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Elvis at 21
Elvis at 21 media information
Hi-resolution images for media representatives, password required.
Elvis at 21 media information
25 October 2013
Archived media releases 2013
Press releases and images downloads for media.
Prison and death in the 19th century
Two iBooks of authentic records
Learning resources
These books include sixteen inmates including Ned Kelly, Captain Moonlite and Frederick Deeming and twelve sketches of the deceased, including several children. For Year 7 – 9 students.
Elvis at 21 learning resource
Learning resource archive
Complementing our 2013 exhibition Elvis at 21, this resource has connections with the Australian Curriculum and is designed primarily for Year 10 teachers of English, History, Music and Visual Arts.
The National Portrait Prizes
29 January 2020
Archived media releases 2020
The National Portrait Gallery today announced finalists for the inaugural Darling Portrait Prize, a national new $75,000 prize for Australian portrait painting, and released selected images from the final prize pool for the popular National Photography Portrait Prize.
Nikki Toole
NPPP 2012 learning resource
An interview with the photographer.
Yu Hong
Featured Artists
Born 1966 in Beijing, China. Lives and works in Beijing.
Louise Whelan
Finalist interviews
I met Kaloti Parmjit the day I took the photo. I first visited the Sikh temple in the suburb of Glenwood to take photos as part of a social documentary project I'm undertaking for the State Library of NSW.
Chinese Art
General content
A short overview of modern Chinese art from 1949 to the present.
Reflections
General content
All that fall: Sacrifice, life and loss in the First World War exhibition co-curators Dr Anne Sanders and Dr Christopher Chapman reflect on the evolution of the Gallery’s Anzac Centenary exhibition.
Some prime ministers
General content
Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.
Less than six degrees of separation
Lecture, 28 May 2011
General content
Dr Anne Sanders NPG Curatorial Researcher investigated the lives of the pioneering psychologists whose portraits are featured in Inner Worlds.