People, Place, Portraits

About this event

People, Place, Portraits is on at Australian Parliament House (1 Parliament Drive, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 2600) on Sun 8 Nov 2026.

Tickets and details are on the organiser’s website, linked on this page. Prices listed by the organiser: Price Free. They’re indicative, so check the final price when you book.

The organiser lists these accessibility features for the event: companion card accepted, employs people with disability, disability awareness training for staff, asks visitors about specific access needs, website meets wcag 2.0, tour guides trained in accessibility, assistance available when booking, step-free pathways, step-free main entrance, accessible restaurant, have step free access to the conference or function room, accessible theatre seating, lift access, accessible toilet, accessible change room, accessible parking, accessible transport nearby, easy read signage, tactile lift buttons and handrails on stairways.

From the organiser

Discover powerful portraits and the stories behind them in People, Place, Portraits, a new exhibition at Parliament House, curated by Big hART. Big hART is one of Australia's leading arts and social change organisations. They work alongside communities experiencing complex social challenges, creating ambitious artworks that share stories often overlooked in Australia's cultural life.

For more than 30 years, artist Robert Hannaford has painted many of Australia's most significant public figures including prime ministers, governors-general and judges. Evert Ploeg has spent decades painting some of Australia's most recognisable faces, from actor Deborah Mailman to conductor George Ellis. Gloria Pannka was a senior Western Arrernte artist and granddaughter of Albert Namatjira, continuing the Hermannsburg School watercolour tradition. Hubert Pareroultja was a senior Western Aranda-Luritja artist and nephew of Otto Pareroultja, one of the founding painters of the Hermannsburg School. Their works appear alongside digital portraits created by young people through Big hART's Digital Pop-Up Lab.

Developed through more than 3 decades of collaboration with communities across Australia, the exhibition celebrates Elders, young people, artists and community leaders whose stories have helped shape the nation. The exhibition invites visitors to reflect on who is remembered, whose stories are celebrated and how portraiture honours the people who enrich Australia's cultural life.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that the following contains the names of deceased persons.

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