Show Notes
In this episode of NGA Art Talks, Anne O’Hehir, Curator of Photography at the Gallery, speaks to Cherine Fahd as part of a series of conversations recorded for the exhibition, Women Photographers 1853-2018 – a celebration of how women have shaped and redefined the medium, that recognises the strength of Australian photographers in a global context.
Born in Gadigal Nura/Sydney in 1974, Cherine Fahd has spent over two decades developing one of Australia’s most inventive photomedia practices. Her work moves fluidly between photography, performance, text and sculpture, yet remains grounded in a deep curiosity about what happens in the photographic encounter – how identity is read, how relationships form, and how images both reveal and obscure the complexities of lived experience.
Women Photographers 1853-2018 is on display at the National Gallery until 1 March 2026.
This exhibition and podcast are supported by The Bowness Family Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
More from NGA Art Talks
NGA Art Talks: The Gleeson Tapes is a new series revisiting key conversations from the James Gleeson Oral History Collection.
NGA Art Talks: The Gleeson Tapes is a new podcast series revisiting key conversations from the James Gleeson Oral History Collection.
In the late 1970s, before the National Gallery of Australia opened its doors, the surrealist artist and writer James Gleeson set out across Australia with a microphone and a mission: to build an oral history archive that captured the stories behind key works of art in the national collection, told by the artists themselves.
In the late 1970s, before the National Gallery of Australia opened its doors, the surrealist artist and writer James Gleeson set out across Australia with a microphone and a mission: to build an oral history archive that captured the stories behind key works of art in the national collection, told by the artists themselves.
Join Quincy Houghton, Deputy Director for Exhibitions and International Initiatives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, as we revisit this year’s Betty Churcher AO Memorial Oration, recorded live at the National Gallery for International Women’s Day in March 2026.