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Tuesday 18 January 2022 – Thursday 18 January 2024
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.
Bookings requiredJoin 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.
Bookings requiredThe thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to: six centuries, seven stories, 500 years of British history.
Bookings requiredLet’s take a look at the importance of the hands in a portrait.
Bookings requiredGet your Tuesday inspiration from some revolutionary artists and sitters.
Bookings requiredFrom pearls, jewels and silk to a self-portrait all about flesh, join us for a feast of portraits from Shakespeare to Winehouse: Icons from the National Portrait Gallery, London where opulence, prowess and oil painting collide. This program will be audio described.
Bookings requiredJoin us from wherever you are as 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!)
Bookings requiredLet’s discuss what is happening in and out of the image in a fun investigation discovering portraiture tropes from 1929 onwards.
Bookings requiredJoin Australian photography curator, historian and writer, Helen Ennis for a conversation about photographers challenging the conventions of personal and public space in their portraits.
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