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Leaving Lost, 2013
by Frazer Bull-Clark
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Finalist, MDPA 2013
Masters of Modern Indonesian Portraiture
13 September 2014
Archived media releases 2014
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The Amazing Face: a 14-day Dive into Portraiture
Archived media releases 2020
The National Portrait Gallery is offering a free online class on the art of portraiture from April 28.
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Announcing... Ralph Heimans: Portraiture. Power. Influence.
30 November 2023
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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.
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.
NPPP 2009 exhibition essay
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Dr Christopher Chapman, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2009 Prize.
The National Portrait Prizes
29 January 2020
Archived media releases 2020
The National Portrait Gallery today announced finalists for the inaugural Darling Portrait Prize, a national new $75,000 prize for Australian portrait painting, and released selected images from the final prize pool for the popular National Photography Portrait Prize.
Announcing... Pub Rock
11 August 2020
Archived media releases 2020
An exhibition that celebrates the people, places and sounds of Australian pub rock and its enduring impact on the nation’s identity, opens at the National Portrait Gallery on 5 September, 2020.
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Fiona McMonagle
Explore The Popular Pet Show
Fiona aims to create a dangerous situation with a flood of water on the paper, forcing each work to the point where it can fail, and then rescuing it.
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Some prime ministers
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Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.
Uncommon Australians
The vision of Gordon and Marilyn Darling
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Sarah Engledow writes about Gordon and Marilyn Darling and their support for the National Portrait Gallery throughout its evolution.