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15 minutes of frame
NPG Wellington, Edinburgh and Canberra, 10th March 2021
Recorded virtual programs
Delve into the lives, loves and labour of the world’s most prominent portrait galleries in this international conversation series.
Announcing... Ralph Heimans: Portraiture. Power. Influence.
30 November 2023
Media
In March 2024, the National Portrait Gallery will launch a major exhibition of the work of Ralph Heimans AM, the Australian artist who’s painted some of the world’s most recognisable people.
Lovely Lillie and Dirty Bertie
Lust
Royal romps: illicit liaisons
Shen Jiawei
Explore The Popular Pet Show
Shen Jiawei was born in China. During the Cultural Revolution he laboured in the Great Northern Wilderness, but even as he worked there, he gained recognition as an artist.
Ms Karen Quinlan appointed to lead the NPGA
25 September 2018
Archived media releases 2018
The Board of the National Portrait Gallery of Australia is delighted to announce the appointment of Ms Karen Quinlan as its incoming Director.
Announcing.... In their own words
24 November 2020
Archived media releases 2020
Inspiring Australians tell their own stories in a unique new gallery audio tour, developed in collaboration with the National Library of Australia.
Jessica Mauboy, 2018
by David Rosetzky
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by Sony Music Entertainment Australia 2018
History
About us
How the National Portrait Gallery and its unique collection came to be
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.