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Gift of John and Vivien Thornett 2014
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Purchased 2018
Last night in Sydney, the National Portrait Gallery unveiled a newly commissioned portrait of Australian sporting legend Mark Ella AM.
Commissioned with funds provided by the Patrick Corrigan Portrait Commission Series 2014
Open Air is an exhibition of portraits of Australians in environments of particular significance to them.
The considered matching of artist to subject has produced an amazing collection of unique and original works in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery
The exhibition Australians in Hollywood celebrated the achievements of Australians in the highly competitive American film industry.
Karen Vickery delights in a thespian thread of the Australian yarn.
Krysia Kitch celebrates Oodgeroo Noonuccal.
To accompany the exhibition Cecil Beaton: Portraits, held at the NPG in 2005, this article is drawn from Hugo Vickers's authorised biography, Cecil Beaton (1985).
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