Person · PER-17D57183F20522BB
Nick Cave
2 catalogued objects connected to Nick Cave.
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Biography
Person.
Nick Cave is an Australian singer, songwriter and author whose career has been closely connected with British music culture. His early band the Boys Next Door became the Birthday Party and moved to London in 1980. After that group ended, Cave formed the Bad Seeds, whose first album appeared in 1984.
Alongside the Bad Seeds and the group Grinderman, Cave has worked in film as an actor, screenwriter and composer. His projects include Wings of Desire, The Proposition and the documentary portrait 20,000 Days on Earth. He has also written fiction and poetry and collaborated extensively with Warren Ellis, including on the 2021 album Carnage.
Reviewed 2026-09-06Selected sources
- National Portrait Gallery, Australia — Nick CaveBackground, London move, bands, writing and film work, and Carnage.
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PER-17D57183F20522BB
Represented across objects dated 1988–2004.
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