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

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Tuesday 16 July 2024 – Thursday 16 July 2026

Live online

Tuesday 16 July 2024 – Thursday 16 July 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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Matt Finch, 2017 by Sue Olliver
Matt Finch, 2017 by Sue Olliver
Matt Finch, 2017 by Sue Olliver
Matt Finch, 2017 by Sue Olliver

Virtual Highlight Tour

Portraits of queer futurity

12:30pm, Tue 22 Oct
Live online

Join Matt Finch as he considers three portraits in the collection that offer different gateways to worlds beyond, blending past, present and future.

Bookings required
Helen Garner
Helen Garner
Helen Garner
Helen Garner

Virtual Highlight Tour

Through their eyes

12:30pm, Tue 29 Oct
Live online

This week, join Social Media & Content Coordinator Georgina Holt as she takes you through three contemplative portraits of Australians who have borne witness to some of the country’s, and the world’s, darkest moments.

Bookings required
Eagle Ross (Ross Wilson)
Eagle Ross (Ross Wilson)
Eagle Ross (Ross Wilson)
Eagle Ross (Ross Wilson)

Virtual Highlight Tour

Rock Revolution: 80s

12:30pm, Tue 5 Nov
Live online

Get ready to rock out with us this week as we journey through the epic world of Aussie rock legends from the 80s!

Bookings required
Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal)
Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal)
Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal)
Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal)

Virtual Highlight Tour

Prose and Pose: Noonuccal to Missy

12:30pm, Tue 12 Nov
Live online

Welcome lovers of verse! Explore the intersection of literature and art as we delve into the words and works of renowned Australian poets and songwriters immortalised in the National Portrait Collection.

Bookings required
William, Randwick
William, Randwick
William, Randwick
William, Randwick

Virtual Highlight Tour

Talking Trailblazers

12:30pm, Tue 19 Nov
Live online

Join Australian National University researcher Harry Kilcullen as they explore groundbreakers of queer art and culture in the National Portrait Collection.

Bookings required
Judith Wright with Barbara Blackman
Judith Wright with Barbara Blackman
Judith Wright with Barbara Blackman
Judith Wright with Barbara Blackman

Virtual Highlight Tour

Double portraits

12:30pm, Tue 26 Nov
Live online

Join us as we take a deep dive into the world of double portraits. What will this unique form of portraiture reveal about the sitters and the artists?

Bookings required

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Friday 17 July 2026 – Sunday 16 July 2028

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