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Trent Nathan and Shane Barr, 1995 (printed 2018)

Purchased with funds provided by Wayne Williams 2018

Jem, 2006

Marcia Langton, 2009

Commissioned with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2009

Anne

Portrait of Mr W.M. Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia, 1916

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ian Ross 2001

Don Walker, 2006

Henry "Seaman" Dan, 2009

Purchased 2010

Beyond the bow tie

Nathan Faiman delves into the rich life story and legacy of Alan Goldberg.

Jessie Street, 1929

Gift of the Street family and the Jessie Street National Women's Library 2010

John Gorton, 1997

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002

Portrait of Dr John Bradfield, c. 1920-1924

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the family of Dr J J C Bradfield 2006
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Mark and Nick Seymour, 1997

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005

Marcia Langton, Brook Andrew and Trent Walter

Professor Marcia Langton, artist Brook Andrew and printer Trent Walter discuss the creation of Marcia's portrait.

Carla Zampatti

Recorded 2019

The Chameleon IV, 2015

Executive

National Portrait Gallery Director Bree Pickering leads the executive team.

Policies and plans

Polices and plans that direct the Gallery's work

Jasperware medallion of Captain James Cook, 1779

Purchased with funds provided by Robert Oatley AO 2007

Andrew Gaze, 2018

Commissioned with funds provided by Trent Birkett 2018

Brian Croser AO, 1998

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2001

2012-13 Acquisition Fund

The Circle of Friends Acquisition Fund for 2012 was dedicated to purchasing a portrait of David Malouf by Rick Amor.

Andrew Gaze, 2018

Commissioned with funds provided by Trent Birkett 2018

Donors

Presence and Absence

This exhibition focuses on exploring national and communal identity through sculptural production in Australia, from the early decades of settlement through to the present day

Message from the director

It is our pleasure to launch the National Portrait Gallery’s second Disability Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP).

Collection in focus: Brook Andrew

Experience the artistic clout of Brook Andrew’s portraits of Marcia Langton AM and Anthony Mundine.

Public interest disclosure

A whistleblower protection scheme for federal public sector employees, contractors and employees of contractors who report wrongdoing within the Commonwealth public sector.

Worth her salt

Jerrold Nathan's portrait of Jessie Street shows the elegant side of a many-faceted lady.

Matthew Abbott

An interview with the photographer.

Celebrity cutpurse

Grace Carroll discusses the portrait of the late-eighteenth century gentleman pickpocket George Barrington.

Anna Meares, 2018

Commissioned with funds provided by King & Wood Mallesons 2018

How to be a boy

Christopher Chapman profiles Chris Lilley, actor and creator of Angry Boys.

First Ladies

First Ladies profiles women who have achieved noteworthy firsts over the past 100 years.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023

The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023

We encourage you to look, to feel, to think, to question and most importantly, to identify and connect.

The 2023 National Photographic Portrait Prize

Shea Kirk’s portrait of friend and fellow-artist Emma Armstrong-Porter has won the 2023 National Photographic Portrait Prize.

Uncommon Australians

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.

Every flap, fold and bulge

The medallion

In recent years I have become fascinated by the so-called Sydney Cove Medallion (1789), a work of art that bridges the 10,000-mile gap between the newly established penal settlement at Port Jackson and the beating heart of Enlightenment England.

Arianne McNaught

An interview with the photographer.

Seduce, Amuse, Entertain

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

Seduce Amuse Entertain

Michael Desmond profiles a handful of the entrants in first National Photographic Portrait Prize and notes emerging themes and categories.

Australia’s great internationalists

Penelope Grist explores the United Nations stories in the Gallery’s collection.

The Rothschilds, the Montefiores, and the Victorian Gold Rush

Some years ago my colleague Andrea Wolk Rager and I spent several days in the darkened basement of a Rothschild Bank, inspecting every one of the nearly 700 autochromes created immediately before World War I by the youthful Lionel de Rothschild.

20/20 launch speech

Dr Helen Nugent AO, Chairman, National Portrait Gallery at the opening of 20/20: Celebrating twenty years with twenty new portrait commissions.

Naked nostalgia

Penelope Grist reminisces about the halcyon days of a print icon, before the infusion of the internet’s shades of grey.

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.

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