Friday 27 May 2022 – Monday 27 May 2024
Join Associate Curator, Rebecca Ray and Curator, Collection & Research, Joanna Gilmour as they explore First Nations activists in our collection, celebrating their continual culture, identity, strength and resilience.
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Come on a mystery tour to explore a few of Sandra Bruce’s (Director, Exhibitions & Collections) favourite British portraits in Shakespeare to Winehouse: Icons from the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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Come on a journey of exploration to celebrate World Oceans Day! Join artists Dr Sarah Kachovich, Megan Cope and Jiani Sheng in conversation with NPG Exhibitions Curator Penny Grist.
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Dive into the world of frills, feathers and fatigues as we discuss the importance of costume in Shakespeare to Winehouse: Icons from the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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As we approach the end of our time with Shakespeare to Winehouse: Icons from the National Portrait Gallery, London, let’s get all spooky, light our candelabras and delve into the stories of those in the exhibition who met a gruesome, untimely end...
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Join us from wherever you are for a close look at a few of the stunning portraits in the brand new exhibition, Darling Portrait Prize 2022.
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Join us from wherever you are for our Curator, Joanna Gilmour in conversation with Jennifer Higgie, author of ‘The Mirror and the Palette: Rebellion, Revolution, and Resilience, Five Hundred Years of Women’s Self Portraits’.
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Join Australian photography curator, historian and writer, Helen Ennis for a conversation about photographers challenging the conventions of personal and public space in their portraits.
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Can’t come to us? Join us online and celebrate NAIDOC week with a reading of Ceremony: Welcome to Our Country written by Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing.
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From pearls, jewels and silk to a self-portrait all about flesh, join us for a feast of portraits from Shakespeare to Winehouse where opulence, prowess and oil painting collide.
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Are you tyred? Unable to sleep? Been feeling a sudden urge to wear lycra? Yes it’s Tour de France time!
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Put on your growing up, growing old, growing into glasses and come along for the ride as we look at some portraits from the National Photographic Portrait Prize and Darling Portrait Prize.
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An opportunity to take it slow, come together as a community, engaging with art and each other.
Bookings required
An opportunity to take it slow, come together as a community, engaging with art and each other.
Bookings requiredAn opportunity to take it slow, come together as a community, engaging with art and each other.
Bookings required
An opportunity to take it slow, come together as a community, engaging with art and each other.
Bookings required
An opportunity to take it slow, come together as a community, engaging with art and each other.
Bookings required
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