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Pictorial profiles of hearth and home
Nearest & Dearest
Keep it in the family
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Richard Walley OAM, by Julie Dowling
Richard Walley OAM honoured in new Portrait Gallery commission
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Art Handlers' Award
Renée & Maria
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The Art Handlers' Award for 2022 went to Weight of the Mind's Periapt, 2021 by Jane Allan.
Home is where the heart is
Nearest & Dearest
For richer, for poorer
Richard Walley OAM honoured in new Portrait Gallery commission
2 September 2015
Archived media releases 2015
A new commissioned portrait funded by the Gallery’s Foundation will be launched at Murdoch University in Perth tonight, Wednesday 2 September.
Artist interviews
Headspace 4
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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.
Sally Smart
Artists and Collectives
Based in Naarm/Melbourne, Sally Smart is known nationally and internationally for her large-scale cut-out assemblages, collages, textile works and puppetry.
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.
2012-13 Acquisition Fund
Annual Appeal
The Circle of Friends Acquisition Fund for 2012 was dedicated to purchasing a portrait of David Malouf by Rick Amor.
2014-15 Acquisition Fund
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Kristin Headlam's portrait of Chris Wallace-Crabbe was acquired with the support of the Circle of Friends in 2014.
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About Headspace
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Both making and exploring art involve a form of thinking that opens the way to multiple systems of knowing and experiencing.
2015-17 Acquisition Fund
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From 2015 to 2017 the Acquisition Fund was focussed on Reg Richardson AM by Mitch Cairns, a finalist in the Archibald Prize 2014, and a great example of minimalist portraiture.
Some women you may not know
Alison Alder
‘Everybody’s lives are built by so many influences, and for me, it is writers, artists and activists who have influenced how I think about the world.’
The Bare story
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Curator, Penny Grist, reveals how this exhibition came to be