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Where does your body end and mine begin?, 2023 Madeline Bishop

Where does your body end and mine begin?

Madeline Bishop

Richard Johnson 23 May 2009 3:07PM, 2009 (printed 2010) Ingvar Kenne

Richard Johnson 23 May 2009 3:07PM

Clive Shakespeare

Clive Shakespeare

Clive Shakespeare formed the soul/Tamla Motown cover group the Downtown Roll Band in 1968.

3 portraits in the collection

Yousuf Karsh by George O'Neill

Karsh

Faces of the Twentieth Century

Previous exhibition, 1998

Yousuf Karsh - the most famous portrait photographer in the world - has photographed the statesmen, artists, literary and scientific figures who have defined the 20th century and shaped our lives, In this, his 90th year, the National Portrait Gallery is thrilled to present an exhibition of Karsh's photography of 20th century figures.

Slow Motion @ 300kms per hour Mark ‘Sparky’ Webber, Formula 1 Driver, 2016 by Gino Zardo

Slow Motion @ 300kms per hour Mark ‘Sparky’ Webber, Formula 1 Driver, 2016

Sir Charles Mackerras

Sir Charles Mackerras AC KT CBE

Sir (Alan) Charles Mackerras AC CBE (1925-2010) was chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra from 1982 to 1985.

1 portrait in the collection

Slow Motion @ 300kms per hour Mark 'Sparky'™ Webber, Formula 1 Driver

Slow Motion @ 300kms per hour Mark 'Sparky'™ Webber, Formula 1 Driver

Slow Motion @ 300kms per hour Mark 'Sparky'™ Webber, Formula 1 Driver

Slow Motion @ 300kms per hour Mark 'Sparky'™ Webber, Formula 1 Driver, 2016

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2019

Chelsea Hospital (Sir Henry Wylie Norman)

Sir Henry Wylie Norman

Sir Henry Wylie Norman (1826–1904), governor and army officer, was born in London, the son of a merchant who conducted his business chiefly in India and the Caribbean.

1 portrait in the collection

Study for portrait of Senator John Button

John Button

John Button (1933-2008), Labor politician, studied arts and law at the University of Melbourne and made his name as a barrister in Melbourne before becoming involved in the Victorian branch of the Labor Party in the late 1950s.

2 portraits in the collection

The silent spectre of motion (Le spectre silencieux du movement), 2012 by Bridget Walker, video: 6 minutes

The silent spectre of motion (Le spectre silencieux du movement), 2012

by Bridget Walker

General content

Finalist, iD2012

Sir Charles Mackerras

Sir Charles Mackerras

Sir Charles Mackerras

Sir Charles Mackerras, 1983

Arthur Fleischmann

Portrait, cast bronze on mosaic tile panel

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Sir Charles Mackerras 2009

Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly, 2013

Warwick Thornton

Portrait, single channel moving image, colour, sound, 8 minutes 54 seconds

Commissioned with funds provided by Ian Darling 2013

Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth AM

Chris Hemsworth AM (b. 1983), one of Australia's best-known actors, appeared in a number of television shows including Neighbours, Saddle Club and Marshall Law before joining the cast of Home and Away in 2004.

1 portrait in the collection

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David Brooks

David Brooks, poet, literary critic and academic, studied in the early 1970s at the Australian National University, where he fell in with a group of Canberra writers including AD Hope, Rosemary Dobson, David Campbell and Judith Wright and co-founded Open Door Press with Alan Gould.

1 portrait in the collection

Study for portrait of Senator John Button

Study for portrait of Senator John Button

Study for portrait of Senator John Button

Study for portrait of Senator John Button, 1992

Portrait, pencil on paper

Gift of the artist 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Yellow portrait (portrait of Alex Jelinek)

Fugue in Yellow

Magazine article by Roger Benjamin, 2015

Roger Benjamin explores the intriguing union of Lina Bryans and Alex Jelinek.

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