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

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Exhibitions to events, live-streaming to apps. We always have interesting, intriguing and fun programs for you to enjoy in the Gallery or delivered to wherever you are! Check out what’s coming up below, and plan your visit.

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Thom Roberts with Burt the Oscar Train 2017 and cushion cover
Thom Roberts with Burt the Oscar Train 2017 and cushion cover
Thom Roberts with Burt the Oscar Train 2017 and cushion cover
Thom Roberts with Burt the Oscar Train 2017 and cushion cover

The Immersive World of Thom Roberts

Closes 20 July 2025
Drawing in the Gallery
Drawing in the Gallery
Drawing in the Gallery
Drawing in the Gallery

Drawn In

The Composer's Canvas

Selected Sundays in Autumn
The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith
The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith
The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith
The painter transmogrified and Mrs Smith

Virtual Highlight Tour

The Distance Between

12:30pm, Tue 13 May
Live online
The photographer's shadow (Olive Cotton and Max Dupain)
The photographer's shadow (Olive Cotton and Max Dupain)
The photographer's shadow (Olive Cotton and Max Dupain)
The photographer's shadow (Olive Cotton and Max Dupain)

Virtual Highlight Tour

Beach People

12:30pm, Tue 20 May
Live online
Isobel Parker Philip with Thom Roberts' Emotion Cards
Isobel Parker Philip with Thom Roberts' Emotion Cards
Isobel Parker Philip with Thom Roberts' Emotion Cards
Isobel Parker Philip with Thom Roberts' Emotion Cards

Curator tour with Isobel Parker Philip

12:30pm, Wed 11 Jun
Gallery Three, April 2025. Warwick Thornton 2019, Susan Stitt ACS. © Susan Stitt ACS. Eric 2020, Amos Gebhardt. © Amos Gebhardt. Men of High Degree: Kev Carmody (Bundjalung/Lama Lama Peoples) 2023, Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove and Richard Crampton. © Brenda L Croft/Copyright Agency, 2024.
Gallery Three, April 2025. Warwick Thornton 2019, Susan Stitt ACS. © Susan Stitt ACS. Eric 2020, Amos Gebhardt. © Amos Gebhardt. Men of High Degree: Kev Carmody (Bundjalung/Lama Lama Peoples) 2023, Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove and Richard Crampton. © Brenda L Croft/Copyright Agency, 2024.
Gallery Three, April 2025. Warwick Thornton 2019, Susan Stitt ACS. © Susan Stitt ACS. Eric 2020, Amos Gebhardt. © Amos Gebhardt. Men of High Degree: Kev Carmody (Bundjalung/Lama Lama Peoples) 2023, Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove and Richard Crampton. © Brenda L Croft/Copyright Agency, 2024.
Gallery Three, April 2025. Warwick Thornton 2019, Susan Stitt ACS. © Susan Stitt ACS. Eric 2020, Amos Gebhardt. © Amos Gebhardt. Men of High Degree: Kev Carmody (Bundjalung/Lama Lama Peoples) 2023, Brenda L Croft, Prue Hazelgrove and Richard Crampton. © Brenda L Croft/Copyright Agency, 2024.

Virtual Highlight Tour

Surprise Me!

12:30pm, Tue 24 Jun
Live online

On view
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Deborah Mailman
Deborah Mailman
Deborah Mailman
Deborah Mailman

The National Portrait Gallery Collection
Paradise won, 2024 Ryan Presley
Paradise won, 2024 Ryan Presley
Paradise won, 2024 Ryan Presley
Paradise won, 2024 Ryan Presley

Ryan Presley: Paradise won

Onsite at the Gallery
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Art cart

Thom Roberts

10:00am,

Albert and Vincent, You and Me

Walk-up workshop

10:00am, until Thu 29 May

Little Faces

10:30am, Wed 14 May

Little Faces

10:30am, Thu 15 May

Little Faces

9:30am, 10:30am, Fri 16 May

Drawn In

Ereignis

1:00pm, Sun 18 May

Gallery tours
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Reconciliation Week highlights tour

1:00pm, Tue 27 May until Tue 3 Jun

Art Break

12:30–1:00pm, every Thursday

Introduction tour

Welcome highlights

2:00pm, Daily until Sat 31 May

Guided Tour

The art of portraiture

11:00am, Daily until Sat 31 May

Live online
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Virtual Highlight Tour

Portraits in the Key of D Major

12:30pm, Tue 27 May

Virtual Highlight Tour

Survivors

12:30pm, Tue 3 Jun

View all our upcoming live online events, or explore our on-demand archive to catch up, listen in, binge or do a workshop from wherever you are whenever you want!

Upcoming exhibitions
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Jimmy and Jane Barnes
Jimmy and Jane Barnes
Jimmy and Jane Barnes
Jimmy and Jane Barnes

In Bloom

A collection of the beautiful and botanical

Opens 31 May 2025
Fragility, 2024 Naomi Hobson
Fragility, 2024 Naomi Hobson
Fragility, 2024 Naomi Hobson
Fragility, 2024 Naomi Hobson

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025

Opens 16 August 2025

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