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Johnson Pilton Walker
General content
Sydney-based practice Johnson Pilton Walker designed the new National Portrait Gallery building.
Adrian Brown
NPPP 2012 learning resource
An interview with the photographer.
Architecture
About us
Natural light and human proportions – the design by Johnson Pilton Walker
Icons Syndicate
Listed alphabetically
Honour board
Troppo Architects
General content
The studios of Troppo Architects are located away from Australia’s major urban centres.
L. Gordon Darling AC CMG
31 August 2015
Archived media releases 2015
The Chairman, Board, Director and all the Staff of the National Portrait Gallery mourn the loss of our Founding Patron, who died peacefully in Melbourne this morning. He was 94.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018
8 March 2018
Archived media releases 2018
Images for media use will be available from 8 March 2018.
NPPP 2012 learning resource
Learning resource archive
Exploring select works from the NPPP 2012. For secondary students.
History
About us
How the National Portrait Gallery and its unique collection came to be
Portrait Donors
Listed by year
Honour board
Uncommon Australians
The vision of Gordon and Marilyn Darling
General content
Sarah Engledow writes about Gordon and Marilyn Darling and their support for the National Portrait Gallery throughout its evolution.
Faces of war
Lecture, 14 May 2011
General content
Lesley Harding, Curator, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne explores Albert Tucker’s experience of World War II, his interests in the intersection between psychology and creativity, and their influence on his portrait making.