Shakespeare to Winehouse open 9:00am–7:00pm on Thu, Fri, Sat from 7 July
A dynamic panel discussion that interrogates some of the themes revealed in Living Memory.
The mane thing is trust
Born: 1961, Hastings, New Zealand
Works: Brisbane
National Portrait Gallery Director Karen Quinlan AM leads the executive team.
Penelope Grist, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2020 Prize.
Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.
Most well-regarded pictures of chickens show them dead. A reliable way to tell if a chicken in a painting is dead is to check if it’s hanging upside down, because unlike, say, cockatoos, chickens don’t practise inversion for enjoyment in life.
It’s a matter beyond dispute that in the entire history of Australian art, it’s Noel McKenna who’s painted the liveliest rendition of the head of a Chihuahua.
Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2014 Prize.
Sarah Engledow looks at three decades of Nicholas Harding's portraiture.