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Gary Grealy
Winner, National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017
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Gary Grealy on his portrait photography.
Gary Grealy wins National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017
31 March 2017
Archived media releases 2017
After months of anticipation, the winner for the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017 has been announced with renowned Sydney portrait photographer Gary Grealy taking out the award. George Fetting, guest judge for the 2017 Prize, was entranced with the evocative nature of the winning portrait Richard Morecroft and Alison Mackay.
American dream leads to tragic end
Devotion
Young love lost, treasured
2024 Annual Appeal
Annual Appeal
In 1998, acclaimed artist Tracey Moffatt gifted her portrait Some Lads #1 (Russell Page) to the National Portrait Gallery. In 2024 we had the extraordinary opportunity to acquire the full body of work, adding Some Lads #2, Some Lads #3, Some Lads #4 and Some Lads #5 to the collection.
Rugby great unveiled
1 December 2014
Archived media releases 2014
A new portrait commission of Australian Rugby great, Ken Catchpole OAM by Gary Grealy will be officially unveiled on 3 December.
Sensory Kits
Access
Does a young person in your life need additional support to feel at ease in a public space? Our sensory-friendly kits were developed in collaboration with Aspect (Autism Spectrum Australia) and are free to borrow during your visit.
Larry Clark
Tough & Tender
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Larry Clark's black-and-white documentary images of young outsiders reveal raw feelings.
Treading Water, 2017
by Josh Owen
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Finalist, DPA 2017
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The Murdoch
Moustaches
Sport was a potent means by which, in the lead up to Federation, Australians began to assert a sense of themselves as youthful, manly and athletic – the products of an equally young and virile new nation.
Backstage on the way to the top
Passion
Living for the moment
The Hinders: doyens of Australian modernism
Passion
Progressive partnership
Artist lovers re-united across the seas
Devotion
Exile burnishes love’s bond
To coin a (farewell) phrase
Devotion
A penny for their thoughts
Capital Cool
Stop in all the byways, playin' rock 'n roll
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Outsiders tend to give Canberra a bad rap: sterile, plagued by politicians, a comatose capital for professionals and academics. Nick Cave once said he didn’t like the city because there were too many punks.
Shirlie Purdie tells a story from her mother
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"It’s good to learn from old people. They keep saying when you paint you can remember that Country, just like to take a photo, but there’s the Ngarranggarni (Dreaming) and everything. Good to put it in painting, your Country, so kids can know and understand. When the old people die, young people can read the stories from the paintings. They can learn from the paintings and maybe they want to start painting too."
Shirley Purdie
Contributing artists
Born: 1947, Gilbun – Mabel Downs Station, WA
Works: Warmun, WA