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Anna Culliton
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Anna Culliton never had a colouring-in book when she was little. Her parents –Tony, a filmmaker, and Stephanie, a painter – wouldn’t let her have one. Instead, they insisted on her drawing her own pictures to colour-in.
Johnson Pilton Walker
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Sydney-based practice Johnson Pilton Walker designed the new National Portrait Gallery building.
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Anna Meares, 2018
by Narelle Autio
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Commissioned with funds provided by King & Wood Mallesons 2018
Untitled, 2013
by Brett Walker
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Finalist, MDPA 2013
The silent spectre of motion (Le spectre silencieux du movement), 2012
by Bridget Walker
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Finalist, iD2012
2001
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2021
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Process
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025
Explore how process becomes part of a portrait’s story.
2004
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The Tangles
Moustaches
According to an 1981 Australian Women’s Weekly profile of fast bowler Dennis Lillee, a moustache was a ‘compulsory’ accessory for sportsmen.
2002
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2009
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Architecture
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Natural light and human proportions – the design by Johnson Pilton Walker