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The exhibition Aussies all features the ecclectic portrait photography of Rennie Ellis which captures Australian life during the 70s and 80s.
James Angus discusses his major sculpture commission Geo Face Distributor with Christopher Chapman.
Dr Sarah Engledow explores the portraits of writers held in the National Portrait Gallery's collection.
This edited version of a speech by Andrew Sayers examines some of the antecedents of the National Portrait Gallery and set out the ideas behind the modern Gallery and its collection.
George Selth Coppin (1819-1906) comedian, impresario and entrepreneur, was a driving force of the early Australian theatre.
Penelope Grist finds inspiration in pioneering New Zealand artist, Frances Hodgkins.
Meredith Hughes explores a key Portrait Gallery work, emerging into the infinite iterations of identity.
Penelope Grist reminisces about the halcyon days of a print icon, before the infusion of the internet’s shades of grey.
The tragic tale of Tom Wills, the ‘inventor’ of Australian Rules Football.