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Who is Lillie Roberts?
Devotion
Talented wife for a talented husband
The Immersive World of Thom Roberts
12 April – 20 July 2025
Media
The first solo exhibition for this multidisciplinary, contemporary Australian artist, The Immersive World of Thom Roberts opens at the National Portrait Gallery on 12 April.
Ben Roberts-Smith, 2018
by Julian Kingma
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Commissioned in 2018 with funds raised through the 2020 project
Yang Na
Featured Artists
Born 1983, Chongqing, Sichuan Province. Lives and works in Beijing.
Liu Wei
Featured Artists
Born 1965 in Beijing. Lives and works in Beijing.
2013-14 Acquisition Fund
Annual Appeal
This 1910 portrait of Elizabeth Sarah (Lillie) Roberts by Tom Roberts was brought into the Gallery's collection with the assistance of the Acquisition Fund in 2013.
Rong Rong
Featured Artists
Born Li Zhirong 1968, Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. Lives and works in Beijing.
Fang Lijun
Featured Artists
Born 1963, Handan, Hebei Province China. Lives and works in Beijing.
About the exhibition
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Portraits from the Sigg collection, from 1979 to the present including painting, sculpture, photography, video and installation.
Zhang Xiaogang
Featured Artists
Born 1958, Kunming, Yunnan Province. Lives and works in Beijing.
Grow the Portrait Gallery of Australia
9 June 2016
Archived media releases 2016
The Portrait Gallery is calling for contributions to support in the acquisition of superb portraits for the national collection.
Yu Hong
Featured Artists
Born 1966 in Beijing, China. Lives and works in Beijing.
Chinese Art
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A short overview of modern Chinese art from 1949 to the present.
References
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About the exhibition curator Claire Roberts, and writers Eugene Wang and Zhang Letian.
The Cosmopolitans
Now on display in Gallery Two
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Spanning the 1880s to the 1930s, this collection display celebrates the innovations in art – and life – introduced by the generation of Australians who travelled to London and Paris for experience and inspiration in the decades either side of 1900.
Icons and Identities
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It’s often thought that foremost among portraiture’s many functions is the documentation of individuals who are celebrated and familiar, or who best exemplify the temper and identity of a certain place at a certain time.