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Charles Teo, 2012

Gift of Eleonora Triguboff 2013

Emile Sherman, 2012

Gift of the artist and Yanping Zhu 2022. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Peter Brown

Chang Woo Gow, 2017

Purchased 2019

Chang the Chinese giant and party, c. 1871

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Chang the Chinese giant in European dress with Chinese boy and three European men, one of whom is his manager, c. 1871

Purchased 2010

Chang the Chinese Giant with his wife Kin Foo and manager Edward Parlett, c. 1871

Purchased 2010

Chang the Chinese giant with his wife Kin Foo, c. 1871

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Chang the Chinese giant with his manager cowering on the floor, c. 1871

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

The portrait writ large

Karen Vickery on Chang the Chinese giant in Australia.

Jokowi, Indonesia, 2014

Roo shooter's offsider, 2017

Morteza Arefifar, Manus Island Detention Centre, 2017

Paddy Ellis - Lightning Ridge Opal Miner, 2013

Carlos Soyos, 34, a migrant from Guatemala City, Guatemala and his son, Enderson Soyos, 8, take a self portrait at El Buen Samaritano migrants shelter, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Cordy in the Clouds 2021

Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) employee, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine

Adam (Adam Goodes), 2014

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2015. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Adam Scott by Robin Sellick

An interview with photographer Robin Sellick about his portrait of golfing champion Adam Scott.

Angel Street (Adam Cullen), 2010

Purchased 2012

Adam Cullen, 2008

Portrait of a beautiful mind - Adam Cullen, Blue Mountains, 2005 (printed 2019)

Purchased with funds provided by Alan Dodge AM & Neil Archibald 2019

Adam Goodes, 2019

Purchased 2022

Adam Lindsay Gordon, 1890-1894

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008

Adam Scott: at Sanctuary Cove Golf Course, 2006

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006

Tony Adam, c. 1968

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Janice McIllree 2012

Adam Cullen, 2000

Purchased with funds provided by Dr Gene Sherman AM and Patrick Corrigan AM 2016

Adam Rish, 1994

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Neil Armfield (study), 2010

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned 2010

Neil Armfield (study), 2010

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned 2010

Neil Armfield (study), 2010

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned 2010

Neil Armfield, 2010

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Commissioned 2010

Betty Churcher, 2008

Purchased 2013

Arthur Boyd in his studio at Bundanon, 1993

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard King 2008
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Margaret Olley, 1995

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of The Hammond Care Group 1999

Kurt Fearnley, 2012

Purchased 2013

Bryan Brown, 2008

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, 2008

Garry Shead and Tom Thompson, 1993

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard King 2008
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Garry Shead and Tom Thompson, 1993

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Richard King 2008
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Jack Lang, 1970

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Elsie Martin 2000

Celebrities on the field

Robin Sellick's portraits of Australian sportspeople include Harry Kewell, Adam Scott, Shane Warne, Mark Webber and John Newcombe.

Charles and Adam, 1990 (printed 2013)

Purchased 2013

3 Mordants, 2011

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Mordant Family 2013
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Zhang Xiaogang

Born 1958, Kunming, Yunnan Province. Lives and works in Beijing.

Adam, Craigieburn, 2018

Adam Goodes, 2019

Featured Artists

Find out more about six of the artists represented in the Go Figure exhibition. Fang Lijun, Liu Wei, Yang Na, Yu Hong, Rong Rong and Zhang Xiaogang.

Adam Ferguson

The portrait I made is of a woman called Olha and she works for Ukrainian Railways.

Art Handler's Award 2022

The Art Handlers' Award for 2022 went to Cordy in the Clouds, 2021 by Adam Haddrick.

Rong Rong

Born Li Zhirong 1968, Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. Lives and works in Beijing.

Resilience

Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Neville Bonner, Lowitja O'Donoghue, Mandawuy Yunupingu and Adam Goodes

Fang Lijun

Born 1963, Handan, Hebei Province China. Lives and works in Beijing.

Statement from Mr Angus Trumble

Today, Mr Angus Trumble, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, expanded on his reasons for removing the photographic portrait of Indonesian President Joko Widodo from exhibition.

References

About the exhibition curator Claire Roberts, and writers Eugene Wang and Zhang Letian.

About the exhibition

Portraits from the Sigg collection, from 1979 to the present including painting, sculpture, photography, video and installation.

Go Figure! Contemporary Chinese Portraiture

Exhibited simultaneously at the two locations, Go Figure! is drawn from the Sigg Collection, the largest and most significant collection of contemporary Chinese art anywhere in the world.

The Australian Tom Thumb (John David Armstrong), c. 1880

Purchased 2014

Negotiating a family portrait-a study of history, myth and identity, 2015 Family, 2015

Beauty and strength

Influential Indigenous Australian artist Michael Riley (1960 - 2004) created these portrait photographs between 1984 and 1990 - they stand as an intricately connected group portrait of the vibrant urban-based Indigenous arts community in Sydney's inner-west at a formative moment.

Chinese Art

A short overview of modern Chinese art from 1949 to the present.

doppelgänger

doppelgänger is the second in a series of virtual exhibitions held by the National Portrait Gallery that explore contemporary notions of portraiture in the online environment.

Portrait of Frank Lowy AC, 2014

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2016
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Recognition

Originally conceived as an anthropological record, Percy Leason’s powerful 1934 portraits of Victorian Aboriginal people are today considered to be a highlight of 20th century Australian portraiture

Professor Brian Schmidt, 2015

Commissioned 2015

Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society, 1812

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2010

Sir Joseph Banks, 1802

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gina and Ted Gregg 2010

Charles Perkins with Eileen Perkins, 1964 (printed 2021)

Purchased with funds provided by Tim Bednall 2021

Charlie's angles

Stephen Phillips talks to neurosurgeon Charlie Teo about his practice, perspectives and the anatomy of hope.

Exhibition themes

The four main themes of the exhibition: About face, Body politic, Skin deep, and Self reflex.

Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award 2014

Press releases for media.

Sporting Archibald

Frank Lowy, 1998 (printed 2011)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011

Flash

Introduction The National Portrait Gallery’s photographic exhibition Flash: Australian Athletes in Focus explores various interpretations of Australian sporting men and women.

Collection: Icons

When a portrait communicates determination and individuality as boldly as these do, it has the potential to become an iconic image. For the Gallery’s 20th birthday this display brings together a group contemporary photographic portraits of inspiring women and men.

Adam’s Prize Apples

Pamela Gerrish Nunn explores New Zealand’s premium award for portraiture.

Headspace 1

Headspace showcases portrait art produced by secondary students from Year 7 to Year 12 in Government, Catholic and Independent schools in Canberra and its surrounding regions extending to Wollongong, Deniliquin, Leeton, Crookwell, Bombala, Narooma and Albury

Eating the seasons

Anne Sanders imbibes Tony Bilson’s gastronomic revolution.

Sideshow Alley

Death masks, post-mortem drawings and other spooky and disquieting portraits... Come and see how portraits of infamous Australians were used in the 19th century.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022

The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.

Virtual lives

A brief introduction to the Weird, Wired World of Internet Portraiture.

Icons

When a portrait communicates determination and individuality as boldly as these do, it has the potential to become an iconic image. For the Gallery’s 20th birthday this display brings together a group contemporary photographic portraits of inspiring women and men.

Annual Appeal

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2009

In its second year at the National Portrait Gallery, and for the first time touring to other venues, the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2009 continues to present surprising perspectives on the nature of contemporary portrait photography.

So Fine

This exhibition features new works from ten women artists reinterpreting and reimagining elements of Australian history, enriching the contemporary narrative around Australia’s history and biography, reflecting the tradition of storytelling in our country.

Matthew Burnett, c. 1865

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015

Virtually human

Gillian Raymond describes the National Portrait Gallery's second virtual exhibition doppelgänger.

Finalists announced for National Photographic Portrait Prize

The National Portrait Gallery would like to congratulate the forty finalists for the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018

The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2020

The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.

2021 Annual Appeal

In 2021 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Peter Brew-Bevan's portraits of athletes Turia Pitt, Leisel Jones OAM and Ellie Cole OAM.

Generous Janice

Dr Sarah Engledow puts four gifts to the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection in context.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018

Images for media use will be available from 8 March 2018.

The man behind the art

Giles Auty introduces British painter John Wonnacott who will talk at the National Portrait Gallery on 2 November 2002.

Painting them gently

Penny Grist on motivation, method and melancholy in the portraiture of Darren McDonald.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023

The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.

Time and light

This sample of 56 photographs takes in some of the smallest photographs we own and some of the largest, some of the earliest and some of the most recent, as well as multiple photographic processes from daguerreotypes to digital media.

Pigeon coup

Glenn McGrath makes a strong impact on the English batsmen and the walls of the National Portrait Gallery.

Shifting pixels

In 2007 the National Portrait Gallery produced its first online exhibition featuring the animated self portraits created by some of Australia’s most innovative visual artists and animators.

Australian of the Year

The Australian of the Year Awards have often provoked controversy about who is selected and whether their achievements are remarkable.

Ready , set... shoot

The exhibition Flash: Australian Athletes in Focus offers various interpretations of sporting men and women by five Australian photographers.

One and all

The current exhibition of portraits at the National Gallery of Ireland Print Gallery investigates just how paper-thin ideas of likeness are.

2023 Annual Appeal

In 2023 the Annual Appeal was focussed on a work by one of Australia's best loved and most successful portrait painters, Judy Cassab AO CBE, depicting model, entrepreneur and deportment icon, June Dally-Watkins OAM.

2022 Annual Appeal

In 2022 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Mayatjara by Robert Fielding, a series of 24 photographs of Elders of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara community.

Hump days

Jessica Bolton navigates the parallel tracks documenting Robyn Davidson’s astonishing journey.

Post digital

Tegan McAuley looks at the evolution of video portraiture.

The 2023 National Photographic Portrait Prize

Shea Kirk’s portrait of friend and fellow-artist Emma Armstrong-Porter has won the 2023 National Photographic Portrait Prize.

History

How the National Portrait Gallery and its unique collection came to be

Great Scots

Diana O’Neil samples the tartan treats on offer in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

Everybody, look serious

Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2014 Prize.

The family scene

Traudi Allen discovers sensitivity, humour and fine draughtsmanship in the portraiture of John Perceval.

Naked nostalgia

Penelope Grist reminisces about the halcyon days of a print icon, before the infusion of the internet’s shades of grey.

The more things change...

Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2017 Prize.

You are who?

Joanna Gilmour reflects on merging collections and challenging traditional assumptions around portraiture in WHO ARE YOU.