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Annette Kellerman, c. 1907 (printed 2003)

Gift of an anonymous donor 2004

Indecent exposure

'Diving Venus' and 'the perfect woman' are two of the numerous descriptions applied to Annette Kellerman, who achieved international fame during the early decades of the twentieth century.

Annette Kellerman smiling, c. 1907 (printed 2003)

Gift of an anonymous donor 2004

Naked ambition

Joanna Gilmour dives into the life of Australian swimming legend Annette Kellerman.

The night watcher, 2015

Birds of a feather

Charting a path from cockatiel to finch, Annette Twyman explores her family portraits and stories.

Self-nature is subtle and mysterious - Tree Woman / Woman Tree, 2023

Purchased with funds provided by the Portrait Dinner Series 2023

Self-nature is subtle and mysterious - Tree Woman / Woman Tree

An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens, 1857

Purchased 2017

Portrait 31

This issue features the new National Portrait Gallery building, James Cook and John Banks, Cate Blanchett, Irina Baranova, Annette Kellerman, Shepard Fairey and more.

Joanna Gilmour

Joanna Gilmour is the Curator, Collection & Research at the National Portrait Gallery.

Annette

I thought it'd be lovely today to chat with you about two of the works that've really popped out for me from the WHO ARE YOU show, which is all about investigating portraiture through many different mediums. And the mediums I've chosen are sculptures.

Currents, 2016

Wendy Sharpe, 2000

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Like wow

Joanna Gilmour explores the life of female Australian surfing legend Isabel Letham.

15 minutes of frame

Delve into the lives, loves and labour of the world’s most prominent portrait galleries in this international conversation series.

Acknowledgments

The Gallery would like to acknowledge and thank the people who contributed their time and expertise to participate in the development of this DIAP.

Australians in Hollywood

The exhibition Australians in Hollywood celebrated the achievements of Australians in the highly competitive American film industry.

Portrait 65

Hugh Ramsay, the fashion of Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson, Peter Wegner's centenarian series, John and Elizabeth Gould's family connections, Karen Quinlan's top five portraits and more.

Australians in Hollywood

Although perceived to be a recent phenomenon, the 'Aussie invasion' of Hollywood can actually be traced as far back as the early 1900s

2021 Annual Appeal

In 2021 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Peter Brew-Bevan's portraits of athletes Turia Pitt, Leisel Jones OAM and Ellie Cole OAM.

The Bare story

Curator, Penny Grist, reveals how this exhibition came to be

Annual Appeal

Lucy Culliton

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.

The more things change...

Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2017 Prize.