Purchased 2010
Two of the music industry’s highest-selling performers originated in suburban Australia. The Bee Gees started out in Brisbane, for instance, and AC/DC played their first gigs at a nightclub in inner Sydney.
The National Portrait Gallery would like to congratulate the forty finalists for the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019.
The black and white portrait of an elderly woman with sidelong glance and irreverent, contemplative smile has taken out the people’s choice award in this year’s National Photographic Portrait Prize.
The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.
Australia has become recognised for the range and talent of its musicians, composers, conductors and celebrities in general associated with the music industry
Images for media use will be available from 8 March 2018.
Penelope Grist reminisces about the halcyon days of a print icon, before the infusion of the internet’s shades of grey.
Dr Christopher Chapman discusses the portrait of Australian composer Paul Grabowsky by photographer Martin Philbey.
A pair of portraits by John Brack; Portrait of Kym Bonython and Portrait of Mr Bonython's speedway cap combine to create a quirky depiction of their subject.
Djon Mundine OAM brings poignant memory and context to Martin van der Wal’s 1986 portrait photographs of storied Aboriginal artists.
Julia Gillard pays poignant tribute to her friend and mentor, the late Joan Kirner, Victoria’s first and only female premier.
Close encounters are the genesis for Graeme Drendel’s enticing portraiture.
Michelle Fracaro describes Lionel Lindsay's woodcut The Jester (self-portrait).
Gideon Haigh discusses portraits of Australian cricketers from the early 20th century
Christopher Chapman ponders our digital identity and selfhood.
