In their own words lead researcher Louise Maher on the novel project that lets the Gallery’s portraits speak for themselves.
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.
Sarah Engledow casts a judicious eye over portraits in the Victorian Bar’s Peter O’Callaghan QC Portrait Gallery.
Recorded 1965
Gift of Jennifer Armstrong 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Gael Newton looks at Australian photography, film and the sixties through the novel lens of Mark Strizic.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Tom Uren's family 2017
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2016
The Chairman, Board, Director and staff mourn the loss of the National Portrait Gallery's inaugural director.
One half of the team that was Eltham Films left scarcely a trace in the written historical record, but survives in a vivid portrait.
This exhibition showcases portraits acquired through the generosity of the National Portrait Gallery’s Founding Patrons, L Gordon Darling AC CMG and Marilyn Darling AC.
Sarah Engledow writes about Gordon and Marilyn Darling and their support for the National Portrait Gallery throughout its evolution.
Rick Amor, noblest yet most unaffected of contemporary Australian portraitists, is also a painter of enigmatic, ominous landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes that haunt the viewer like dreams, dimly-recalled.
Sarah Engledow chronicles Rick Amor's work and accomplishments in this extensive essay in conjunction with the exhibition Rick Amor: 21 Portraits.
How the National Portrait Gallery and its unique collection came to be
