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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.