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Emma Kindred examines fashion as a representation of self and social ritual in 19th-century portraiture.
Joanna Gilmour reflects on 25 years of collecting at the National Portrait Gallery.
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.
It’s often thought that foremost among portraiture’s many functions is the documentation of individuals who are celebrated and familiar, or who best exemplify the temper and identity of a certain place at a certain time.
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.
Joanna Gilmour reflects on merging collections and challenging traditional assumptions around portraiture in WHO ARE YOU.
Sandra Bruce gazes on love and the portrait through Australian Love Stories’ multi-faceted prism.
To celebrate the new exhibition Australian Love Stories, renowned Australian glass artist Harriet Schwarzrock has been commissioned to make a large-scale installation reflecting on the role the heart plays as our emotional centre.
A major new exhibition celebrating love in all its guises. Opening 20 March 2021.
Talented wife for a talented husband
Close encounters are the genesis for Graeme Drendel’s enticing portraiture.
Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.
Seventeen of Australia’s thirty prime ministers to date are represented in the contrasting sizes, moods and mediums of these portraits.
Penelope Grist finds inspiration in pioneering New Zealand artist, Frances Hodgkins.
This 1910 portrait of Elizabeth Sarah (Lillie) Roberts by Tom Roberts was brought into the Gallery's collection with the assistance of the Acquisition Fund in 2013.
Gift of Denis Savill 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.