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Mirka and Philippe - 9 Collins Street, c. 1966 (printed 2015)

Gift of the artist 2015

Mirka Mora

Recorded 1965

Mirka by Mirka, 2000

Purchased with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2021

Portrait of Georges Mora, 1956

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

It's a Mora!

Select extracts from Mirka Mora's autobiography, Wicked but Virtuous, provide rich accompaniment to recent Gallery acquisitions.  

Mirka Mora, 2001

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

William - Aspendale, 1966 (printed 2015)

Gift of the artist 2015

Mirka Mora, 1983

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Mirka - 9 Collins Street, c. 1966 (printed 2015)

Gift of the artist 2015

Wicked but Virtuous

Faith Stellmaker shares pioneering artist and restaurateur Mirka Mora’s lasting legacy on Melbourne’s art, dining and culture.

Kate Girard, c. 1885

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009

Portrait of mother (after Mirka), 2008

New Australians bring creative wealth

Melbourne’s iconic culture-shapers

Girl (portrait of Barbara Blackman), 1969

Purchased 2009

Dame Nellie Melba,

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007

Nellie Melba, 1898

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Reveries

Featuring works by Australian and New Zealand photographers from the late 1970s up to the present day Reveries focuses on images made in the presence of or consciousness of death.

Rennie Ellis

Rennie Ellis: Aussies All is a celebration of the life and work of the late Australian photographer Rennie Ellis.

Masters of Fare

Masters of fare: chefs, winemakers, providores celebrates men and women who have championed the unique culinary characteristics and produce of Australia, enriching our lives with new ideas and new flavours over the past forty years.

Big bouquet of Blackmans

Dr. Sarah Engledow explores the context surrounding Charles Blackman's portrait of Judith Wright, Jack McKinney and their daughter Meredith.

The art of peace

Sean Davey captures the portrait of a nation renewed.

The family scene

Traudi Allen discovers sensitivity, humour and fine draughtsmanship in the portraiture of John Perceval.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2009

In its second year at the National Portrait Gallery, and for the first time touring to other venues, the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2009 continues to present surprising perspectives on the nature of contemporary portrait photography.

Graham Kennedy and the Seekers in Melbourne, c. 1968

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007

Bonfire of the vanities

Australian Galleries Director Stuart Purves tells the story of two portraits by John Brack.

Splendid, many-splendoured

Sandra Bruce gazes on love and the portrait through Australian Love Stories’ multi-faceted prism.

Love scars

Katrina Osborne immerses herself in one of photography’s most fearless chronicles.

Being Cate

A moving portrait of Cate Blanchett unfolds as an inspired pairing of medium and subject.

Eating the seasons

Anne Sanders imbibes Tony Bilson’s gastronomic revolution.

Reveries

The exhibition Reveries: Photography and mortality is a powerful display which brings together images that depict the last phase of people's lives.

Aussies all

The exhibition Aussies all features the ecclectic portrait photography of Rennie Ellis which captures Australian life during the 70s and 80s.

The silent partner

One half of the team that was Eltham Films left scarcely a trace in the written historical record, but survives in a vivid portrait.

Empirical art

Several years ago I came across this curious painting on the racks in a distant, dusty corner of the store room in the basement of the Johannesburg Art Gallery in South Africa. Since then the mystery surrounding it has never been far from my mind.