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Johnson Pilton Walker
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Sydney-based practice Johnson Pilton Walker designed the new National Portrait Gallery building.
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Untitled, 2013
by Brett Walker
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Finalist, MDPA 2013
The silent spectre of motion (Le spectre silencieux du movement), 2012
by Bridget Walker
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Finalist, iD2012
The Tangles
Moustaches
According to an 1981 Australian Women’s Weekly profile of fast bowler Dennis Lillee, a moustache was a ‘compulsory’ accessory for sportsmen.
Nothing black and white about the Greys
It's Complicated
Marriage: a prolonged disaster
Friendship’s rhyme and reason
Nearest & Dearest
Poetic trio
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.
Architecture
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Natural light and human proportions – the design by Johnson Pilton Walker
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.
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Mal Meninga, 2018
by Peter Hudson
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Commissioned with funds provided by Maliganis Edwards Johnson and Alan Dodge AM 2018
Oz Punk
Sends a permanent shiver down my spine
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In 1976, without having been blooded on the Sydney or Melbourne pub circuit, The Saints recorded a single – ‘(I’m) Stranded’ – earning them the distinction of releasing a punk single before The Sex Pistols did.
All the world's a stage
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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.
Protest!
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
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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.