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Michael Hutchence

Michael Hutchence

Michael Hutchence (1969-1997) lead singer of the rock band INXS was widely recognised as a charismatic live performer.

2 portraits in the collection

Breakfast with bats, 2017 by Douglas Philip Gimesy

Breakfast with bats, 2017

by Douglas Philip Gimesy

Announcing... Portrait23: Identity

15 November 2022

In this major new exhibition marking the National Portrait Gallery’s third decade, 23 Australian artists and collectives have been invited to create portraits without constraints or boundaries.

Wendy Whiteley

Wendy Whiteley OAM

Wendy Whiteley OAM (b. 1941) is recognised as cultural icon, gardener and activist, who first came to prominence as the wife of renowned Australian artist Brett Whiteley.

1 portrait in the collection

Mrs Grey

Lady Eliza Lucy Grey

Eliza Lucy Spencer (c. 1819-1898) was the daughter of the Government Resident at Albany, who was succeeded by George Grey.

1 portrait in the collection

Virus, 2006 by Ben Quilty

Truth and Likeness

Previous exhibition, 2006

This exhibition seeks to explore the nature of portraiture, providing an investigation into the importance of likeness to contemporary portraits.

Maude Shipp

Maude Shipp

Maude Shipp (1895-1964), vaudevillian, debuted as ‘Little Maude Shipp, the Wonderful Baby Performer’ around May 1900, as a member of the troupe managed by her father, Edwin ‘Teddy’ Shipp (c.

1 portrait in the collection

Colin Lanceley

Colin Lanceley

Colin Lanceley (b. 1938), painter, printmaker and sculptor, arrived in Australia from New Zealand as a baby.

2 portraits in the collection

Self portrait (Full Length in front of Easel)

Hugh Ramsay

Hugh Ramsay (1877-1906), painter, was born in Scotland but arrived in Australia as a baby.

3 portraits in the collection

Michael Hutchence

Michael Hutchence

Michael Hutchence

Michael Hutchence, 1997

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2000

All that fall

Sacrifice, life and loss in the First World War

Previous exhibition, 2015

Focussing on the wide-ranging theme of loss and absence, this exhibition provides a moving ‘portrait’ of loss during the First World War on the Australian home front. Powerful symbolic images, including contemporary works, evoke the emotional intensity of loss. All that fall: Sacrifice, life and loss in the First World War is the National Portrait Gallery’s contribution to the Anzac Centenary.

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Claudia Karvan OAM

Claudia Karvan OAM (b. 1973), actor, grew up in Sydney and made her first film appearances as a ten-year-old.

1 portrait in the collection

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Melbourne Spurr

Melbourne Spurr, born in Decorah, Iowa, arrived in Hollywood around 1917.

2 portraits in the collection

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Claudia Karvan on the set of Love My Way,

Jimmy Pozarik OAM

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2007

Nam Le

Nam Le

Nam Le

Nam Le, 2010

Rozalind Drummond

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2010

Nam Le

Nam Le

Nam Le (b. 1978), writer, came to Australia as a baby with his Vietnamese refugee parents.

1 portrait in the collection

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