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Super Cathy

Super Cathy
2025

Kaylene Whiskey

The Matildas

The Matildas
2025

Angela Tiatia

On display: Gallery Three
Costa (it's not ours it's us)

Costa (it's not ours it's us)
2025

Rob McHaffie

On display: Gallery Five
Tina

Tina
2025

Georges Antoni

On display: Gallery Two
Romance Was Born

Romance Was Born
2025

Samuel Hodge

On display: Gallery Two
William Nuttall with horses in field

William Nuttall with horses in field
2023

Noel McKenna

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NC

(Leila Waddell) Chain of being
2023-2024

Emily Hunt

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NC

(Rosaleen Norton) Chain of being
2023-2024

Emily Hunt

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NC

The Shortest Day (Flower Wall)
2024

Dr Christian Thompson AO

On display: Gallery Six
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NC

Looking at a Piece of Glass
1967-1968

Ian Burn

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NC

Portrait of Margaret Coen
1943

Mary Edwards

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NC

Treania Smith
c. 1937

Helen Stewart

Men In This Town 04

Men In This Town 04
2024

Atong Atem

On display: Gallery Two
image not online
NC

(James Smith / Joshua Smith) Chain of being
2023-2024

Emily Hunt

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NC

(James Smith) Homunculus trance
2023-2024

Emily Hunt

Blood money - infinite dollar note - Aunty Regina Pilawuk Wilson

Blood money - infinite dollar note - Aunty Regina Pilawuk Wilson
2023

Dr Ryan Presley

Jimmy Melrose and his mother Hilda Westley

Jimmy Melrose and his mother Hilda Westley
1934

an unknown artist

Self portrait

Self portrait
2024

Mitch Cairns

Robert Hughes

Robert Hughes
1963

Louis Kahan AO

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NC

John Olsen
1971

Clifton Pugh AO

Albert and Vincent

Albert and Vincent
2024

Vincent Namatjira OAM

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Guardian of the Secretion
1988

Hany Armanious

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Portrait
2020

Hany Armanious

Eric

Eric
2020

Amos Gebhardt

Blow Back

Blow Back
2018

Julie Rrap

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NC

What Do We Want?
2022

Reko Rennie

Some lads #5

Some lads #5
1986 (printed c. 2000)

Tracey Moffatt

Some lads #4

Some lads #4
1986 (printed c. 2000)

Tracey Moffatt

Some lads #3

Some lads #3
1986 (printed c. 2000)

Tracey Moffatt

Some lads #2

Some lads #2
1986 (printed c. 2000)

Tracey Moffatt

Stephanie Alexander AO

Stephanie Alexander AO
2023

Tsering Hannaford

On display: Gallery Five
Portrait of Jill

Portrait of Jill
2021

Graeme Drendel

Alice Giles

Alice Giles
1984

Rosemary Madigan

Richard N (sitting on green chair backwards, 2 faces)

Richard N (sitting on green chair backwards, 2 faces)
2000-2010

Howard Tangye

The hoodie

The hoodie
2021 (printed 2023)

Jacob Nash

Aussie Icon: Portrait of Linda Jackson

Aussie Icon: Portrait of Linda Jackson
2023

Adrienne Doig

Mīal

Mīal
2022/2023

Archie Moore

Men of High Degree: Kev Carmody (Bundjalung/Lama Lama Peoples)

Men of High Degree: Kev Carmody (Bundjalung/Lama Lama Peoples)
2023

Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove, Richard Crampton

blood/memory: Brenda & Christopher I (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra; Mara/Ngarrindjeri/Ritharrngu; Anglo-Australian/Chinese/German/Irish/Scottish) 2021

blood/memory: Brenda & Christopher I (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra; Mara/Ngarrindjeri/Ritharrngu;…

Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove, Richard Crampton

Portrait of Behrouz Boochani #1

Portrait of Behrouz Boochani #1
2018 (printed 2023)

Hoda Afshar

Entr'acte

Entr'acte
2023

Hayley Millar Baker

Maggie

Maggie
2023

Del Kathryn Barton

On display: Gallery Five
Christine Audrey Pecket painting 'Self Portrait in a Brown Coat at the Sydney Technical College'

Christine Audrey Pecket painting 'Self Portrait in a Brown Coat at the…

an unknown artist

Study for self portrait

Study for self portrait
c. 1965

Jean Appleton

Study for self portrait

Study for self portrait
c. 1965

Jean Appleton

Study for self portrait

Study for self portrait
c. 1965

Jean Appleton

Portrait of Diana Pockley

Portrait of Diana Pockley
c. 1945

Thea Proctor

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NC

John Wolseley, old master
2020

Martin King

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NC

Double Self Portrait in Mirror
c. 1936

Alison Rehfisch

Lady Primrose Potter

Lady Primrose Potter
2023

Betina Fauvel-Ogden

Gene Sherman with Family, After Tillers, After Freud, After Watteau

Gene Sherman with Family, After Tillers, After Freud, After Watteau
1995

Jenny Sages

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NC

Girl with Big Stick, Cooloman and Bird
2022

Rhonda Sharpe, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists

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NC

My Two Lovely Faces Looking at Each Other and Smiling for Love
2022

Rhonda Sharpe, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists

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NC

Girl with Dillybag full of Bushfood
2022

Marlene Rubuntja, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists

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NC

Arkutja (woman)
2022

Marlene Rubuntja, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists

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NC

Me I am Artist
2022

Marlene Rubuntja, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists

Self-nature is subtle and mysterious - Tree Woman / Woman Tree

Self-nature is subtle and mysterious - Tree Woman / Woman Tree
2023

Nell, Warwick Edgington, Annette Blair and Belinda Toll, Canberra Glassworks, Crawfords Casting, Eveleigh Works

John Sumner

John Sumner
1984

Eleanor Constance Gude

Don Walker, Songwriter

Don Walker, Songwriter
2021

Mark Lang

June Dally-Watkins

June Dally-Watkins
1959

Judy Cassab AO CBE

Barbara McGrady

Barbara McGrady
2017 (printed 2023)

Dr John Janson-Moore

Sidney Nolan

Sidney Nolan
1982

Albert Tucker

Aussie Icon: Portrait of Jenny Kee

Aussie Icon: Portrait of Jenny Kee
2022

Adrienne Doig

Alex Miller, novelist

Alex Miller, novelist
2022

Hong Fu

Christian Waller

Christian Waller
c. 1920s

an unknown artist

Portrait of John Flaus

Portrait of John Flaus
2022

Alan Mitchell

Maria Polly Cutmore

Maria Polly Cutmore
2021

Jessica Hromas

Adela Russell Walker

Adela Russell Walker
1864

William P. Dowling

Anna Frances Walker

Anna Frances Walker
c. 1865

George Perry

James, Rebecca and Sam Mapu

James, Rebecca and Sam Mapu
2021

James Tylor, Craig Tuffin, Dr Elisa deCourcy

Geoffrey Roland Robertson

Geoffrey Roland Robertson
1999 (printed 2022)

Polly Borland

John Williams

John Williams
2000 (printed 2022)

Polly Borland

Dame Bridget Margaret Ogilvie

Dame Bridget Margaret Ogilvie
1999 (printed 2022)

Polly Borland

Ron Mueck

Ron Mueck
1999 (printed 2022)

Polly Borland

Yvonne Denise Kenny

Yvonne Denise Kenny
1999 (printed 2022)

Polly Borland

John Hillcoat

John Hillcoat
1999 (printed 2022)

Polly Borland

Bruce Gyngell

Bruce Gyngell
1999 (printed 2022)

Polly Borland

Toni Collette

Toni Collette
1999 (printed 2022)

Polly Borland

Pat Cash

Pat Cash
1999 (printed 2022)

Polly Borland

Sir Alec Nigel Broers

Sir Alec Nigel Broers
1999 (printed 2022)

Polly Borland

Leanne Benjamin

Leanne Benjamin
1999 (printed 2022)

Polly Borland

Portrait of Helen Caldicott

Portrait of Helen Caldicott
2021

Leeanne Crisp

Herb and Flan

Herb and Flan
2018

Julian Meagher

Malcolm McCusker AC CVO KC

Malcolm McCusker AC CVO KC
2022

Vincent Fantauzzo

Rachel

Rachel
2021

Thea Anamara Perkins

Ken Wyatt

Ken Wyatt
2019 (printed 2020)

Alex Ellinghausen

Alan 'Salvo Man' Jessop

Alan 'Salvo Man' Jessop
2019 (printed 2022)

Gino Zardo

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Madame Carandini
c. 1872

Charles Hewitt, A Marion Son and Co (Paris/London)

image not online
NC

Dr B Marika AO
2020

Mihail Tsikas

image not online

Rosalie Kunoth
1967

Donald Cameron

John Vickery

John Vickery
c. 1929

an unknown artist

Erin Phillips OAM

Erin Phillips OAM
2022

Alex Frayne

The Story Teller (Noni Hazlehurst)

The Story Teller (Noni Hazlehurst)
2017

Jaq Grantford

Warwick Thornton

Warwick Thornton
2019 (printed 2022)

Susan Stitt ACS

Emile Sherman

Emile Sherman
2012

Adam Chang (Hong Jun Zhang)

Lady Lloyd Jones

Lady Lloyd Jones
1952

Judy Cassab AO CBE

An Afternoon (Aunty Jenny Munro at the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy)

An Afternoon (Aunty Jenny Munro at the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy)…

Dr John Janson-Moore

On display: Gallery One
Ada Crossley

Ada Crossley
1903

Talma Studios, Sydney

Heath

Heath
2020 (printed 2022)

Brett Canét-Gibson

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