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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
2001
Portrait Donors
2009
Portrait Donors
2000
Portrait Donors
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.
Founding Benefactors
$1,000,000+
Honour board
2021
Portrait Donors
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.
2002
Portrait Donors
Former Board Chairs
Honour board
All the world's a stage
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Joan Sutherland, Robert Helpmann and Raigh Roe
Major Supporters
$10,000+
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Tough & Tender Media Release
14 July 2016
Archived media releases 2016
Photographs from internationally acclaimed artists Robert Mapplethorpe, Larry Clark, Nan Goldin, Collier Schorr and Chris Burden along with contemporary Australian artists, Rozalind Drummond and Warwick Baker will call the National Portrait Gallery home during our extraordinary winter exhibition Tough and Tender.