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Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2020

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2020

Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795), potter and industrialist, became an apprentice to his potter brother, Thomas, at an early age.
1 portrait in the collection



Purchased with funds provided by Robert Oatley AO 2007

Nicole Kidman (b. 1967), actor, began her film career as a teenager in the Australian ventures Bush Christmas and BMX Bandits (1983).
3 portraits in the collection





Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009

Michael Desmond discusses Irving Penn's photographic portrait of Nicole Kidman.


Join exhibition curator Serena Bentley in conversation with artist Nathan Beard in the In Bloom exhibition.

This issue features Hermannsburg pottery, Nicole Kidman, Ken Done, Jessie Street, two gladiators, the Portraits+Architecture exhibition and more.

When the stars align

Noah Taylor (b. 1969) left school at 16 to join Melbourne's St Martin's Youth Theatre.
1 portrait in the collection