Art Sets.

Personal grooming: a lockdown survival guide

A Together In Art Pocket Exhibition curated by Claire Eggleston

Now we’ve stocked the space under the bed with panic-bought rolls of toilet paper, our minds are turning to the problem of personal grooming during lockdown. What do you do when the cute spring drops from that perm the hairdresser convinced you was ‘back in fashion’, and your carefully ombréed locks are beginning to lose their lustre? Don’t give up! These works from the Gallery’s collection offer follicular guidance for those worried about what the dog might think of their ‘iso-do’.

Claire Eggleston is senior librarian at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

AGNSW collection Giovanni Brilli, after Guido Reni St. John as a youth 19th century
AGNSW collection Giovanni Brilli, after Guido Reni St. John as a youth 19th century
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/4510/
AGNSW collection Sue Ford Sue Pike 1963, printed 1988
AGNSW collection Sue Ford Sue Pike 1963, printed 1988
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/82.1989/
AGNSW collection Nicolas de Largillierre Portrait of an officer circa 1714-circa 1715
AGNSW collection Nicolas de Largillierre Portrait of an officer circa 1714-circa 1715
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/176.1995/
AGNSW collection Thomas Beach George Damer, Viscount Milton 1795
AGNSW collection Thomas Beach George Damer, Viscount Milton 1795
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/8607/
AGNSW collection Guerrilla Girls Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum? 1989
AGNSW collection Guerrilla Girls Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum? 1989
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/150.2014.24/
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