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Gallery unveils Portrait of Mark Ella
12 May 2016
Archived media releases 2016
Last night in Sydney, the National Portrait Gallery unveiled a newly commissioned portrait of Australian sporting legend Mark Ella AM.
Alfredo Esquillo Jr
by Patrick D. Flores
Artist essays
Born in Manila in 1972, Alfredo Esquillo Jr majored in painting at University of Santo Thomas.
Jose Legaspi
by Patrick D. Flores
Artist essays
Jose Legaspi was born in 1959 in Manila. He achieved degrees in zoology and biology before turning to fine arts in the mid-1980s.
Boxer, Blake Travers, 2017
by Patrick Bell
General content
Finalist, DPA 2017
Single channel HD digital video
Top of their game
Nobel Laureates
General content
Macfarlane Burnet and Patrick White
Rugby great unveiled
1 December 2014
Archived media releases 2014
A new portrait commission of Australian Rugby great, Ken Catchpole OAM by Gary Grealy will be officially unveiled on 3 December.
Lifelines
Medical advocates
General content
Fiona Stanley, Fiona Wood, Fred Hollows, Patrick McGorry and John Yu
A life shared
Devotion
Wartime romance
Tony Shaw, 2018
by Sarah Rhodes
General content
Commissioned with funds from the Patrick Corrigan Portrait Commission Series 2018
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Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2023–25
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Finalists Announced for Digitial Portraiture Award 2017
23 October 2017
Archived media releases 2017
The National Portrait Gallery is thrilled to announce nine finalists have been selected from the national call for entries for the Digital Portraiture Award 2017.
Triumphant weekend for Gallery at MAPDAs
25 May 2015
Archived media releases 2015
The National Portrait Gallery has had its most successful Multimedia and Publication Design Awards (MAPDAs) ever, winning four awards across multiple categories. The awards were presented at a ceremony at the Australian Maritime Museum last Friday night.
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David McAllister to join National Portrait Gallery collection
26 April 2016
Archived media releases 2016
Artistic Director of The Australian Ballet, David McAllister AM will join the Portrait Gallery’s national collection in a newly-commissioned portrait taken by illustrious Australian photographer, Peter Brew-Bevan.