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This sample of 56 photographs takes in some of the smallest photographs we own and some of the largest, some of the earliest and some of the most recent, as well as multiple photographic processes from daguerreotypes to digital media.
Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.
Seventeen of Australia’s thirty prime ministers to date are represented in the contrasting sizes, moods and mediums of these portraits.
The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges and thanks all its supporters.
Aspects of singer songwriter Paul Kelly’s performance persona are communicated by portraits selected from a range of artists and leading music photographers in this focus exhibition.
Portraits of philanthropists in the collection honour their contributions to Australia and acknowledge their support of the National Portrait Gallery.
The Australian of the Year Awards have often provoked controversy about who is selected and whether their achievements are remarkable.
Open Air is an exhibition of portraits of Australians in environments of particular significance to them.
Christopher Chapman describes the art and life of Australian artist Richard Larter.
The exhibition will include works of art from the NPG Canberra's permanent collection with some inward loans and aims to highlight the achievements of notable Australians.
Drawn from some of the many donations made to the Gallery's collection, the exhibition Portraits for Posterity pays homage both to the remarkable (and varied) group of Australians who are portrayed in the portraits and the generosity of the many donors who have presented them to the Gallery.
The exhibition Portraits for Posterity celebrates gifts to the Gallery, of purchases made with donated funds, and testifies to the generosity and community spirit of Australians.
This exhibition traces the creative output of nearly 50 years by one of Australia's landmark living photographers.
This exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of self-portraits in Australia, from the colonial period to the present
The considered matching of artist to subject has produced an amazing collection of unique and original works in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with the assistance of funds provided by Ann Lewis AM and the Basil Bressler Bequest 2004