This week on Best of Artbeat we explore the latest exhibitions and shows premiering across Perth with Maxxi May.

Performer Jake Bigwood jumps into the studio to chat about the latest production by West Australian Opera, The Duel - a periods standoff between Mozart and Salieri set against the backdrop of the Government House Ballroom.

The artists and curators of Sweet Pea Gallery's latest exhibition Oh discuss making art in Boorloo and artist led curation.

And creative Fiona Harmon unpacks The Ultimate Symbol, an inaugural exhibition by Perth's new contemporary art collective Nod.