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Deidre But-Husaim
Biography
Deidre But-Husaim (b. 1959), based in Adelaide, South Australia, undertook her formative art study at the Adelaide Central School of Art, where she has since taught painting.
2 portraits in the collection
The Writer, Peter Goldsworthy, 2018
Deidre But-Husaim
Portrait, oil on canvas
Commissioned with funds provided by Jillian Broadbent AC and Dr Helen Nugent AO 2018
Study for The Writer, Peter Goldsworthy, 2018
Deidre But-Husaim
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned with funds provided by Jillian Broadbent AC and Dr Helen Nugent AO 2018
Off grid
Magazine article by Aimee Board, 2019
Aimee Board ventures within and beyond to consider two remarkable new Gallery acquisitions.
The Writer: Peter Goldsworthy, 2018
by Deidre But-Husaim
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by Jillian Broadbent AO and Dr Helen Nugent AO 2018.
Twenty new portraits marking Portrait Gallery’s twentieth birthday
21 August 2018
Archived media releases 2018
To celebrate the National Portrait Gallery’s twentieth anniversary as an institution, twenty portraits of outstanding Australian individuals have been commissioned for the permanent collection. This is the largest undertaking for the Gallery’s commissioning program in its twenty-year existence.
National Portrait Gallery unveils twenty new portrait commissions to celebrate twenty years
18 October 2018
Archived media releases 2018
The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled twenty new portrait commissions of Australian leaders and individualists as part of its twentieth birthday celebrations in a new exhibition, 20/20: Celebrating twenty years with twenty new portrait commissions.
20/20 launch speech
About Face article
Dr Helen Nugent AO, Chairman, National Portrait Gallery at the opening of 20/20: Celebrating twenty years with twenty new portrait commissions.