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The People's Choice Award for 2023 went to KAHA, 2022 by Bruce Agnew.

Fiona Stanley, Fiona Wood, Fred Hollows, Patrick McGorry and John Yu


A dynamic panel discussion that interrogates some of the themes revealed in Living Memory.


The mane thing is trust




Born: 1961, Hastings, New Zealand
Works: Brisbane

Dr Christopher Chapman, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2010 Prize.

Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.

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.

Shea Kirk’s portrait of friend and fellow-artist Emma Armstrong-Porter has won the 2023 National Photographic Portrait Prize.

Penelope Grist, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2020 Prize.

Most well-regarded pictures of chickens show them dead. A reliable way to tell if a chicken in a painting is dead is to check if it’s hanging upside down, because unlike, say, cockatoos, chickens don’t practise inversion for enjoyment in life.