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Chad Morgan, Sunshine Coast, Qld, 2004

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005

Chad (portrait of Chad Morgan), 2013

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013

COVID Self portrait 2

Guy in his studio

Wentja Morgan Napaltjarri, 2017

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2017

Captain R.C. Morgan, Missionary ship 'John Williams', n.d.

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gina and Ted Gregg 2010

Rick Carey, WA, 1998 (printed 2004)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005

The Portrait Gallery

Photography played a significant role in the circulation of messages about law and order, and in the creation of sensation and celebrity. 

Darling Portrait Prize 2024

The Darling Portrait Prize is a biennial national prize for Australian portrait painting honouring the legacy of Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG (1921-2015). The winner receives a cash prize of $75,000.

Panel discussion

A dynamic panel discussion that interrogates some of the themes revealed in Living Memory.

Portraits for Posterity

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.

Mal Meninga, 2018

Commissioned with funds provided by Maliganis Edwards Johnson and Alan Dodge AM 2018

Sir Tim Berners-Lee

Dame Zaha Hadid

David Gulpilil, Arnhem Land, 1981 (printed 2000)

The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001

Giving and getting

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.

David Williamson, 1974 (printed 2001)

Purchased 2001

A rogue's calling card

Joanna Gilmour explores the stories behind the ninteenth-century carte de visites of bushrangers Frank Gardiner and Fred Lowry.

Sideshow Alley

Death masks, post-mortem drawings and other spooky and disquieting portraits... Come and see how portraits of infamous Australians were used in the 19th century.

Touchy touchy

Tony Curran ponders whether our phones can change the course of painting.

Inditchenous beestes of New Olland

A remarkable undated drawing by Edward Lear (1812–88) blends natural history and whimsy.

Small worlds

Bess Norriss Tait created miniature watercolour portraits full of character and life.

Enigma

Grace Carroll contemplates the curious case of Christian Waller.

Lucy Culliton

Most well-regarded pictures of chickens show them dead. A reliable way to tell if a chicken in a painting is dead is to check if it’s hanging upside down, because unlike, say, cockatoos, chickens don’t practise inversion for enjoyment in life.

Faces of war

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.