Join Bree Pickering, Director of the National Portrait Gallery in conversation as she reflects on her career, discusses her vision for the Gallery and shares a little bit about her first year as Director of the Gallery.
Bree was formerly Director of Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA), Executive Director of Vox Populi, a not-for-profit contemporary art space in Philadelphia, and Cultural Program Manager for the Australian Embassy in Washington DC. Bree is also an experienced artistic director with a distinguished catalogue of past exhibitions and programs behind her, and a passionate advocate for the importance of arts and culture in daily life. Bree sees portraiture as a vital way to connect audiences with humanity in all its brilliance and messiness.