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Norman and Rose: lifelong love
Lust
The ravishing muse
Out of the blocks
Early sporting fame
General content
Dawn Fraser, Lionel Rose, Shane Gould and Cathy Freeman
A boy’s best friend is his mother
It's Complicated
Dearest Mummy
Oz Rock
Gettin’ robbed, gettin’ stoned, gettin’ beat up, broken boned
General content
Two of the music industry’s highest-selling performers originated in suburban Australia. The Bee Gees started out in Brisbane, for instance, and AC/DC played their first gigs at a nightclub in inner Sydney.
Hosting the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2025
Hosting a touring exhibition
The National Photographic Portrait Prize is an annual event promoting the very best in contemporary photographic portraiture by both professional and aspiring Australian photographers.
Herra Pahlasari
by Aminudin TH Siregar
Artist essays
At the time of Herra Pahlasari’s birth in 1978, her academic parents were living in Canberra.
2020 Annual Appeal
Annual Appeal
In 2020 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Sally Robinson's remarkable portrait of author Tim Winton.
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.
Hosting Archie Moore - Mīal
Hosting a touring exhibition
Archie Moore is a celebrated Kamilaroi and Bigambul artist whose practice is embedded in the politics of identity, racism and language systems. Mīal is a conceptual self portrait that counters expectations of what a self portrait should be.
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.
Annual Appeal
Listed by year
Honour board
Some women you may not know
Alison Alder
‘Everybody’s lives are built by so many influences, and for me, it is writers, artists and activists who have influenced how I think about the world.’
The more things change...
NPPP 2017 exhibition essay
General content
Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2017 Prize.
Kristin Headlam
Explore The Popular Pet Show
Basil grew into a speckled beauty – a long-legged leaper and an exceptionally vocal dog, with a great register of sounds, ascending in shock value from a whimper to a growl to a bark to a yelp that’s a violation of the ears.
Portrait Donors
Listed by year
Honour board
Nicholas Harding: 28 Portraits
Exhibition essay
General content
Sarah Engledow looks at three decades of Nicholas Harding's portraiture.