The National Portrait Gallery has three separate prizes and awards.
The Darling Portrait Prize is a new annual prize for Australian portrait painters, painting Australian sitters. The winner receives a cash prize of $75,000.
The NPPP is an annual prize for Australian photographers. The year’s most outstanding photographic portrait is awarded a $50,000 prize package.
Calling all teachers! Tell your students to get their pencils sharpened, brushes loose and cameras ready, ‘cause there’s a new portrait prize in town!
Explore portraiture and come face to face with Australian identity, history, culture, creativity and diversity.
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