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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.
Temporary road closures
Sunday 13 April 2025
Location
Road closures for the Canberra Marathon will block vehicle access to our building and carpark on Sunday 13 April until 3:00pm.
Update on Temporary Closure of the National Portrait Gallery
15 April 2019
Archived media releases 2019
The National Portrait Gallery will close its doors from Tuesday 23 April 2019, but the public are still able to experience the home of portraiture during the four-month closure.
The Immersive World of Thom Roberts
12 April – 20 July 2025
Media
The first solo exhibition for this multidisciplinary, contemporary Australian artist, The Immersive World of Thom Roberts opens at the National Portrait Gallery on 12 April.
Alluring Performance Brings Gallery to Life
5 April 2019
Archived media releases 2019
See the Gallery through a different lens and experience the portraits with a unique sensorial performance of movement, voice and live sound.
Statement from Mr Angus Trumble
30 April 2015
Archived media releases 2015
Today, Mr Angus Trumble, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, expanded on his reasons for removing the photographic portrait of Indonesian President Joko Widodo from exhibition.
Vale Carla Zampatti AC
3 April 2021
Archived media releases 2021
The National Portrait Gallery is deeply saddened by the news of the untimely death of Carla Zampatti AC, an Australian icon and a woman who contributed so significantly to defining the identity and style of Australian women.
Younger Australians more engaged with arts and history
11 April 2016
Archived media releases 2016
The second annual brand-awareness snapshot of the National Portrait Gallery is again positive, with indicators moving in the right direction – for the Gallery and for Australia’s cultural engagement.
Portrait Gallery benefits from generous Boxer bequest
8 April 2015
Archived media releases 2015
Canberran and modernist art collector Alan Boxer has generously bequeathed two works by artists Arthur Boyd and Jenny Sages to the National Portrait Gallery.
David McAllister to join National Portrait Gallery collection
26 April 2016
Archived media releases 2016
Artistic Director of The Australian Ballet, David McAllister AM will join the Portrait Gallery’s national collection in a newly-commissioned portrait taken by illustrious Australian photographer, Peter Brew-Bevan.
Autumn Dinner 2012 photos
19 April 2012
General content
With author and media identity Peter FitzSimons.
The Amazing Face
A 14-day dive into portraiture
#PortraitureComesHome
An educational and fun 14-day adults’ introduction to portraiture.
The Amazing Face: a 14-day Dive into Portraiture
Archived media releases 2020
The National Portrait Gallery is offering a free online class on the art of portraiture from April 28.
National Portrait Gallery to undergo renovation work
15 March 2018
Archived media releases 2018
The National Portrait Gallery will undergo renovation works in 2019 to maintain the integrity of its building and the Gallery’s collection of prized artworks.
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.
Textiles Scientist Voted the People’s Favourite
27 March 2019
Archived media releases 2019
The black and white portrait of an elderly woman with sidelong glance and irreverent, contemplative smile has taken out the people’s choice award in this year’s National Photographic Portrait Prize.