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Nicole Kidman AC
Biography
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
Nicole Kidman, New York, 2003
Irving Penn
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
Nicole Kidman, 2002 (printed 2004)
Karin Catt
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
Nicole Kidman, c. 1980
Lewis Morley
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Penn on paper
Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2009
Michael Desmond discusses Irving Penn's photographic portrait of Nicole Kidman.
Sir Sidney Kidman
Biography
Sir Sidney Kidman, pastoralist (1857-1935), is Australia's 'cattle king'.
2 portraits in the collection
Sir Sidney Kidman, 1932
Samuel Woolf
Portrait, charcoal heightened with white chalk on paper
Purchased 2009
The fat of the land
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2009
Sir Sidney Kidman (1857-1935) is inscribed in Australian legend as the ‘Cattle King’.
James, 2009
by Nicole Marie
Image
Scarred, 2017
by Nicole Katherine Wells
Image
Sidney Kidman and Arthur Triggs, c. 1914
Falk Studios
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased with funds provided by The Ian Potter Foundation 2007
Kylie Minogue 1, 2018 (printed 2020)
Nicole Bentley
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2020
Kylie Minogue 2, 2018 (printed 2020)
Nicole Bentley
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2020
Portrait 33
September - November 2009
Magazine
This issue features Hermannsburg pottery, Nicole Kidman, Ken Done, Jessie Street, two gladiators, the Portraits+Architecture exhibition and more.
Match made in entertainment heaven
Passion
When the stars align
Noah Taylor
Biography
Noah Taylor (b. 1969) left school at 16 to join Melbourne's St Martin's Youth Theatre.
1 portrait in the collection