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Sarah Engledow casts a judicious eye over portraits in the Victorian Bar’s Peter O’Callaghan QC Portrait Gallery.
Celebrate the Gallery’s 20th birthday summer with Electric! Portraits that pop! The collection exhibition features a mix of bright, bold and colourful paintings, prints and photographs, and buoyant video portraits.
Tegan McAuley looks at the evolution of video portraiture.
How the National Portrait Gallery and its unique collection came to be
Paul Kelly & The Portraits presents a multifaceted image of the performer over the course of his career.
Aspects of singer songwriter Paul Kelly’s performance persona are communicated by portraits selected from a range of artists and leading music photographers in this focus exhibition.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with funds provided by Ian Darling 2013
In its second year at the National Portrait Gallery, and for the first time touring to other venues, the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2009 continues to present surprising perspectives on the nature of contemporary portrait photography.
Warwick Thornton (b. 1970), writer, director and cinematographer, is best known for his film Samson and Delilah.
1 portrait in the collection
Wayne Blair (b. 1971), director, actor and writer, became interested in acting and dance while a high school student in Rockhampton in the 1980s.
1 portrait in the collection