Covering over 300 years of cartoon portraiture, this exhibition presents original caricature art in a wide range of styles from traditional paintings and drawings to contemporary digital media, and shows how modern caricature has evolved from the print media into a predominantly digital art form.

Classic caricatures by world-famous New Zealand cartoonists including Sir David Low, Les Gibbard and Murray Ball are included, as well as tongue-in-cheek portraits of New Zealand celebrities by talented contemporary caricaturists like Sharon Murdoch and Chris Slane.

The exhibition is curated by Dr Oliver Stead, Curator of Drawings, Paintings and Prints at the Turnbull Library, and Hannah Benbow, the Turnbull’s Research Librarian, Cartoons. Ludicrous Likenesses also celebrates the 25th anniversary of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive at the Turnbull Library