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Renata Pari-Lewis and Jess Hill

It's really strange to see myself portrayed like that, because when you have those private moments it's only you having that private moment to yourself.

One Millionth Visitor to Portrait Gallery Touring Program

The National Portrait Gallery is delighted to announce the Gallery’s Touring Exhibitions Program has welcomed its one millionth visitor.

Shirley Purdie

Born: 1947, Gilbun – Mabel Downs Station, WA
Works: Warmun, WA

2009

Richard Tognetti #1510, 2018

Commissioned with funds provided by Peter Weiss AO 2018

A charming prospect

Family fortunes

A life shared

Wartime romance

All the world's a stage

Joan Sutherland, Robert Helpmann and Raigh Roe

Storytelling

The fourth row of paintings interweave Ngarranggarni, memories, relationships and Country.

Ngarranggarni

The third row of paintings come from Ngarranggarni (Dreaming).

Announcing.... In their own words

Inspiring Australians tell their own stories in a unique new gallery audio tour, developed in collaboration with the National Library of Australia.

L. Gordon Darling AC CMG

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.

Nikhil Chopra

Nikhil Chopra was born in 1974, in Calcutta. His first degree was in commerce, but in 1997 he took up fine art studies, eventually gaining a Masters in Fine Art from Ohio State University, United States.

Mal Meninga, 2018

Commissioned with funds provided by Maliganis Edwards Johnson and Alan Dodge AM 2018

Memories

The second row of paintings recall stories relating to specific sites, experiences and activities.

Skin names

The first row of paintings depict stories relating to kinship, introducing significant women relatives.