Self Portraits

Presented by Richard Read

This lecture traces the difficult birth of self-portraiture in Western art from minor characters in paintings of classical and Biblical stories to direct self-portraits in mirrors that also gaze out at unknown viewers – an ambiguity whose meaning changes across centuries.

Emeritus Professor Richard Read is a Senior Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia. He wrote the first book on the British art critic Adrian Stokes and has published extensively on the relationship between literature and the visual arts and complex images in global contexts.

Dates and Locations

Saturday 21 February 2026 Perth (WA)

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