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The look and the feel
Living Memory exhibition essay
General content
Editor Stephen Phillips looks at the finalists' photographs through a judge's lens.
Image downloads
Elvis at 21
Elvis at 21 media information
Hi-resolution images for media representatives, password required.
Bangarra brothers: songman, storyteller, dancer
Passion
Creative kin
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.
National Portrait Gallery takes out top gong in MAPDA awards
16 May 2019
Archived media releases 2019
The National Portrait Gallery is thrilled to be named the winner of the Museums Australasia Multimedia and Publication Design Awards in the category of exhibition major catalogue level B, for our publication So Fine: Contemporary women artists make Australian history.
Matthew Abbott
NPPP 2012 learning resource
An interview with the photographer.
Finalists announced for National Photographic Portrait Prize
14 November 2018
Archived media releases 2018
The National Portrait Gallery would like to congratulate the forty finalists for the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019.
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.
What the tree saw: David Foster, 2018
by Jacqui Stockdale
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018
Anthony Anderton
NPPP 2012 learning resource
An interview with the photographer.
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.