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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.

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Friday 20 December 2024 – Sunday 20 December 2026

Live online

Friday 20 December 2024 – Sunday 20 December 2026

Explore the collection from the comfort of you loungeroom. Join us for free, interactive, virtual collection tours. Examine portraits in depth with Gallery Educators delivered via Zoom, and chat, comment and ask questions just like the IRL experience. Videos of selected previous events are available too.

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1/2 length self portrait in mirror, wearing pyjama shirt, camera at shoulder height, 1979 Carol Jerrems
1/2 length self portrait in mirror, wearing pyjama shirt, camera at shoulder height, 1979 Carol Jerrems
1/2 length self portrait in mirror, wearing pyjama shirt, camera at shoulder height, 1979 Carol Jerrems
1/2 length self portrait in mirror, wearing pyjama shirt, camera at shoulder height, 1979 Carol Jerrems

Photography in focus

Virtual: Teacher Professional Learning

3:30pm, Thu 30 Jan
Live online

Join photo-historian Helen Ennis and Gallery educators as we launch our professional learning programs for 2025 with a free online session that explores ways to engage students with photography.

Bookings required
National Portrait Gallery forecourt with the Geo Face Distributor by James Angus
National Portrait Gallery forecourt with the Geo Face Distributor by James Angus
National Portrait Gallery forecourt with the Geo Face Distributor by James Angus
National Portrait Gallery forecourt with the Geo Face Distributor by James Angus

Virtual Highlight Tour

Surprise me!

12:30pm, Tue 4 Feb
Live online

For our first Virtual Highlight Tour of 2025, three of our Access and Learning team members have chosen a portrait to surprise each other and us! Join us for a lively discussion.

Bookings required
Helen Ennis
Helen Ennis
Helen Ennis
Helen Ennis

Virtual Highlight Tour

February Photography Focus

12:30pm, Tue 11 Feb
Live online

Join us for our first February Photography Focus. Helen Ennis, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University (ANU), and Harry Kilcullen, ANU researcher, delve into photography from the National Portrait Collection.

Bookings required
Bobbi Sykes, Black Moratorium, Sydney, '72, 1972 Carol Jerrems
Bobbi Sykes, Black Moratorium, Sydney, '72, 1972 Carol Jerrems
Bobbi Sykes, Black Moratorium, Sydney, '72, 1972 Carol Jerrems
Bobbi Sykes, Black Moratorium, Sydney, '72, 1972 Carol Jerrems

Virtual Highlight Tour

February Photography Focus: Carol Jerrems

12:30pm, Tue 18 Feb
Live online

Join us for an in-depth discussion about the work of influential photographer Carol Jerrems, whose work is on view in our major exhibition Carol Jerrems: Portraits.

Bookings required
where will the story take us, 2002-2024 (printed 2024) (detail) Katrin Koenning
where will the story take us, 2002-2024 (printed 2024) (detail) Katrin Koenning
where will the story take us, 2002-2024 (printed 2024) (detail) Katrin Koenning
where will the story take us, 2002-2024 (printed 2024) (detail) Katrin Koenning

Virtual Highlight Tour

February Photography Focus: Kumar, Koenning and Ang

12:30pm, Tue 25 Feb
Live online

Our February Photography Focus concludes with the work of three contemporary photographers – Ying Ang, Katrin Koenning and Anu Kumar – whose photographs are currently on view in if only we could take the time: contemporary Australian photography.

Bookings required

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Monday 21 December 2026 – Wednesday 20 December 2028

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