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Ben Roberts-Smith, 2018

by Julian Kingma

20/20
 

Commissioned in 2018 with funds raised through the 2020 project

20/20
Celebrating twenty years with twenty new portrait commissions
Mal Meninga, 2018
by Peter Hudson
Margaret Seares, 2018
by Cherry Hood
Jacki Weaver, 2018
by John Tsiavis
Li Cunxin, 2017–2018
by Jun Chen
What the tree saw: David Foster, 2018
by Jacqui Stockdale
Andrew Gaze, 2018
by George Fetting
The Writer: Peter Goldsworthy, 2018
by Deidre But-Husaim
Fred Hilmer, 2018
by Evert Ploeg
Catherine Livingstone, 2018
by Mathew Lynn
Jessica Mauboy, 2018
by David Rosetzky
Tim Fairfax, 2018
by Russell Shakespeare
Tan Le, 2018
by John Tsiavis
Anna Meares, 2018
by Narelle Autio
Nicholas Paspaley Jnr, 2018
by Andrew Bonneau
Ben Roberts-Smith, 2018
by Julian Kingma
Tony Shaw, 2018
by Sarah Rhodes
Michelle Simmons, 2018
by Selina Ou
Gail Kelly, 2018
by Paul Newton
Study of Louis Nowra, 2018
by Imants Tillers
Richard Tognetti #1510, 2018
by Louise Hearman
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Portrait of Li Cunxin, 2017–2018 (detail) by Jun Chen
Portrait of Li Cunxin, 2017–2018 (detail) by Jun Chen
Portrait of Li Cunxin, 2017–2018 (detail) by Jun Chen
Portrait of Li Cunxin, 2017–2018 (detail) by Jun Chen

20/20

Celebrating twenty years with twenty new portrait commissions

Previous exhibition, 2018

20/20 showcases the dynamic suite of new portraits commissioned to celebrate the National Portrait Gallery’s 20th year. Leaders and individualists invited by the Gallery were matched with unique artists to create distinctive contemporary portraits.
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