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Eye to eye

Eye to Eye is a summer Portrait Gallery Collection remix arranged by degree of eye contact – from turned away with eyes closed all the way through to right-back-at-you – as we explore artists’ and subjects’ choices around the direction of the gaze.

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64 portraits in the exhibition

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Miranda Otto
Miranda Otto, 1997 Montalbetti + Campbell. © Montalbetti & Campbell
Glenn Murcutt
Glenn Murcutt, 1992 Ken Done. © Ken Done
Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Imbruglia, 1999 Polly Borland. © Polly Borland
The Vivisector - David Williamson
The Vivisector - David Williamson, 2017 Danelle Bergstrom. © Danelle Bergstrom
Bust of Peter Garrett
Bust of Peter Garrett, 1991-2016 Peter Schipperheyn. © Peter Schipperheyn/Copyright Agency, 2024
The Witching Hour - Elena Kats-Chernin
The Witching Hour - Elena Kats-Chernin, 2017 Wendy Sharpe. © Wendy Sharpe
Miranda Otto
Miranda Otto, 1997 Montalbetti + Campbell. © Montalbetti & Campbell
Lindy Lee
Lindy Lee, 2003 Greg Weight. © Gregory Weight/Copyright Agency, 2024
Jim Conway
Jim Conway, 2006 Greg Warburton. © Greg Warburton
Jill Ker Conway
Jill Ker Conway, 1987 Sarah Belchetz-Swenson. © Estate of Sarah Belchetz-Swenson
The sitter (Drusilla Modjeska)
The sitter (Drusilla Modjeska), 2001 Jo Bertini. © Jo Bertini
Angry Anderson
Angry Anderson, 2006 Sally Robinson. © Sally Robinson
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The long game

Magazine article by Penelope Grist, 2020

Penelope Grist spends some quality time with the Portrait Gallery’s summer collection exhibition, Eye to Eye.
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