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Pub Rock Shoalhaven

In Conversation

43 minutes

Fluff your mullet, squeeze into your jeans and join our Director Collection and Exhibitions Sandra Bruce, musician and producer Paul Greene, and musician George Bishop of El Horses fame for a local beer garden chat about this loud and sweaty exhibition.

Who Are You

In Conversation

50 minutes

Join us for an intriguing insight into the WHO ARE YOU: Australian portraiture themes with the curators.

Introducing the National Portrait Prizes 2022

In conversation

51 minutes

Join Sandra Bruce, Director Collection & Exhibitions, and Rebecca Ray, Associate Curator, as they explore some of their favourite portraits in our exciting new exhibitions.

Helen Ennis

In Conversation

47 minutes

Australian photography curator, historian and writer, Helen Ennis in conversation about photographers challenging the conventions of personal and public space in their portraits.

Jennifer Higgie: Repainting History

In conversation

1 hour

Curator, Joanna Gilmour in conversation with Jennifer Higgie, author of ‘The Mirror and the Palette: Rebellion, Revolution, and Resilience, Five Hundred Years of Women’s Self Portraits’.

World Oceans Day

In conversation

58 minutes

Come on a journey of exploration to celebrate World Oceans Day! Join artists Dr Sarah Kachovich, Megan Cope and Jiani Sheng in conversation with NPG Exhibitions Curator Penny Grist.

Colin Davidson

In conversation

1 hour 5 minutes

Belfast-based artist, Colin Davidson talks about the fortuitous happenstances that led to him painting a range of famous faces (from Brad Pitt to the Queen, and everyone in between!)

Jo Gilmour

In Conversation

54 minutes

The thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to: six centuries, seven stories, 500 years of British history.

Hoda Afshar

In conversation

46 minutes

Join Curator Exhibitions Penny Grist to hear about Hoda’s recent book and upcoming exhibition Speak the Wind, and to chat about portraiture, photography, and her life as an artist over the last few years.
 

Michael Ghillar Anderson: Standing Firm, Speaking Strong

In conversation

58 minutes

Join us online or in the Gallery for a powerful conversation with Michael Ghillar Anderson, as he speaks about his personal involvement in the establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, its 50-year legacy, and the significance and power of its continuing presence.

In conversation: Polly Borland

50 minutes

A very special conversation event with internationally celebrated Australian artist Polly Borland - direct from Los Angeles!

Six degrees of Hugh Jackman

In conversation

46 minutes

If we start with world-famous actor Hugh Jackman and give over control to you, where will the chance meetings, delightful parallels, and forks in the road take us?

Ingvar Kenne

In conversation

47 minutes

Join us for an In Conversation with photographer, director, and seven times Photographic Portrait Prize finalist Ingvar Kenne.

Paris pivot

In conversation

44 minutes

Join us for the sliding-doors story of NPPP finalist Nikki Toole's relocation to Paris, and a wander through the incredible portrait projects she has created throughout her career.

Tacon Portraits

In conversation

45 minutes

Join Shanghai-based Australian photographer Dave Tacon in conversation with Exhibitions Curator, Penny Grist.

MEL to LAX

In Conversation

44 minutes

Join us in first class as Exhibitions Curator, Penny Grist catches up with photographer John Tsiavis to reflect on his career and how his creative practice has changed during the global pandemic.

Considering Representation

In Conversation

45 minutes

Join Associate Curator Rebecca Ray and Director Collection and Exhibitions Sandra Bruce for a conversation on the presence of First Nations people in portraiture today.

Birds-eye view

In Conversation

46 minutes

Jump in the nest and join the brood as we celebrate National Bird Week! We’ll take a birds-eye view of the collection, and explore faces of folks with their feathered friends. BYO binoculars.

Chance encounters

In Conversation

45 minutes

Our Curator, Collection & Research, Joanna Gilmour, has thrown caution to the wind and suggested she play a game of chance.

Down the rabbit hole

In Conversation

48 minutes

Come on a journey behind the scenes, into the woods and reaching for the stars with Penny Grist Curator, Exhibitions.

National Portrait Galleries In Conversation

Capturing a global mood

65 minutes

The power of the photograph and how the exhibitions Hold Still/Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize and Living Memory: National Photographic Portrait Prize reflect identity and our shared human experiences at this unique point in history.

There and back again

In conversation

46 minutes

Louise Cummins, our Travelling Exhibitions Coordinator regales you with tales of journeys across the nation; from moving movie stars to Bathurst to baring all in Broken Hill.

Another pic on the wall

In conversation

44 minutes

An Auslan interpreted program with Director Collections & Exhibitions, Sandra Bruce, for National Week of Deaf People and on the International Day of Sign Languages.

You choose the story!

In conversation

46 minutes

In the very strange land where portraiture meets Choose Your Own Adventure meets Six Degrees of Separation meets Australian Idol, there you will find our Curator, Exhibitions; Penny Grist.

Introducing Living Memory

In conversation

Join Sandra Bruce, Director Collection & Exhibitions, for a sneak peek at our exciting new exhibition, Living Memory: National Photographic Portrait Prize.

William Yang

In conversation

57 minutes

Join us from wherever you are to celebrate and reminisce with artist William Yang as he reflects on his joyous photographs of Australia's LGBTIQ+ community.

Rock Chick: Lindy Morrison

In Conversation

45 minutes

Lindy Morrison has played in her share of bands over the years. From jazz to pop to punk, she’s been an ever-present force in Australian music.

Liam Nunan and Guy Simon

In Conversation

40 minutes

Darling Portrait Prize finalist Liam Nunan and actor Guy Simon discuss their portrait, their friendship and the intensity of the acting life.

Brenda L Croft and Dr Matilda House

In Conversation

43 minutes

Brenda L Croft (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra peoples) talks with Ngambri/Ngunnawal/Wiradjuri elder, Dr Matilda House, about her photographic portrait.