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The Legend of Ruby and Archie

A bond in song

The Hunter

Towards the end of the eighteenth century, ideas about equality and liberty had begun to filter through to fashion.

Norman and Rose: lifelong love

The ravishing muse

Clean shaven

Eileen, 2017

Finalist, DPA 2017
Single channel HD digital video

Andrew Campbell

An interview with the photographer.

Explore The Popular Pet Show

Curator, Sarah Engledow, introduces the artists and the animals in The Popular Pet Show.

Australian Love Stories

A major new exhibition celebrating love in all its guises. Opening 20 March 2021.

Harriet Schwarzrock: spaces between movement and stillness

To celebrate the new exhibition Australian Love Stories, renowned Australian glass artist Harriet Schwarzrock has been commissioned to make a large-scale installation reflecting on the role the heart plays as our emotional centre.

The People’s Choice Awards

The votes have been counted, and the winners of the National Portrait Gallery’s People’s Choice Awards for the Prize exhibitions are...

Ben Roberts-Smith, 2018

Commissioned in 2018 with funds raised through the 2020 project

NPPP 2009 exhibition essay

Dr Christopher Chapman, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2009 Prize.

Seduce, Amuse, Entertain

Michael Desmond, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2007 Prize.

Kristin Headlam

Basil grew into a speckled beauty – a long-legged leaper and an exceptionally vocal dog, with a great register of sounds, ascending in shock value from a whimper to a growl to a bark to a yelp that’s a violation of the ears.

Some prime ministers

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

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