On a wall at the National Gallery of Victoria hangs a spirited, aquamarine stringybark painting titled Order, a radical piece of Indigenous art that shows former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard delivering her infamous misogyny speech to parliament.
Those milling about the gallery on Friday morning were in for a surprise: seeing Gillard standing underneath her portrait, visiting a painting she’d heard so much about, for the first time. “I am so big,” she says, clearly delighted.
