A collection display that showcases some recent major acquisitions including Nell and Julie Rrap.

The exhibition will feature some of the most significant portraits in the artist’s career to date, from early major works such as his painting of HM Queen Mary of Denmark through to his most recent.

Marri Ngarr artist Ryan Presley's site-specific commission Paradise won is prominently positioned at the Gallery’s entrance. This ambitious new work invites conversations about the ongoing legacies of colonisation and celebrates First Nations survival and autonomy.

Launched at the National Portrait Gallery in 2022, the Little Darlings Youth Portrait Prize is a competition for primary and secondary students, with four separate age categories across Kindergarten to Year 12.

Join us in the Gallery for this free 30-minute tour of the collection, exploring portrait stories and the history of the building.

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

The Darling Portrait Prize is a biennial national prize for Australian portrait painting honouring the legacy of Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG.

The National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024 celebrates established and emerging artistic talent from across the country.

Join us on a 30-minute tour of this year's Darling Portrait Prize and National Photographic Portrait Prize to explore the links between portraiture and identity through diverse representations of Australians and Australian life.

Drop in to the Gallery these school holidays and enjoy free creative activities.

To mark the 2024 Paris Olympics, we are showcasing collection works that celebrate some of the exceptional athletes who have represented Australia at the Games over its long history.

What do you love to do? Dance? Play soccer? Write? Sing? No matter what it is, everyone has something they love to do.

This NAIDOC week, join us for a screening of Araatika: Rise Up!

Celebrate NAIDOC week with a screening of Bran Nue Dae.

What do you love to do? Dance? Play soccer? Write? Sing? No matter what it is, everyone has something they love to do.

Join us as we take a deep dive into the achievements and remarkable lives of eminent medical researchers and doctors in the collection.

Are you a star in the Olympics? Perhaps you are a swimming sensation or a triumph on the track. Maybe you are cheering from the stands or waving your country’s flag.

Join us as our team share some of their favourite portraits that are currently on view in the Gallery.

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

In this program, we explore portraits of renowned Australian authors and how artists have represented them.

Writer, broadcaster and cultural commentator Benjamin Law explores contemporary portraiture and the press.

Join us for a celebration of wintry weather through photographic portraits featuring subjects who are well rugged up against the cold.

Join us on a 30-minute tour of this year's Darling Portrait Prize and National Photographic Portrait Prize with Auslan-interpretation.

Come, fellow bibliophiles! Join us to explore the intersection of literature and art, and delve into the lives and works of renowned authors immortalised in the National Portrait Gallery collection.

Join us today as we explore portraits from our collection that make masterful use of shadow and light to tell visual stories.

The exhibition is a vibrant and dynamic exhibition by acclaimed contemporary artist Joan Ross. Transforming scenes from colonial artworks through a digital ‘cut and paste’ technique and her signature fluorescent yellow, Ross explores critical issues like climate change, greed and consumerism.

Celebrate the opening weekend of Joan Ross: Those trees came back to me in my dreams by joining contemporary artist Joan Ross in conversation with Curator Coby Edgar.

Join us for our annual family day inspired by our vibrant and dynamic new exhibition, Joan Ross: Those trees came back to me in my dreams.

In the last week of winter, join us as we explore a bouquet of portraits that even Miranda Priestly would approve of, hand-picked to celebrate and welcome the season of spring.

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.