Presenting from the Gallery floor, Visitor Experience Assistant Nic Schmidt discusses some of their favourite works from the Darling Portrait Prize and National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024.

From glazed gazes to fired forms, potter about portraiture with us and discover an assortment of ceramic portraits from the National Portrait Collection.

Join us for this very special tour of Joan Ross: Those trees came back to me in my dreams.

Join us as our team share some of their favourite portraits in this year’s Darling Portrait Prize and National Photographic Portrait Prize.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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?