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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.
Angus Trumble treats the gallery’s collection with a dab hand.
Seventeen of Australia’s thirty prime ministers to date are represented in the contrasting sizes, moods and mediums of these portraits.
The exhibition will include works of art from the NPG Canberra's permanent collection with some inward loans and aims to highlight the achievements of notable Australians.
The complex connections between four creative Australians; Patrick White, Sidney Nolan, Robert Helpmann and Peter Sculthorpe.
Diana O’Neil on Noel Counihan’s vivid 1971 portrait of Alan Marshall.
Pamela Gerrish Nunn explores New Zealand’s premium award for portraiture.
Gael Newton looks at Australian photography, film and the sixties through the novel lens of Mark Strizic.
To accompany the exhibition Cecil Beaton: Portraits, held at the NPG in 2005, this article is drawn from Hugo Vickers's authorised biography, Cecil Beaton (1985).
Judith Pugh reflects on Clifton Pugh's approach to portrait making.
Penny Grist, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2016 Prize.
How the National Portrait Gallery and its unique collection came to be
Inga Walton delves into the bohemian group of artists and writers who used each other as muses and transformed British culture.
Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.