The ravishing muse
Dawn Fraser, Lionel Rose, Shane Gould and Cathy Freeman
Dearest Mummy
Two of the music industry’s highest-selling performers originated in suburban Australia. The Bee Gees started out in Brisbane, for instance, and AC/DC played their first gigs at a nightclub in inner Sydney.
At the time of Herra Pahlasari’s birth in 1978, her academic parents were living in Canberra.
Commissioned with funds provided by Trent Birkett 2018
An exhibition that celebrates the people, places and sounds of Australian pub rock and its enduring impact on the nation’s identity, opens at the National Portrait Gallery on 5 September, 2020.
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.
Michael Desmond, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2007 Prize.
Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2017 Prize.
Sarah Engledow chronicles Rick Amor's work and accomplishments in this extensive essay in conjunction with the exhibition Rick Amor: 21 Portraits.
Basil grew into a speckled beauty – a long-legged leaper and an exceptionally vocal dog, with a great register of sounds, ascending in shock value from a whimper to a growl to a bark to a yelp that’s a violation of the ears.
Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.
Curator, Penny Grist, reveals how this exhibition came to be
Sarah Engledow looks at three decades of Nicholas Harding's portraiture.
