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National Youth Self Portrait Prize 2010

EXHIBITION: National Youth Self Portrait Prize 2010

The winning entry for the National Youth Self Portrait Prize 2010 will be announced at 11am, Thursday 22 July 2010 at the National Portrait Gallery, King Edward Terrace, Canberra. The sixteen short-listed works will be exhibited alongside the winning entry in the Gallery until 12 September 2010. With the generous support of the Tallis Foundation and the Association of Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Societies (ADFAS), the National Portrait Gallery will award $10,000 for the most outstanding self portrait.

Released 19 July 2010

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Present Tense

EXHIBITION: Present Tense
An Imagined Grammar of Portraiture in the New Media Age

Present Tense: An Imagined Grammar of Portraiture in the New Media Age is the principal exhibition in the National Portrait Gallery’s 2010 exhibition calendar. It will be displayed from 22 May to 22 August 2010. The exhibition continues the Gallery’s exploration into contemporary portraiture, examining the way that the basics of traditional portraiture respond to the application of new technologies and how this imaging process is reshaping our interpretation and reading of the face.

Released 13 April 2010

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