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An international troupe of two
It's Complicated
Office romance
Blue Wolf, 2014
by Imogen Henry
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Finalist, MDPA 2014
Our only concern is the void, 2013
by Nik Lee
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Winner, MDPA 2013
Favourite portraits
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National Portrait Gallery staff introduce their favourite portraits from the exhibition.
The Lawson
Moustaches
It’s curious that one of the writers most associated with the toughness of Australian bush life was himself not an exponent of the matted, rugged bushman sort of beard.
The Parkes
Beards
It wasn’t uncommon for the pro-beard fraternity of the mid nineteenth century to cite beards as a sign of wisdom on the grounds that Socrates and other ancient philosophers had worn them.
The 1890s to the 1940s
Mo and beard timeline
Although the tough, weathered, hard-drinking bushmen of the kind mythologised by writers like Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson are popularly associated with the character of late nineteenth century Australia, it was also a time when alternative ideas about identity began to come into play.
Maritime disaster leaves poignant picture
Devotion
Absence rends the heart asunder
In the most correct style
Nearest & Dearest
Desirable outcomes, undesirable origins
Street fare
General content
The late Georgian and early Victorian working classes often bought their food in ale-houses, chop-houses and ‘penny pie shops’, or purchased their meals day after day in the streets.
Dissections: Layered portraits from the collection is now open
19 August 2016
Archived media releases 2016
Dissections, showcases the hyper-realist sculptural self-portrait of artist Sam Jinks, Divide, alongside the painted portrait of philosopher David Chalmers by Nick Mourtzakis, which was commissioned by the Gallery in 2011.
Supporters
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Honour board
Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award 2014
22 August 2014
Archived media releases 2014
Press releases for media.
2021 Annual Appeal
Annual Appeal
In 2021 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Peter Brew-Bevan's portraits of athletes Turia Pitt, Leisel Jones OAM and Ellie Cole OAM.
Exhibition opening speech
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Leo Schofield introduces the exhibition, Masters of fare: chefs, winemakers, providores.
Announcing Shakespeare to Winehouse
24 November 2021
Archived media releases 2021
More than eighty treasures from the National Portrait Gallery London will travel to Canberra for a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from March 2022.