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To arrive at hope
NPPP 2020 exhibition essay
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Penelope Grist, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2020 Prize.
NPPP 2016 exhibition essay
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Penny Grist, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2016 Prize.
The Bare story
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Curator, Penny Grist, reveals how this exhibition came to be
Designing the ideal marriage
Devotion
Deep foundations, shared vision
All revealed in new exhibition Bare: Degrees of undress
13 August 2015
Archived media releases 2015
This exhibition celebrates the candid, contrived, natural, sexy, ironic, beautiful, and fascinating in Australian portraiture that shows a bit of skin.
All revealed in new exhibition Bare: Degrees of undress
22 July 2015
Archived media releases 2015
A new exhibition celebrates the candid, contrived, natural, sexy, ironic, beautiful, and the fascinating in Australian portraiture that shows a bit of skin.
More about the National Photographic Portrait Prize
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Comments from our judges and information about entering the 2017 Prize.
Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits opens
9 November 2017
Archived media releases 2017
Visitors will be left in awe with the National Portrait Gallery and National Film and Sound Archive of Australia’s (NFSA) new star-studded exhibition, Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits.
15 minutes of frame
NPG London, Scotland and Australia, 28 January 2021
Recorded virtual programs
Delve into the lives, loves and labour of the world’s most prominent portrait galleries in this international conversation series.
If you love movies, you’ll love Starstruck!
8 August 2017
Archived media releases 2017
In an unprecedented partnership, the National Portrait Gallery and National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) present a new star-studded exhibition, Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits.
Portrait 50 hits the shelves
1 September 2015
Archived media releases 2015
With contributions from Julia Gillard, Fiona Gruber, and Dr Karl James, the National Portrait Gallery’s 50th edition of Portrait has something for everyone.
Acknowledgments
Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2023–25
The Gallery would like to acknowledge and thank the people who contributed their time and expertise to participate in the development of this DIAP.
Annual Appeal
Listed by year
Honour board
2020 Annual Appeal
Annual Appeal
In 2020 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Sally Robinson's remarkable portrait of author Tim Winton.
2021 Annual Appeal
Annual Appeal
In 2021 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Peter Brew-Bevan's portraits of athletes Turia Pitt, Leisel Jones OAM and Ellie Cole OAM.
Announcing... Portrait23: Identity
15 November 2022
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In this major new exhibition marking the National Portrait Gallery’s third decade, 23 Australian artists and collectives have been invited to create portraits without constraints or boundaries.