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Gift of Sara Kelly 2010. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Mike Chavez, also known as MIGS, was born in the Philippines and studied at the Queensland College of Art from 1988 to 1990.
1 portrait in the collection
Mike Brown (1938-1997) artist, was a participant (with Ross Crothall and Colin Lanceley) in the 1962 Annandale Imitation Realists exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art and Design, Melbourne.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Eve 2013
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2011
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004
Gift of Mike MacPhail 2010
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 1999
A dynamic panel discussion that interrogates some of the themes revealed in Living Memory.
Australian entertainer Jeanne Little OAM (1938–2020) was known for her over-the-top personality and flamboyant outfits, greeting everyone with her catchphrase 'Daaahling'.
1 portrait in the collection
Purchased 2021
Portraits of Australia’s pioneering psychologists and artworks by artists fascinated by the subconscious mind.
Shane Warne AO (1969–2022) is the most successful wicket taker in Australia's Test history.
1 portrait in the collection
William H. Bardwell, photographer, worked at various premises in Ballarat from 1858 until 1895.
1 portrait in the collection
Tim Johnson, Sydney-based artist, was part of a circle of urban conceptual artists in the 1970s.
4 portraits in the collection
Artist Kate Beynon reflects on the place of portraiture in her artistic career.
The Circle of Friends Acquisition Fund for 2012 was dedicated to purchasing a portrait of David Malouf by Rick Amor.
What does 'portraiture mean at the end of the 20th century? At the outset of building a national portrait collection it seems an appropriate question to investigate.
George Spartels (b. 1954), actor, composer, musician and presenter, was a host on the ABC television children’s program Play School from 1985 to 1999.
1 portrait in the collection
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2019
Purchased 2006
Wendy Whiteley in candid conversation with Janet Hawley to celebrate the release of the book Wendy Whiteley and The Secret Garden.
The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.
Zhong Chen's paintings of boys on Chinese zodiac animals and kung fu images reflect his identity as a Chinese-Australian artist.
This exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of self-portraits in Australia, from the colonial period to the present
An extract from the 2004 Nuala O'Flaaherty Memorial Lecture at the Queen Victoria Musuem and Art Gallery in Launceston in which Andrew Sayers reflects on the unique qualities of a portrait gallery.
Elspeth Pitt talks to multidisciplinary artist Nell about ghosts, artistic lineages and hybrid art forms.
In 2022 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Mayatjara by Robert Fielding, a series of 24 photographs of Elders of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara community.
The Glossy 2 exhibition highlights the integral role magazine photography plays in illustrating and shaping our contemporary culture.
This exhibition showcases portraits acquired through the generosity of the National Portrait Gallery’s Founding Patrons, L Gordon Darling AC CMG and Marilyn Darling AC.
Dr Sarah Engledow traces the significant links between Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo and Evelyn Chapman through their portraits.
Barrie Cassidy pays textured tribute to the inimitable Bob Hawke.
Carrie Kibbler looks at how portraiture fits into the Australian Artbank Collection.
Curator Michael Desmond introduces the exhibition Truth and Likeness, an investigation of the importance of likeness to portraiture.
Michael Wardell’s personal insight into Jacques van der Merwe’s New Arrivals.
Gideon Haigh discusses portraits of Australian cricketers from the early 20th century
Anne Sanders finds connections in Inner Worlds between Hungarian expatriates and the development of psychoanalysis in Australia.
Feminism, risktaking and the politics of looking: Joanna Gilmour steps into the world of Julie Rrap.
Christopher Chapman absorbs the gentle touch of Don Bachardy’s portraiture.
Anna Culliton never had a colouring-in book when she was little. Her parents –Tony, a filmmaker, and Stephanie, a painter – wouldn’t let her have one. Instead, they insisted on her drawing her own pictures to colour-in.
Inner Worlds evokes a broad view of psychology as a discipline. However, the specific interests of the practitioners whose portraits are included in the exhibition incorporate specialist areas including psychoanalysis.
Dr Christopher Chapman NPG Curator of Inner Worlds explains the development of an exhibition that spans from Surrealism to contemporary art.