City of Perth Library

City of Perth Library Delight and hurt not Andrew Nicholls’ ceiling mural is based on the closing scene of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Fitting for a reverent space devoted to the pursuit of knowledge, the play’s main character, Prospero, gains magical powers from his library, equating books, and therefore knowledge, with power. The mural illustrated WA native flora and fauna and every one of the 65 plants and 12 animals depicted is a threatened species.