Elegance in exile is an exhibition surveying the work of Richard Read senior, Thomas Bock, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright and Charles Rodius: four artists who, though exiled to Australia as convicts, created many of the most significant and elegant portraits of the colonial period.
Henry Mundy's portraits flesh out notions of propriety and good taste in a convict colony.
Rod McNicol's method and motivation, 19th century Indigenous peoples, Barrie Cassidy on Bob Hawke, five generations of the Kang family from Korea and more.
Lindy Morrison has played in her share of bands over the years. From jazz to pop to punk, she’s been an ever-present force in Australian music.
Ralph Heimans on his portraits, and features on Louis Kahan, Helena Rubinstein, Judy Cassab and Tasmanian convicts.
Bushrangers, oddities, true crime and scandal come together in this modern day cabinet of curiosities.
Delve into the lives, loves and labour of the world’s most prominent portrait galleries in this international conversation series.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Joanna Russell Maher (née Windeyer) 2018
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019, the iconoclastic Japanese figures Yukio Mishima and Tamotsu Yato, Angélica Dass’ Humanæ project and more.
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.
Marian Anderson, emerging photographer Charles Dennington, piscatorial portraits, and the poignant path of photographer Polixeni Papapetrou and more.
National Photographic Portrait Prize judge Joanna Gilmour previews the 2012 exhibition.
Exploring select works from the NPPP 2012. For secondary students.
Joanna Gilmour on the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2013.
Max Dupain's unknown portrait subjects, phrenologist Madame Sibly, Indigenous-European relationships, Thomas Gainsborough and more.
Find out about the curator of the exhibition.
