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Events

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Matildas: Game Face

Event, Daily until 19 Apr

Celebrate our new commissioned portrait of the CommBank Matildas by artist Angela Tiatia.

A child drawing at a yellow table

Art Cart

Event, Daily until Friday 15 May

Inspired by our new video portrait of the CommBank Matildas by artist Angela Tiatia, create your own football trading card just like your favourite sports star.

A mother and child playing in the Gallery

Portrait Play

Event, Selected days until Monday 20 April

Join us these school holidays for Portrait Play, a gentle and creative program for families and young children. Through playful looking and art making, we’ll explore different ways that artists express emotions in portraits.

Little Faces

Little Faces

Event, Selected days until Friday 1 May

Join us as we look at Samuel Hodge’s portrait of Romance Was Born designers and friends Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales. Explore colour, texture and luminosity through sensory play, water colour painting and paper craft.

Children drawing in the Brack x McKenna Family Space

People, pets, place

Brack x McKenna Family Space

Event, Daily until Monday 20 April

Inspired by our new exhibition John Brack x Noel McKenna: A Face in the mirror, make your own pet portrait using all sorts of playful materials.

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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past and present. We respectfully advise that this site includes works by, images of, names of, voices of and references to deceased people.

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