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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 both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Pat Painting No 1

Richard and Pat

Art, love, absurdity and exuberance
Passion

Partners in sparkle

Dovima with elephants, evening dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August 1955 by Richard Avedon

Richard Avedon People media information

8 August 2013
Archived media releases 2013

Press releases and images downloads for media.

Richard Walley

Richard Walley OAM honoured in new Portrait Gallery commission

2 September 2015
Archived media releases 2015

A new commissioned portrait funded by the Gallery’s Foundation will be launched at Murdoch University in Perth tonight, Wednesday 2 September.

Marian Anderson, contralto, New York, June 30, 1955 by Richard Avedon

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Richard Avedon People
Richard Avedon People media information

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Richard Avedon

Learning resource archive

A companion to our 2013 exhibition Richard Avedon People. This resource ties in with the Australian Curriculum and is designed primarily for upper secondary school teachers of Visual Arts, English, History and Theory of Knowledge.

Richard Tognetti #1510

Richard Tognetti #1510, 2018

by Louise Hearman
General content

Commissioned with funds provided by Peter Weiss AO 2018

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APS5 Projects Coordinator – non ongoing

Applications close midnight Sunday 13 April 2025
Employment opportunities

The Projects Coordinator will play a key role in the development and delivery of a new project collaborating with a partner venue in Brisbane, Queensland to develop an exhibition which is both nationally and locally significant. It will be a dynamic role underpinned by project coordination, with an emphasis on liaison and collaboration with Curators, Artists and Community. Strong skills and expertise in this area will be required. The role is based in Canberra but will require some travel, and coordination of artists and community for the delivery of four workshops, in Brisbane, throughout 2025. The workshops are the basis for the co-design of the project and exhibition.

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Richard Walley OAM, by Julie Dowling
Richard Walley OAM honoured in new Portrait Gallery commission

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The Darling

The Darling

Moustaches

Beards were generally been out for British military men in the 1800s: civilians might have worn them as badges of masculinity, but in the army they were perhaps a bit too close to indiscipline for comfort.

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Submit your portraits

My Awesome Australian

Submissions close 5:00pm Sunday 14 September 2025

Portrait of Captain James Cook RN

The hand of Captain Cook

Google Arts and Culture
Learning resources

Take a close look at a portrait with a hidden message in its hands. For Year 7 – 9 students.

Lucy Escott

An international troupe of two

It's Complicated

Office romance

Radical Restraint 
Justice Michael Kirby

Bequests

Support your Portrait Gallery

Leaving a gift in your Will to the National Portrait Gallery is a thoughtful way to ensure an ongoing legacy for the benefit of future generations.

Portrait of TERROIR, 2009 by Brett Boardman

TERROIR

General content

TERROIR directors Gerard Reinmuth, Scott Balmforth and Richard Blythe believe that the practice of architecture is the production of knowledge.

Chris Wallace-Crabbe

2014-15 Acquisition Fund

Annual Appeal

Kristin Headlam's portrait of Chris Wallace-Crabbe was acquired with the support of the Circle of Friends in 2014.

Hetti

A photographer’s glamorous friends

Nearest & Dearest

Community, arts, activism

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