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Museum Dance Off 2016
Angus Trumble
Angus stars in the Gallery's 2016 entry to the international Museum Dance Off.
Protest!
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
General content
Rock’s raw potency made it the ideal medium for fomenting protest. The 1970s, 80s and onwards saw calls for social and environmental justice ring out through song.
Blek Bala MJ, 2017
by Timothy Hillier
General content
Finalist, DPA 2017
Single channel HD digital video
Amrita Hepi
Artists and Collectives
Bundjulung/Ngapuhi woman Amrita Hepi’s work considers the body’s relationship to personal histories and archive, and investigates dance as social function.
Forough Yavari
Vox pops
This work is Serenity, it's actually it's part of a series, Salvation that I've been working the past couple of years. And for this project I'm inspired by Langston Hughes.
Jacob Nash
Vox pops
This is Gusta. He's a dancer. He was backstage with Bangara Dance Theatre when I took the shot, and I had a moment where it was just he and I alone and everyone else was out performing.
Sean Slattery
Vox pops
This is Davide Di Giovanni and he was a principal dancer for the Sydney Dance Company for six or seven years. He got in touch with me to do some video work together and he was just so amazing.
David McAllister to join National Portrait Gallery collection
26 April 2016
Archived media releases 2016
Artistic Director of The Australian Ballet, David McAllister AM will join the Portrait Gallery’s national collection in a newly-commissioned portrait taken by illustrious Australian photographer, Peter Brew-Bevan.
Tarryn Gill
Artists and Collectives
Tarryn Gill is a Boorloo/Perth-based multidisciplinary artist who works across the mediums of sculpture, installation, photography, film, drawing, set and costume design, and performance.
Bangarra brothers: songman, storyteller, dancer
Passion
Creative kin
2024 Annual Appeal
Annual Appeal
In 1998, acclaimed artist Tracey Moffatt gifted her portrait Some Lads #1 (Russell Page) to the National Portrait Gallery. In 2024 we had the extraordinary opportunity to acquire the full body of work, adding Some Lads #2, Some Lads #3, Some Lads #4 and Some Lads #5 to the collection.
Shirley Purdie
Contributing artists
Born: 1947, Gilbun – Mabel Downs Station, WA
Works: Warmun, WA
Wayne Quilliam
Vox pops
The important part about it is is where it was captured. That's the Laura Quinkan Dance Festival, where our remote communities gather every two years to celebrate culture, to share knowledge, and to share stories.
Summertime Fun at the National Portrait Gallery
4 January 2019
Archived media releases 2019
Escape the heat this summer and step inside the National Portrait Gallery for an array of family-fun activities. From storytelling and drawing to music and art, there’s something for everyone to enjoy at the Gallery.
Eileen, 2017
by Sue Healey
General content
Finalist, DPA 2017
Single channel HD digital video
Wedding
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