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Spring Family Day

Celebrate the unveiling of our new portrait of landscape architect, environmental educator and TV host Costa Georgiadis!

One-on-one

On show in Gallery 3, One-on-one showcases portraits of pairs from the collection from the 1800s to today.

(Rosaleen Norton) Chain of being, 2023-2024

Gift of the artist 2025. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

(Leila Waddell) Chain of being, 2023-2024

Gift of the artist 2025. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Ryan Presley

April Phillips (Wiradjuri-Scottish, kalari/galari) yarns with Marri Ngarr artist Ryan Presley about portraiture, resilience and the spirit held within fire.

When birds no longer sing

Emma Kindred looks at the career of Joan Ross, whose work subverts colonial imagery and its legacy with the clash of fluorescent yellow.

Julie Rrap

Feminism, risktaking and the politics of looking: Joanna Gilmour steps into the world of Julie Rrap.

Public Transport

Transport Canberra bus routes run from the various city centres past the Gallery on a regular basis.

Darling Portrait Prize 2024

The Darling Portrait Prize is a biennial national prize for Australian portrait painting honouring the legacy of Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG.

School portraits

Inga Walton sheds light on a portraiture collection usually only seen by students and teachers at Melbourne University.

Miriam Vale Merlo Coffee Shop

Self portrait on washcloth

Maza family

Kate Beynon’s transcultural life and art

Phoebe Lupton profiles artist Kate Beynon, whose contemplative self portrait features in Archie 100: A Century of the Archibald Prize.

Human encounters

Joanna Gilmour takes us behind the scenes of some of Ralph Heimans’ best-known portraits of royalty, heads of state and cultural icons.

The art of dress

Emma Kindred examines fashion as a representation of self and social ritual in 19th-century portraiture.