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Potters' Portrait Pot, 2009
Hermannsburg Potters, Irene Mbitjana Entata, Virginia Mbitjana Rontji, Lindy Panangka Rontji, Rahel Kngwarria Ungwanaka, Rona Panangka Rubuntja, Dawn Ngala Wheeler, Judith Pungarta Inkamala, Anita Ratara Mbitjana, Hayley Panangka Coulthard, Clara Ngala Inkamala
Portrait, fired terracotta clay, underglaze
Commissioned 2009
Hermannsburg Potters, 1999
Greg Weight
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Entr'acte, 2023
Hayley Millar Baker
Portrait, single channel moving image, colour, silent, 11 minutes, 30 seconds looped
Purchased 2023
Harbour road, 2010
by Gibson Nolte
Image
Of human clay
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2009
The first collaborative commission has arrived. It's a self portrait, it's ceramic and it's from Hermannsburg.
Maggie Beer
In Gallery One
Previous exhibition, 2023
Our most recent commission, the portrait of Maggie Beer by Del Kathryn Barton both combines a statuesque almost devotional likeness with a spell-binding and dream-like personalised symbology of the sitter.
Maggie, 2023
Del Kathryn Barton
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint and pigment liner on French linen
Commissioned with funds provided by Hayley Baillie and James Baillie 2023
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The Board
Governance & Board
The Board oversees the Gallery's strategic directions, objectives and governance.
Foundation Members
Foundation
Chairman Sid Myer AM, Hayley Baillie, Tim Bednall, Jillian Broadbent AC, Patrick Corrigan AM, Marilyn Darling AC, Tim Fairfax AC, Sam Meers AO, John Liangis, Dr Helen Nugent AC and Nigel Satterley AM.
The more things change
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2011
National Photographic Portrait Prize curator, Sarah Engledow, finds reward in a difficult task and ultimately uncovers the essence of portraiture.
Anna Culliton
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Anna Culliton never had a colouring-in book when she was little. Her parents –Tony, a filmmaker, and Stephanie, a painter – wouldn’t let her have one. Instead, they insisted on her drawing her own pictures to colour-in.