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Designing the modern world
Nearest & Dearest
Friendship, education, inspiration
Policies and plans
Governance & Board
Polices and plans that direct the Gallery's work
Favourite portraits
General content
National Portrait Gallery staff introduce their favourite portraits from the exhibition.
Executive
Our team
National Portrait Gallery Director Bree Pickering leads the executive team.
Andrew Gaze, 2018
by George Fetting
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by Trent Birkett 2018
2012-13 Acquisition Fund
Annual Appeal
The Circle of Friends Acquisition Fund for 2012 was dedicated to purchasing a portrait of David Malouf by Rick Amor.
Message from the director
Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2023–25
It is our pleasure to launch the National Portrait Gallery’s second Disability Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP).
Public interest disclosure
Public information
A whistleblower protection scheme for federal public sector employees, contractors and employees of contractors who report wrongdoing within the Commonwealth public sector.
Matthew Abbott
NPPP 2012 learning resource
An interview with the photographer.
Architecture
About us
Natural light and human proportions – the design by Johnson Pilton Walker
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.
Anna Meares, 2018
by Narelle Autio
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by King & Wood Mallesons 2018
Annual Appeal
Listed by year
Honour board
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.
Pushpamala N
by Ajay Sinha
Artist essays
Pushpamala N. was born in 1956 in Bangalore. Her early training was in sculpture, but as her practice progressed she brought an early enthusiasm for narrative figuration into her photographic work.