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kith and kin
Magazine article by Ellie Buttrose, 2024
Ellie Buttrose reveals the web of connection behind Kamilaroi/Bigambul artist Archie Moore’s kith and kin, which won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale 2024.
Ita Buttrose AC OBE
Biography
Ita Buttrose AO OBE (b.1942) is one of the few women to have achieved a high public profile in Australia in the 1970s.
1 portrait in the collection
Ita Buttrose, 1981
John Williams
Portrait, montage of gelatin silver photographs
Purchased 1999
Ita, 2019
Kirsty Neilson
Image
Ellie Cole
'I always dreamed of being a mermaid'
Portrait story
Ellie Cole on the freedom of the pool and being photographed by Peter Brew-Bevan.
Ellie Cole AM
Biography
Ellie Cole AM (b. 1991), swimming champion, is Australia's most decorated female Paralympian.
1 portrait in the collection
Ellie Cole
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 2021
Portrait Story
Magazine article by Ellie Cole AM, 2022
For me, swimming was particularly special because it was the only sport that I could participate in as a kid where I could take my prosthetic leg off, jump in the water, and I could be the same as all the other kids.
Ellie Cole, 2016 (printed 2021)
Peter Brew-Bevan
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased with funds provided by the Annual Appeal for Contemporary Australian Photography 2021
Portrait 71
Magazine
Ryan Presley about portraiture, Emma Kindred on the career of Joan Ross, Ellie Buttrose looks at Archie Moore’s kith and kin, and Joanna Gilmour steps into the world of Julie Rrap.
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.
Forough Yavari
Vox pops
This work is Serenity, it's actually it's part of a series, Salvation that I've been working the past couple of years. And for this project I'm inspired by Langston Hughes.
The Obama effect
Magazine article by Kim Sajet, 2018
Kim Sajet reflects on two portraits with a power that extends beyond gallery walls.
First Ladies
Significant Australian Women 1913–2013
Previous exhibition, 2013
First Ladies profiles women who have achieved noteworthy firsts over the past 100 years.
The aviatrix
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2009
Joanna Gilmour explores the extraordinary life of Australian female aviator Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE