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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 both past and present.

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Fragility, 2024 Naomi Hobson

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025

Upcoming 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.

Robyn Williams AO

Scientist Portraits: Story and Spectacle

Upper primary and high school

Event, Selected days from Thursday 14 August

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

Children doing crafting activities

Art Cart

Event, Daily from Friday 4 July

Drop into the Gallery for free artmaking activities inspired by the exhibition In Bloom.

Melissa Malu

Virtual Highlight Tour

Portrait Talanoa with the Australian Museum

Event, Tuesday 5 August

Join Melissa Malu, Head of Pasifika Collections & Engagement at the Australian Museum, as she discusses community identity and what portraiture means to her from a Tongan and Fijian context.

Sketchbook journal for the commission portrait

Virtual Highlight Tour

Event, Tuesday 29 July

Join us on International Dance Day for a Virtual Highlights Tour to celebrate the joy and creativity that dance brings to our lives. Discover how the human body's ability to sway, twirl, stamp and spin has been captured through the art of portraiture.

Tommy Woodcock and Reckless

Virtual Highlight Tour

Event, Tuesday 22 July

Animals are precious companions! Join us to talk about portraits in the collection that feature beloved furry friends.

Professor Brian Schmidt

Virtual Highlight Tour

Event, Tuesday 15 July

Good things come in threes. Join Visitor Experience Assistant Abigail Tincknell as she explores three triptych portraits.

Eric Bana

Virtual Highlight Tour

Event, Tuesday 8 July

Join Education Delivery Officer, Sophia Childs, as she explores three photographs all linked by Star Trek.

Children sitting at a table and drawing

Winter Family Space

Event, Daily from Saturday 5 July

Drop into the family space these school holidays for free creative activities to enjoy together.

Two people drawing

Love Maps

Event, Sunday 24 August

Enjoy drawing to the infectious grooves of Lara and Matt of Love Maps as they deliver their signature high-energy pop rock sound in an intimate, stripped-down format.

Two people drawing

Drawn in

Sonance Strings

Event, Sunday 20 July

Draw to the rich textures and melodic improvisations of string duo Tabitha (cello) and Christopher (guitar) from Sonance Strings as they weave a sonic tapestry of contemporary, indie and folk sounds through a mix of originals and covers.

Two people drawing

Drawn In

Event, Selected Sundays in Winter

Celebrating connection and collaboration, stay warm inside and out this winter with a new season of Drawn in at the National Portrait Gallery.

Parents and children walking into the Gallery

Portrait Play

Celebrating NAIDOC

Event, Daily from Monday 7 July

Celebrate NAIDOC Week this winter with Portrait Play, a gentle and creative program for families and young children.

Parents and children walking into the Gallery

Portrait Play: Auslan interpreted

Celebrating NAIDOC

Event, Tuesday 8 July

Celebrate NAIDOC Week this winter with Portrait Play, a gentle and creative program for families and young children with Auslan interpretation.

Leigh Bowery

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.

Little Faces

Little Faces

Event, Selected days from Wednesday 23 July

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.

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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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