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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
2024 Annual Appeal
Annual Appeal
In 1998, acclaimed artist Tracey Moffatt gifted her portrait Some Lads #1 (Russell Page) to the National Portrait Gallery. In 2024 we had the extraordinary opportunity to acquire the full body of work, adding Some Lads #2, Some Lads #3, Some Lads #4 and Some Lads #5 to the collection.
2012-13 Acquisition Fund
Annual Appeal
The Circle of Friends Acquisition Fund for 2012 was dedicated to purchasing a portrait of David Malouf by Rick Amor.
Mal Meninga, 2018
by Peter Hudson
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by Maliganis Edwards Johnson and Alan Dodge AM 2018
All the world's a stage
General content
Joan Sutherland, Robert Helpmann and Raigh Roe
Bree Pickering appointed Director of the National Portrait Gallery
7 February 2023
Media
The Board of the National Portrait Gallery of Australia announced the appointment of Bree Pickering to the role of Director.
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.
Protest!
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
General content
Rock’s raw potency made it the ideal medium for fomenting protest. The 1970s, 80s and onwards saw calls for social and environmental justice ring out through song.
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.
Executive
Our team
National Portrait Gallery Director Bree Pickering leads the executive team.
Exhibition opening speech
General content
Leo Schofield introduces the exhibition, Masters of fare: chefs, winemakers, providores.
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.