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In conversation

Polly Borland

Thursday 16 December 20215:30 – 6:15pm if you’re in Los Angeles!
Live online
Image: Polly Borland, Untitled (Nick Cave in blue wig), 2010, Type C photograph, 50 x 40 cm or 87 x 70 cm or 156 x 127 cm. Editions of 3 plus artist’s proofs. Image courtesy the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf.
Image: Polly Borland, Untitled (Nick Cave in blue wig), 2010, Type C photograph, 50 x 40 cm or 87 x 70 cm or 156 x 127 cm. Editions of 3 plus artist’s proofs. Image courtesy the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf.

Join us for a very special final In Conversation for the year with internationally celebrated Australian artist Polly Borland. Polly’s work is held in collections globally, including eleven portraits in the NPG’s collection. Known for unexpected revelations within her photographic portraiture, she exhibits worldwide, including a solo exhibition at the NGV in 2018-19. From Los Angeles, California, Polly will join our Digital Manager Gill Raymond for a chat about her work and life as a photographer over the last few years.

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