Portraiture In Contemporary Australian Art
Portraiture In Contemporary Australian Art takes place on Sun, 25 Oct 2026 at 3:00 pm (GMT+11) at Lyon Housemuseum in Melbourne, VIC, and runs until 4:30 pm. Tickets are $25 + on Events.
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Join Melbourne University Lecturer Mimi Kelly for an illustrated talk on the role of portraiture in contemporary Australian art. Explore how portraits reflect identity and social issues through examples from the 1990s to today, while gaining insight into individual and collective identity.
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Portraiture is one of the oldest genres in the history of art used to communicate ideas about identity, social issues and the sitter’s place in the world. In this illustrated talk, Melbourne University Lecturer in Art History Mimi Kelly traces the use of portraiture in contemporary Australian art with examples from the 1990s to the present and explores the questions ‘How to we see ourselves? What do portraits convey about our individual and collective identity? Ticket includes admission to the current exhibition in the Galleries.
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Details
- When
- Sun, 25 Oct 2026 · 3:00 pm (GMT+11) · until 4:30 pm
- Where
- Lyon Housemuseum
- Address
- 217 Cotham Rd, Kew VIC 3101, Australia
- Price
- $25 +
Questions
- When is Portraiture In Contemporary Australian Art?
- Sun, 25 Oct 2026 at 3:00 pm GMT+11.
- How much are tickets for Portraiture In Contemporary Australian Art?
- Tickets are $25 +.
- Where is Portraiture In Contemporary Australian Art?
- Lyon Housemuseum, 217 Cotham Rd, Kew VIC 3101, Australia, Melbourne, VIC.
- Where can I buy tickets for Portraiture In Contemporary Australian Art?
- Tickets are sold on Events. This page links straight to that listing; no tickets are sold here.
- What time does Portraiture In Contemporary Australian Art end?
- It runs until 4:30 pm.