An exhibition that celebrates the people, places and sounds of Australian pub rock and its enduring impact on the nation’s identity, opens at the National Portrait Gallery on 5 September, 2020.
As a convict Thomas Bock was required to sketch executed murders for science; as a free man, fashionable society portraits.
Commissioned with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2018
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.
Drawn from some of the many donations made to the Gallery's collection, the exhibition Portraits for Posterity pays homage both to the remarkable (and varied) group of Australians who are portrayed in the portraits and the generosity of the many donors who have presented them to the Gallery.
The restrained and cultivated facial hair fashions evident through the first decades of the 1800s were on the wane by the middle of the century, when hirsute faces became mainstream.
Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018
Michael Desmond profiles the Australian songwriter and performer Neil Murray and his contribution to Australian music.
Commissioned with funds provided by Jillian Broadbent AO and Dr Helen Nugent AO 2018.
Dr. Sarah Engledow discusses a collection of drawings and prints by the Victorian artist Rick Amor acquired in 2005.
Australian character on the market by Jane Raffan.
Inspiring Australians tell their own stories in a unique new gallery audio tour, developed in collaboration with the National Library of Australia.
Andrew Mayo considers the changing face of modern wedding photography through the eyes of two of its finest exponents, Dan O’Day and Kelly Tunney.
Patrick McCaughey explores a striking Boyd self portrait.
Penelope Grist reminisces about the halcyon days of a print icon, before the infusion of the internet’s shades of grey.
