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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Nick Cave
Nick Cave
Nick Cave

Nick Cave, 1973 (printed 1991)

Ashley Mackevicius
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006

Dancenorth Australia (Gideon Obarzanek & Lucy Guerin) Samantha Hines, Mason Kelly, Jenni Large, Ashley McLellan, Josh Mu, Georgia Rudd and Jack Ziesing, n.d. Gregory Lorenzutti

Dancenorth Australia (Gideon Obarzanek & Lucy Guerin) Samantha Hines, Mason Kelly, Jenni Large, Ashley McLellan, Josh Mu, Georgia Rudd and Jack Ziesing

Gregory Lorenzutti
Image
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Guardian of the Secretion, 1988

Hany Armanious
Portrait, oil, compressed graphite, bolts, steel chain, brass padlock and plastic on board

Gift of Ashley Barber and Sarah Cottier 2024. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

The Renaissance #1, 2015 by Renée Stamatova

The Renaissance #1, 2015

by Renée Stamatova
Image
Daniel Whitechurch and Laura McKellar, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia, 2009 by Nikki Toole

Skater

Portraits by Nikki Toole
Previous exhibition, 2012

Nikki Toole has travelled the world to photograph skateboarders.

Self Portrait with Stetson, 2011 by Darren McDonald

Painting them gently

Magazine article by Penelope Grist, 2015

Penny Grist on motivation, method and melancholy in the portraiture of Darren McDonald.

Bod Polly Borland

In profile

Polly Borland
Magazine article by Oliver Giles, 2023

Polly Borland talks to Oliver Giles about the celebrity portraits that made her name and why she’s now making more abstract art.

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Portrait Donors

Listed by year
Honour board
Face House – Kyoto, Japan Architect: Kazumasa Yamashita

Alter ego

Magazine article by Tom Fryer, 2021

Tom Fryer surveys the twentieth-century architectural project, and finds representation and the portrait were integral elements.

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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past and present. We respectfully advise that this site includes works by, images of, names of, voices of and references to deceased people.

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