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Nicola Dickson

Born: 1959, Southport, QLD
Works: Canberra

Fostin outside his mum's, Kings Park, Melbourne, 2015

Contributing artists

Find out more from each of the artists reinterpreting and reimagining elements of Australian history.

Lah Wah, 2013

So Fine

This exhibition features new works from ten women artists reinterpreting and reimagining elements of Australian history, enriching the contemporary narrative around Australia’s history and biography, reflecting the tradition of storytelling in our country.

George Foxhill

Foxhill's portraits are more concerned with describing an emotional and psychological state than the surface topography of the human face.

Enrico Taglietti, c. 1985

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

"The determined" Self portrait, 2002

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2007

So Fine

The National Portrait Gallery is pleased to announce its winter exhibition is So Fine: Contemporary women artists make Australian history. It will open to the public from 29 June 2018.

So Fine

Ten women artists explore the possibilities of portraiture as a contemporary art form; and reinterpret and reimagine Australian history in the Portrait Gallery’s new exhibition So Fine: Contemporary women artists make Australian history.

Forum participants

Biographies of participants in the Writing lives, revealing lives forum.

Update on Temporary Closure of the National Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery will close its doors from Tuesday 23 April 2019, but the public are still able to experience the home of portraiture during the four-month closure.

Tender tragedies

George Foxhill's self portraits were the subject of a small focus display at the National Portrait Gallery in 2006.