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Andrew Gaze, 2018
by George Fetting
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Commissioned with funds provided by Trent Birkett 2018
Boxer, Blake Travers, 2017
by Patrick Bell
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Finalist, DPA 2017
Single channel HD digital video
The Freak Show
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Many performers availed themselves of the services of photographic studios, posing for carte de visite portraits that served as souvenirs and as instruments in the making of renown and notoriety.
Artist in residence creates portraits using brainwave zctivity
29 June 2016
Archived media releases 2016
Digital media artist, George Khut, is creating a spectacular form of digital portraiture involving public participants.
Art handler's Award
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George Fetting was selected for the Art Handlers’ Award for his portrait Antonio Intili – Sartoria (Tailor Shop) #1.
The making of SKIN in Bare
Youth theatre comes to the Gallery
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Responding to Bare, Canberra Youth Theatre in partnership with the Gallery presented a performance that explores identity.
2008
Portrait Donors
Australian Love Stories
4 January 2021
Archived media releases 2021
A major new exhibition celebrating love in all its guises. Opening 20 March 2021.
2007
Portrait Donors
What the tree saw: David Foster, 2018
by Jacqui Stockdale
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Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018
Finalists Announced for Digitial Portraiture Award 2017
23 October 2017
Archived media releases 2017
The National Portrait Gallery is thrilled to announce nine finalists have been selected from the national call for entries for the Digital Portraiture Award 2017.
2015
Portrait Donors
Gary Grealy wins National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017
31 March 2017
Archived media releases 2017
After months of anticipation, the winner for the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017 has been announced with renowned Sydney portrait photographer Gary Grealy taking out the award. George Fetting, guest judge for the 2017 Prize, was entranced with the evocative nature of the winning portrait Richard Morecroft and Alison Mackay.
The Cosmopolitans
Now on display in Gallery Two
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Spanning the 1880s to the 1930s, this collection display celebrates the innovations in art – and life – introduced by the generation of Australians who travelled to London and Paris for experience and inspiration in the decades either side of 1900.
2010
Portrait Donors
Gail Kelly, 2018
by Paul Newton
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Commissioned with funds provided by Westpac Group and Optus 2018