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Portrait of Venice: Majestic Murano
This event will be presented in person and livestreamed. Registrations for the livestream have now closed.
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Portrait of the painter Manuel Humbert
Amedeo Modigliani
Born in Barcelona in 1890, the Catalan artist Manuel Humbert was twenty-six when he posed for this arresting portrait, painted in Paris by the immensely gifted, but self-afflicted Amedeo Modigliani….
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Portrait group: The singer Farinelli and friends
Jacopo Amigoni
This elegant painting celebrates the close bond formed between a group of celebrated and creative Italian friends in the mid eighteenth century.
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The Art of Portraiture
Levels 3–12
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Queering the family portrait: Jacopo Amigoni’s portrait of Farinelli and friends
When Charles Burney, the English music historian, visited the famous singer Carlo Broschi, called Farinelli, at his villa in Bologna in 1770, he observed: ‘He seems very much to regret…
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Queering the nation, querying the history of Black portraiture: Zanele Muholi’s Somnyama Ngonyama as a healing ritual
Among South African artist and ‘visual activist’ Zanele Muholi’s self-portraits, the series titled Ntozakhe (Parktown) contains two main interwoven narratives, both of which have their foundations in South Africa’s racial…
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WHO ARE YOU | Australian Portraiture
Exploring Australian Portraiture Professional Learning for Teachers
Connect with the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) and the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) online and be inspired by the collaborative exhibition, WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture.
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WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture
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WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture
Can’t see the Virtual Tour? Check to see if you have the system requirements Visit the exhibition page
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Audio Descriptions | Who Are You: Australian Portraiture
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WHO ARE YOU | Australian Portraiture
Levels 3-6 Draw and explore! Build on your observational, technical and expressive drawing skills, while discovering ideas and stories behind artworks with an NGV Educator in WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture…
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Picasso and the portrait
Levels 3-6 What was it about portraiture that captivated Picasso and so many artists of his time? Discuss how artists in The Picasso Century expressed ideas about themselves and others through portraits and…
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Who Are You | Australian Portraiture
All year levels WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture is one of the most comprehensive explorations of portraiture mounted in Australia.
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Print my Portrait
Levels 3-6 In this activity students will be introduced to different portraits featured in The Picasso Century to consider the many ways in which people can be represented.
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Picasso and the portrait
Levels 2-10 Mon – Fri, 9am, 10am & 12pm What was it about portraiture that captivated Picasso and so many artists of his time? Discuss how artists in The Picasso…