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The Immersive World of Thom Roberts

Explore Thom Roberts' portraiture techniques and ignite your creativity with hands-on activities and follow Thom’s steps to make funny face portraits!

The Immersive World of Thom Roberts

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

Commissioned in 2018 with funds raised through the 2020 project

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Explore Thom Roberts' portraiture techniques and ignite your creativity with hands-on activities.

Yang Na

Born 1983, Chongqing, Sichuan Province. Lives and works in Beijing.

Liu Wei

Born 1965 in Beijing. Lives and works in Beijing.

Rong Rong

Born Li Zhirong 1968, Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. Lives and works in Beijing.

Fang Lijun

Born 1963, Handan, Hebei Province China. Lives and works in Beijing.

About the exhibition

Portraits from the Sigg collection, from 1979 to the present including painting, sculpture, photography, video and installation.

Zhang Xiaogang

Born 1958, Kunming, Yunnan Province. Lives and works in Beijing.

Grow the Portrait Gallery of Australia

The Portrait Gallery is calling for contributions to support in the acquisition of superb portraits for the national collection.

Yu Hong

Born 1966 in Beijing, China. Lives and works in Beijing.

Chinese Art

A short overview of modern Chinese art from 1949 to the present.

2015

References

About the exhibition curator Claire Roberts, and writers Eugene Wang and Zhang Letian.

The Cosmopolitans

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.