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Writer, broadcaster and cultural commentator Benjamin Law explores contemporary portraiture and the press. What makes a portrait good, bad or worthy of being on a Gallery wall? Who gets to be captured? And when, if ever, is likeness a good metric for evaluating a portrait’s success? In this year’s Andrew Sayers Memorial Lecture, Law explores the way a centuries old tradition can still drive a 24-hour news cycle and the impact of politics, power and social media on the way we interpret what we see. Law will discuss his own experiences being a sitter for a popular art prize and argue that it can be the conversation that happens around the artwork that tells us the most about the times we live in.
The lecture will be livestreamed from 6:30pm. If you can’t join us in person, tune in from the comfort of your own home with a Virtual Connection ticket.
📅 Wednesday 31 July
⏰ 6:30 – 7:30PM AEST
🎟️ BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL - $10 Virtual Connection
[🎨 Benjamin Law: happy sad, 2019 by Keith Burt. Archibald Prize 2019 finalist]
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
National Portrait Gallery, The Curatoreum, Canberra Centenary Trl, Parkes ACT 2600, Australia,Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
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