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WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture is one of the most comprehensive explorations of portraiture ever mounted in Australia and the first exhibit
Over the past half a century, Australian women’s art has gone from the margins to the mainstream. A new book mapping this story is a flawed, colourful kaleidoscope.
Advertisement Encountering Pat Larter for the first time, people often said: “I’m sure I’ve met you before somewhere.” Most probably it was in one of the many versions of Pat painted by her husband, Richard Larter. Once seen, these pictures were hard to forget. Pat Larter in a still from Get Arted, in 1981. Credit:Richard Larter It’s not unusual for an artist to take his wife as muse and model. Edward Hopper’s spouse, Jo, appears in numerous paintings. Bonnard is famous for his portraits of Marthe, who never seemed to age. But I can’t think of an artist any time, anywhere, who c...