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Purchased with funds provided by Patrick Corrigan AM 2016

Dr Gene Sherman AM

Dr Gene Sherman AM (b. 1947) is Chairman and Executive Director of Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, a family philanthropic enterprise dedicated to the public exhibition of significant contemporary art from Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

3 portraits in the collection

Gene Sherman, 2009

Purchased with funds provided by Patrick Corrigan AM 2016

Little family, 2019

Gene Hart-Smith

Image

Brian Sherman AM

Brian Sherman AM (1943–2022) was a leading philanthropist, company director and animal rights activist.

2 portraits in the collection

Ondine Sherman

Ondine Sherman (b. 1974), author and animal rights activist, grew up in Sydney and attained her undergraduate degree in communications from University of Technology Sydney.

1 portrait in the collection

Emile Sherman

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Emile Sherman (b. 1972), film producer, graduated from the University of New South Wales before beginning his career with a documentary about his great-great-uncle Chatzkel, a Lithuanian Jew who lived through both world wars and the Bolshevik revolution.

3 portraits in the collection

Emile Sherman, 2012

Dave Tacon

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Emile Sherman, 2012

Adam Chang (Hong Jun Zhang)

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of the artist and Yanping Zhu 2022. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Dr Gene Sherman AM announces resignation from the National Portrait Gallery Board

16 June 2015

Archived media releases 2015

It is with deep regret, but great pride, that the National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the decision of its Deputy Chairman to resign from the Gallery’s Board, to focus on a new international role as co-Chair of the Tate Asia Pacific Acquisitions Committee.

Adam Cullen, 2000

Portrait, inkjet print

Purchased with funds provided by Dr Gene Sherman AM and Patrick Corrigan AM 2016

Dr John Yu, 2014

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Dr Gene Sherman AM and Patrick Corrigan AM 2016

Self portrait, 1993

Tim Storrier

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Dr Gene Sherman AM and Brian Sherman AM 2012
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

David Malouf, 1980

Jeffrey Smart AO

Portrait, pencil on paper

Gift of Dr Gene Sherman AM and Brian Sherman AM 2012. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Self portrait, 1949

Louis Kahan AO

Portrait, pen and ink on book page

Gift of Dr Gene Sherman AM and Brian Sherman AM 2012. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Rugby great unveiled

1 December 2014

Archived media releases 2014

A new portrait commission of Australian Rugby great, Ken Catchpole OAM by Gary Grealy will be officially unveiled on 3 December.

The black coat: Lily Brett, 1989

David Rankin OAM

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Dr Gene Sherman AM and Brian Sherman AM 2012. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Adam Chang (Hong Jun Zhang)

Contemporary Chinese Portraiture

Adam Chang (Hong Jun Zhang) (b. 1960), in a Sydney based portrait painter.

2 portraits in the collection

Go Figure!

Previous exhibition, 2012

A vibrant expression of Chinese culture and reflection on contemporary portraiture, drawn from the Uli Sigg collection.

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Honour board

Lan Wang, 2011

Purchased with funds provided by Dr Gene Sherman AM 2016

Jiawei Shen, 2011

Magazine article by Eva Respini, 2013

Purchased with funds provided by Dr Gene Sherman AM 2016

Portrait 43

June - August 2012

Magazine

This issue features Cindy Sherman, Tim Storrier, Brett Whiteley and Patrick White, contemporary Chinese portraiture, Charles Blackman and more.

Grande dames

Eva Respini focuses on the ‘society portraits’ in MOMA’s Cindy Sherman retrospective.

Dr Anne Sanders

Previous exhibition, 2004

Dr Anne Sanders worked as the curatorial researcher at NPG begining in 2010.

Go Figure! Contemporary Chinese Portraiture

12 July 2012

Previous media releases

Exhibited simultaneously at the two locations, Go Figure! is drawn from the Sigg Collection, the largest and most significant collection of contemporary Chinese art anywhere in the world.

Headspace 5

Crystal Gazing

Crystal Gazing: Headspace V, the fifth in the National Portrait Gallery's program of secondary student portrait exhibitions, invites students from Canberra and the surrounding regions to explore the possibilities of portraiture

Greek Orthodox Priest, 2015 by Sarah Ball

Hope for kindness

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2018

Sarah Engledow arrives at the junction of fate and hope in Sarah Ball’s poignant Immigrants series.

Shaun Gladwell

Shaun Gladwell (b. 1972), new-media artist, photographer and painter, gained his qualifications in art at Sydney College of the Arts and the University of New South Wales.

1 portrait in the collection

Susan Stitt ACS

Susan Stitt ACS has worked extensively in the international film and commercial industries, working on feature films, and shooting prestigious campaigns for over 30 years.Stitt has specialised in the intricacies of lighting and exploring the possibilities of colour.

1 portrait in the collection

Fang Lijun

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Born 1963, Handan, Hebei Province China. Lives and works in Beijing.

Brian Cadd, 1973

Rennie Ellis

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005

Paul Partos

Paul Partos (1943-2002) came to Australia with his family in 1949, spending six months in a Perth orphanage before being reunited with his parents for their move to Melbourne.

1 portrait in the collection

Professor Suzanne Cory AC FAA FRS, 2016

Raelene Sharp

Portrait, oil on linen

Gift of the artist 2017

Professor Suzanne Cory AC FAA FRS

Suzanne Cory AC (b. 1942) is a molecular biologist whose research has contributed to the understanding of immunology and the development of cancer.

1 portrait in the collection

Brian Cadd

Brian Cadd (b. 1946), singer/songwriter, had been a member of 1960s Melbourne band The Groop before forming Axiom, the band for which he wrote the hits 'Arkansas Grass' and 'A Little Ray of Sunshine' at the dawn of the 1970s.

1 portrait in the collection

Yang Na

Magazine article by The Huxleys, 2022

Born 1983, Chongqing, Sichuan Province. Lives and works in Beijing.

Past, present, future, 2002 by Wang Qingsong
M+ Sigg Collection

Chinese Art

General content

A short overview of modern Chinese art from 1949 to the present.

Style Over Substance 2020 (still), 2020 The Huxleys

Observation point

Growing up feeling isolated, ostracised and ornate in the heated homogeny of the suburbs of Perth and the Gold Coast we often longed and dreamed for an escape.

Self-portrait in black jumper, 2017 Graeme Drendel

Be frank

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2020

Close encounters are the genesis for Graeme Drendel’s enticing portraiture.

Rong Rong

Magazine article by Pamela Gray, 2002

Born Li Zhirong 1968, Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. Lives and works in Beijing.

Michael Kimmelman

Michael Kimmelman, Chief Art Critic of The New York Times and author of Portraits: Talking with Artists at the Met, the Modern, the Louvre and Elsewhere, presented the National Portrait Gallery Third Anniversary Lecture on 2 March 2002. He was generously brought to Australia by the Gordon Darling Foundation and Qantas.

About the exhibition

General content

Portraits from the Sigg collection, from 1979 to the present including painting, sculpture, photography, video and installation.

Liu Wei

Born 1965 in Beijing. Lives and works in Beijing.

Zhang Xiaogang

NPG London, Scotland and Australia, 28 January 2021

Born 1958, Kunming, Yunnan Province. Lives and works in Beijing.

15 minutes of frame

Recorded virtual programs

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

Portrait Donors

Listed by year

Honour board

Yu Hong