition at The Art Gallery of WA

The West Australian Pulse 2024 curator Bahar Sayed’s own career trajectory is the epitome of The West Australian Pulse ethos, showing how a vocation in the arts can take you along unexpected pathways.

While growing up in the northern suburbs of Perth, the second-generation Afghan-Australian’s parents always encouraged curiosity, creativity and playfulness, which for Sayed, came through the form of music.