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Neil Murray, 2008

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Of jumpers and river gums, red

Diana O’Neil on Noel Counihan’s vivid 1971 portrait of Alan Marshall.

True fella

Michael Desmond profiles the Australian songwriter and performer Neil Murray and his contribution to Australian music.

Neil Finn, 1987 (printed 2021)

Gift of the artist 2021

Neil Finn, Crowded House 1986

Neil Finn and Paul Hester, 1987 (printed 2021)

Gift of the artist 2021

Daddy Cool, Melbourne, 1974

Purchased 2005

Paul Hester, 1987 (printed 2021)

Gift of the artist 2021

Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, 2013

Double Self Portrait in Mirror, c. 1936

Purchased 2023

Marcia Ella, 2006

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006

Portrait 39

This issue features the National Photographic Portrait Prize, Neil Murray, Lee Tulloch on Stuart Campbell, Joseph Banks, Scott Redford and more.

National arts and history? Yes, please

Recent research shows that two thirds of all Australians have a sterling interest in the arts and Australian history. This is just one of the promising findings to arise from the National Portrait Gallery’s commissioned snapshot of its national brand awareness, via a nationally representative survey.

Triumphant weekend for Gallery at MAPDAs

The National Portrait Gallery has had its most successful Multimedia and Publication Design Awards (MAPDAs) ever, winning four awards across multiple categories. The awards were presented at a ceremony at the Australian Maritime Museum last Friday night.