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We are delighted to announce the winner of the $10,000 People's Choice Award for the inaugural Darling Portrait Prize is David Darcy for his painting of farmer and environmentalist Wendy Bowman.
Inner Worlds features the recently commissioned portrait of world-renowned philosopher of consciousness David Chalmers by Melbourne-based artist Nick Mourtzakis.
The votes are in and the National Portrait Gallery is pleased to announce The Honourable Bob Hawke savouring a strawberry milkshake by Harold David is the people’s choice for the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018.
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.
Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018
Commissioned with funds provided by Sony Music Entertainment Australia 2018
I know David, whom I used to work with 40 years ago, when he got his HIV/AIDS.
Godfrey's amazing man. I've known him for four years now. He has a very tough story.
Creative kin
An open house, recollections of my early life: extracts from the reminiscences of David Boyd.
The Art Handlers' Award for 2023 went to Ugandan Ssebabi, 2022 by David Cossini.
The studios of Troppo Architects are located away from Australia’s major urban centres.
Finalist, MDPA 2014
In 2020 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Sally Robinson's remarkable portrait of author Tim Winton.
National Portrait Gallery Director Angus Trumble is ending his five-year tenure with a flourish, after announcing that Gallery publication Dempsey’s People: A Folio of British Street Portraits 1824-1844 has been awarded the 2018 William MB Berger Prize for British Art History.
The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past and present. We respectfully advise that this site includes works by, images of, names of, voices of and references to deceased people.
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