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The look and the feel
Living Memory exhibition essay
General content
Editor Stephen Phillips looks at the finalists' photographs through a judge's lens.
Bangarra brothers: songman, storyteller, dancer
Passion
Creative kin
National Portrait Gallery takes out top gong in MAPDA awards
16 May 2019
Archived media releases 2019
The National Portrait Gallery is thrilled to be named the winner of the Museums Australasia Multimedia and Publication Design Awards in the category of exhibition major catalogue level B, for our publication So Fine: Contemporary women artists make Australian history.
NAIDOC Portraits
Keep the Fire Burning
Current programs for school groups
Celebrate NAIDOC: Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud and First Nations portraiture in these live National Portrait Gallery programs for primary students. Bookings via DART.
Matthew Abbott
NPPP 2012 learning resource
An interview with the photographer.
Finalists announced for National Photographic Portrait Prize
14 November 2018
Archived media releases 2018
The National Portrait Gallery would like to congratulate the forty finalists for the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018
8 March 2018
Archived media releases 2018
Images for media use will be available from 8 March 2018.
What the tree saw: David Foster, 2018
by Jacqui Stockdale
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018
Anthony Anderton
NPPP 2012 learning resource
An interview with the photographer.
Alwar Balasubramaniam
by Zehra Jumabhoy
Artist essays
Born in 1971 in Tamil Nadu, Southern India, Alwar Balasubramaniam's sculptures, prints and installations challenge our perceptions while creating forms for the invisible and the intangible.
Portrait Donors
Listed by year
Honour board
Nicholas Harding
Explore The Popular Pet Show
Over the years the young Nicholas Harding got his hands on various mice and guinea pigs, but they served mainly to illustrate the concept of mortality.
Uncommon Australians
The vision of Gordon and Marilyn Darling
General content
Sarah Engledow writes about Gordon and Marilyn Darling and their support for the National Portrait Gallery throughout its evolution.
Rick Amor: 21 Portraits
General content
Sarah Engledow chronicles Rick Amor's work and accomplishments in this extensive essay in conjunction with the exhibition Rick Amor: 21 Portraits.
Faces of war
Lecture, 14 May 2011
General content
Lesley Harding, Curator, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne explores Albert Tucker’s experience of World War II, his interests in the intersection between psychology and creativity, and their influence on his portrait making.
Less than six degrees of separation
Lecture, 28 May 2011
General content
Dr Anne Sanders NPG Curatorial Researcher investigated the lives of the pioneering psychologists whose portraits are featured in Inner Worlds.