Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits
Visitors will be left in awe with the National Portrait Gallery and National Film and Sound Archive of Australia’s (NFSA) new star-studded exhibition.
Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits explores the striking, beautiful portraiture emerging from 100 years of Australian movies. Curators of the show, Penelope Grist, Assistant Curator at the Portrait Gallery, and Jennifer Coombes, Curator at the NFSA had a wealth of items to draw on for the exhibition.
It features 275 images, predominantly drawn from the NFSA’s collection, including portraits of Australian actors such as Hugo Weaving, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Toni Collette and Cate Blanchett, and photography from films like Australia, Moulin Rouge!, RED DOG and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
Visitors can visit Starstruck.gov.au to preview the exhibition, buy tickets and explore events associated with the exhibition.
Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits will tour to venues in South Australia, regional New South Wales and Queensland.