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Portrait of Ambrose Patterson, 1901-1902

Gift of the Estate of John Oswald Wicking 2003

Jeff Kennett, 1999

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002

Velasquez Touch

Former NPG Director, Andrew Sayers, explores the creative collaborations between four Australian artists living in Paris during the first years of the twentieth century.

Wunderkind lost

Inga Walton on the brief but brilliant life of Hugh Ramsay.

Portrait sketch of Nellie Melba, 1902

Gift of the Mitchell Family and the Fullerton Family 2000

Statesmen No. 20 "A Returned Colonist" (Rt Hon. Hugh C.E. Childers), 1869

Gift of Mr Ronald Walker 2001

A City Auctioneer. "What shall we say for this lot?" [Mr HMC Gemmell], 1874

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018

'The Australian Cricketers' from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News June 1882, page 1

'The Australian Cricketers' from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News June 1882, 1882

Purchased 2009

Hugh Jackman by Vincent Fantauzzo

Vincent Fantauzzo on painting his portrait of Hugh Jackman.

Museum Dance-off 2016!

Each year staff from cultural institutions strut their stuff on the international stage for a chance to win fame, glory and a trophy.  But this year our Director, Angus Trumble had other things on his mind...

Ricki, 2016

Portrait 65

Hugh Ramsay, the fashion of Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson, Peter Wegner's centenarian series, John and Elizabeth Gould's family connections, Karen Quinlan's top five portraits and more.

The Cosmopolitans

Spanning the 1880s to the 1930s, this collection display celebrates the innovations in art – and life – introduced by the generation of Australians who travelled to London and Paris for experience and inspiration in the decades either side of 1900.

Portrait 68

Rebecca Ray on Robert Fielding’s Mayatjara series, Jennifer Higgie on Alice Neel, Elspeth Pitt chats with Yvette Coppersmith, Vincent Fantauzzo on virtual sittings with Hugh Jackman and more.

Tough & Tender

Art by Warwick Baker, Chris Burden, Larry Clark, Rozalind Drummond, Nan Goldin, Robert Mapplethorpe and Collier Schorr explores personal relations, individual expression and fluid identity.