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Flying over Indulkana, 2022 Kaylene Whiskey

Super Kaylene Whiskey

Upcoming exhibition

Super Kaylene Whiskey celebrates one of Australia’s leading contemporary artists, proud Yankunytjatjara woman Kaylene Whiskey.

Stan Grant and Tracey Holmes

Virtual Highlight Tour

Event, Tuesday 26 August

Join National Portrait Gallery Learning Faciliator Cate and explore how artists capture the love stories of their sitters.

The Story Teller (Noni Hazlehurst)

Virtual Highlight Tour

Guiding Beginnings

Event, Tuesday 2 September

Join National Portrait Gallery Learning Facilitator Sally as we look at portraits in the collection that honour the incredible work of early childhood educators.

Oaklan, 2024 Kristian Taylor-Wood

Power of Portrait Photography

Visual Arts (upper primary)

Event, Selected days from Thursday 4 September

Join us for an engaging and interactive program tailored for upper primary students, where they will build critical thinking skills to interpret photographic portraits.

Untitled #01 (from the series Code Black/Riot), 2024 Hoda Afshar

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025

Current exhibition

The NPPP is an annual prize for Australian photographers. The year’s most outstanding photographic portrait is awarded a $30,000 cash prize and photographic equipment valued at $20,000 courtesy of our Imaging Partner, Canon Australia.

Benjamin Law, Serena Bentley, Leigh Robb

Judges statements

General content

The judges for the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025 are Benjamin Law, Serena Bentley and Leigh Robb.

Two people viewing artworks in the In Bloom exhibition

Guided tour

In Bloom: A collection of the beautiful, bold and botanical

Event, Daily until Sunday 30 November

Led by knowledgeable guides, our tours are conversational, friendly and informative.

Rebecca Blake

Curator tour with Rebecca Blake

National Photographic Portrait Prize

Event, Wednesday 20 August

Explore this year’s National Photographic Portrait Prize with exhibition curator, Rebecca Blake.

Art Handlers standing with their selected winning photograph

Art handler's Award

General content

George Fetting was selected for the Art Handlers’ Award for his portrait Antonio Intili – Sartoria (Tailor Shop) #1.

Little Faces

Little Faces

Event, Starts Wednesday 17 September

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.

Professor Penny Sackett, astronomer and physicist

Drawn to Discovery

Upper primary and high school

Event, Selected days until Tuesday 19 August

For National Science Week, we combine art with science. Join us for an interactive and engaging program as we visually analyse three portraits of prominent Australian scientists.

A Questacon presenter holds a strawberry

Scientist Portraits: Story and Spectacle

Upper primary and high school

Event, Selected days until Thursday 21 August

Learn how storytelling meets science in this special program presented in collaboration with Questacon for National Science Week.

Deveni Temu

Virtual Highlight Tour

Portrait Tok Stori

Event, Tuesday 16 September

Join retired Pacific Collections Librarian, Deveni Temu, for an insightful exploration of Elizabeth Durack’s remarkable artworks created during her 1968 visit to PNG.

Divide (Self portrait)

Virtual Highlight Tour

Event, Tuesday 19 August

Join Visitor Experience Assistant, Kat for an insightful discussion on the symbolism of skulls in three portraits from the Gallery’s collection.

Rebecca Blake

Virtual Highlight Tour

Curator Intro: NPPP2025

Event, Tuesday 9 September

Join exhibition curator Rebecca Blake for an introduction to National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025, as she explores the key themes, ideas and preparation process behind the exhibition.

Atong Atem

Atong Atem

'being photographed was a point of celebration'

Atong Atem on exploring presentation in traditional photography.

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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past and present. We respectfully advise that this site includes works by, images of, names of, voices of and references to deceased people.

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