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Sydney-based practice Johnson Pilton Walker designed the new National Portrait Gallery building.

Natural light and human proportions – the design by Johnson Pilton Walker


Commissioned with funds provided by Maliganis Edwards Johnson and Alan Dodge AM 2018

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.

The judges for the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025 are Benjamin Law, Serena Bentley and Leigh Robb.


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

How the National Portrait Gallery and its unique collection came to be

Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.

Dr Anne Sanders NPG Curatorial Researcher investigated the lives of the pioneering psychologists whose portraits are featured in Inner Worlds.