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Purchased with funds provided by the Portrait Dinner Series 2023


Warwick Thornton (b. 1970) is a Kaytetye man, writer, director and cinematographer.
2 portraits in the collection


Sir Warwick Oswald Fairfax (1901-1987), grandson of Sarah and James Fairfax, was the only son of Sir James Fairfax, who had become a partner in the company in the 1880s.
1 portrait in the collection

The photographs in Tough and tender by Warwick Baker reveal intimate connections and moments of closeness.



Gift of the artist 2022



Commissioned with funds provided by Ian Darling 2013



Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 2002
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Warwick Baker’s photos of his friends are intimate. They hold a stillness that allows their subjects to be at ease.

James Oswald Fairfax AC (1933-2017) was the eldest son of Sir Warwick Fairfax.
1 portrait in the collection

Art by Warwick Baker, Chris Burden, Larry Clark, Rozalind Drummond, Nan Goldin, Robert Mapplethorpe and Collier Schorr explores personal relations, individual expression and fluid identity.


Marcie Elizabeth 'Betty' Fairfax (1907–1995) was a leading figure in fashionable circles in Sydney in the 1920s and 1930s.
1 portrait in the collection



Gift of the Simpson family in memory of Caroline Simpson OAM 2008. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
