Please note alternative access routes are in place for entry to the Gallery from the visitor car park from Monday 24 August to Wednesday 26 August. Please follow signage and directions from staff.

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.

Sarah Engledow writes about Gordon and Marilyn Darling and their support for the National Portrait Gallery throughout its evolution.

Gordon and Marilyn Darling talk about the origins of the National Portrait Gallery and some of their favourite portraits.

Take a close look at a portrait with a hidden message in its hands. For Year 7 – 9 students.

John is a very unique character so I really wanted to capture that uniqueness.




Learn about artist John Brack, who said that portraits involve three people: the painter, the sitter and the viewer. For Year 6 – 8 students.


Commissioned with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2018


Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018


