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Disability in the frame
Virtual Highlight Tour
37 minutes
This International Day of People with Disability, join us as we take a look at the collection and see how representation has changed over time.
Evelyn, Stella & Nora
Virtual Highlight Tour
27 minutes
Join curator Dr Emma Kindred as she explores self-portraiture through the eyes of Evelyn Chapman, Stella Bowen and Nora Heysen.
The Huxleys
In Conversation
48 minutes
From wigs to glitter, video art to Pompeiian marriage portraits, The Huxleys do it all.
Curator’s Intro
Archie 100
38 minutes
Join Natalie Wilson, curator of Archie 100: A Century of the Archibald Prize and Curator of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of NSW, for a peek into some of the portraits and themes in the exhibition.
Science Week workshop
Brains vs. Computers
48 minutes
The ultimate battle! Join us with artist Jess Herrington for a workshop like no other.
NPG x Yarra Ranges
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022
29 minutes
While the 2022 National Photographic Portrait Prize visits Lilydale in VIC, catch Yarra Ranges Regional Museum curator Maddie Reece as they speak to finalists Ayman Kaake and Joey Chan about photography, portraits and their art practice.
Power, People and Protest
Celebrating the Franklin River
1 hour 4 minutes
Join creators of the Franklin: A journey to the past. A quest for the future, lead protagonist and co-producer Oliver Cassidy and producer Chris Kamen as we explore the historic story of the Franklin River.
Pub Rock Shoalhaven
In Conversation
43 minutes
Fluff your mullet, squeeze into your jeans and join our Director Collection and Exhibitions Sandra Bruce, musician and producer Paul Greene, and musician George Bishop of El Horses fame for a local beer garden chat about this loud and sweaty exhibition.
Andrew Sayers Memorial Lecture – CLANSHIP
1 hour 9 minutes
The 2023 lecture was delivered by Stephen Page AO, former Artistic Director of Bangarra Dance Theatre and descendent of the Ngugi/Nunukul people of the Quandamooka Nation and the Munaldjali clan of the Yugambeh Nation from South East Queensland.
Vipoo Srivilasa
Handmade Eleganza Extravaganza Paper Dolls
37 minutes
Unleash your creative side and show the world your unique style with a handmade paper doll!
Story time
Do you want to meet your Grandma?
45 minutes
Listen online to a lively reading by author SV Middleby, then create your own visual response with materials found around the house.
Who Are You
In Conversation
50 minutes
Join us for an intriguing insight into the WHO ARE YOU: Australian portraiture themes with the curators.
Walking a fine line
Line drawing with Caroline Zilinsky
2 hours 3 minutes
Darling Portrait Prize 2022 finalist Caroline Zilinsky takes a deep dive into drawing, focussing on the importance of line in creating a portrait.
Mixing skin tones
Oil painting with Melissa Clements
2 hours 55 minutes
Join Darling Portrait Prize 2022 finalist Melissa Clements and discover the alchemy of colour mixing to create varied and luminous flesh.
Introducing the National Portrait Prizes 2022
In conversation
51 minutes
Join Sandra Bruce, Director Collection & Exhibitions, and Rebecca Ray, Associate Curator, as they explore some of their favourite portraits in our exciting new exhibitions.
Helen Ennis
In Conversation
47 minutes
Australian photography curator, historian and writer, Helen Ennis in conversation about photographers challenging the conventions of personal and public space in their portraits.
Jennifer Higgie: Repainting History
In conversation
1 hour
Curator, Joanna Gilmour in conversation with Jennifer Higgie, author of ‘The Mirror and the Palette: Rebellion, Revolution, and Resilience, Five Hundred Years of Women’s Self Portraits’.
World Oceans Day
In conversation
58 minutes
Come on a journey of exploration to celebrate World Oceans Day! Join artists Dr Sarah Kachovich, Megan Cope and Jiani Sheng in conversation with NPG Exhibitions Curator Penny Grist.
Colin Davidson
In conversation
1 hour 5 minutes
Belfast-based artist, Colin Davidson talks about the fortuitous happenstances that led to him painting a range of famous faces (from Brad Pitt to the Queen, and everyone in between!)
Jo Gilmour
In Conversation
54 minutes
The thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to: six centuries, seven stories, 500 years of British history.
Hoda Afshar
In conversation
46 minutes
Join Curator Exhibitions Penny Grist to hear about Hoda’s recent book and upcoming exhibition Speak the Wind, and to chat about portraiture, photography, and her life as an artist over the last few years.
Michael Ghillar Anderson: Standing Firm, Speaking Strong
In conversation
58 minutes
Join us online or in the Gallery for a powerful conversation with Michael Ghillar Anderson, as he speaks about his personal involvement in the establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, its 50-year legacy, and the significance and power of its continuing presence.
Story time
Dancing With Memories
58 minutes
Make some moving memories with us! Dancing With Memories author Sally Yule will join us for a special reading of her book.
Dreaming with drawings, waltzing with words
Telling your story with Cheryl Orsini
59 minutes
Join us online for a magical workshop with illustrator and author, Cheryl Orsini, as she guides you to weave words and pictures to tell a story.
In conversation: Polly Borland
50 minutes
A very special conversation event with internationally celebrated Australian artist Polly Borland - direct from Los Angeles!
Six degrees of Hugh Jackman
In conversation
46 minutes
If we start with world-famous actor Hugh Jackman and give over control to you, where will the chance meetings, delightful parallels, and forks in the road take us?
Ingvar Kenne
In conversation
47 minutes
Join us for an In Conversation with photographer, director, and seven times Photographic Portrait Prize finalist Ingvar Kenne.
Paris pivot
In conversation
44 minutes
Join us for the sliding-doors story of NPPP finalist Nikki Toole's relocation to Paris, and a wander through the incredible portrait projects she has created throughout her career.
Tacon Portraits
In conversation
45 minutes
Join Shanghai-based Australian photographer Dave Tacon in conversation with Exhibitions Curator, Penny Grist.
MEL to LAX
In Conversation
44 minutes
Join us in first class as Exhibitions Curator, Penny Grist catches up with photographer John Tsiavis to reflect on his career and how his creative practice has changed during the global pandemic.
Considering Representation
In Conversation
45 minutes
Join Associate Curator Rebecca Ray and Director Collection and Exhibitions Sandra Bruce for a conversation on the presence of First Nations people in portraiture today.
Birds-eye view
In Conversation
46 minutes
Jump in the nest and join the brood as we celebrate National Bird Week! We’ll take a birds-eye view of the collection, and explore faces of folks with their feathered friends. BYO binoculars.
Chance encounters
In Conversation
45 minutes
Our Curator, Collection & Research, Joanna Gilmour, has thrown caution to the wind and suggested she play a game of chance.
Story time
Possum Magic with Mem Fox
52 minutes
Looking to go on an adventure across Australia? Tune in for a reading of the treasured classic, ‘Possum Magic’ read by Mem Fox.
Down the rabbit hole
In Conversation
48 minutes
Come on a journey behind the scenes, into the woods and reaching for the stars with Penny Grist Curator, Exhibitions.
National Portrait Galleries In Conversation
Capturing a global mood
65 minutes
The power of the photograph and how the exhibitions Hold Still/Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize and Living Memory: National Photographic Portrait Prize reflect identity and our shared human experiences at this unique point in history.
There and back again
In conversation
46 minutes
Louise Cummins, our Travelling Exhibitions Coordinator regales you with tales of journeys across the nation; from moving movie stars to Bathurst to baring all in Broken Hill.
Another pic on the wall
In conversation
44 minutes
An Auslan interpreted program with Director Collections & Exhibitions, Sandra Bruce, for National Week of Deaf People and on the International Day of Sign Languages.
Bring on spring!
Kitiya Palaskas workshop
46 minutes
Create a flower using crafty materials in this hands-on online workshop, hosted by craft-based designer Kitiya Palaskas. It may not smell like roses, but will be everlasting!
You choose the story!
In conversation
46 minutes
In the very strange land where portraiture meets Choose Your Own Adventure meets Six Degrees of Separation meets Australian Idol, there you will find our Curator, Exhibitions; Penny Grist.
Looking to Pounce: Portrait Drawing
1 hour 47 minutes
Join us from wherever you are for this free online drawing workshop with a unique focus on ways of looking and engaging with drawing as a process rather than the creation of a finished product.
Living Memory panel discussion
Join us from wherever you are for a lively panel discussion about lockdown experiences across Australia, illustrated through some of the portraits in our exhibition Living Memory – National Photographic Portrait Prize 2021.
Story Time
A Story of Love
45 minutes
What does love mean to you? Where do we find love? What does love look like?
National Science Week
Virtual Highlights tour
Get your white coat and safety goggles on to celebrate National Science Week! This year’s school theme is Food: Different by Design.
Introducing Living Memory
In conversation
Join Sandra Bruce, Director Collection & Exhibitions, for a sneak peek at our exciting new exhibition, Living Memory: National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Panel discussion
Living Memory
56 minutes
Join us for a dynamic panel discussion that interrogates some of the themes revealed in Living Memory.
Living Memory National Photographic Portrait Prize
Winner announcement
26 minutes
Nathalie Morris and Carlos Sanson Jr
Australian Love Stories walkthrough
10 minutes
Nathalie Morris and Carlos Sanson Jr bump into love in Australian Love Stories.
Will Huxley and Garrett Huxley
Australian Love Stories walkthrough
10 minutes
Will Huxley and Garrett Huxley explore love and art.
Virginia Haussegger and Mark Kenny
Australian Love Stories walkthrough
10 minutes
Virginia Haussegger and Mark Kenny debate love and art.
William Yang
In conversation
57 minutes
Join us from wherever you are to celebrate and reminisce with artist William Yang as he reflects on his joyous photographs of Australia's LGBTIQ+ community.
Chiselled features
Virtual sculpture workshop
120 minutes
Join artist Ellis Hutch from wherever you are for a hands-on workshop with a nod to the ancient art of relief carving.
Rock Chick: Lindy Morrison
In Conversation
45 minutes
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.
NPG Wellington, Edinburgh and Canberra
15 minutes of frame
49 minutes
Delve into the lives, loves and labour of the world’s most prominent portrait galleries in this international conversation series.
Drawing workshop
Focus on the face with Nicholas Harding
126 minutes
Join us from wherever you are for an intimate, online drawing workshop with British-Australian artist Nicholas Harding.
Virtual collection tour
Disability in the frame: Part two
57 minutes
Join us as we look at works from the collection and contemplate inclusivity with a focus on the artists.
NPG London, Scotland and Australia
15 Minutes of Frame
48 minutes
Delve into the lives, loves and labour of the world’s most prominent portrait galleries in this international conversation series.
Virtual collection tour
Disability in the frame: Part one
54 minutes
Join us as we reflect on how people with disability have been represented in portraiture, how this has changed over time and what comes next.
Cherry Hood
Watercolour workshop highlights
6 minutes
Cherry Hood shares her tips to help you hone your watercolour skills.
Karen Quinlan and Kim Sajet
15 Minutes of Frame
33 minutes
Karen Quinlan AM, Director of the National Portrait Gallery of Australia, in conversation with Kim Sajet, Director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Liam Nunan and Guy Simon
In Conversation
40 minutes
Darling Portrait Prize finalist Liam Nunan and actor Guy Simon discuss their portrait, their friendship and the intensity of the acting life.
Brenda L Croft and Dr Matilda House
In Conversation
43 minutes
Brenda L Croft (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra peoples) talks with Ngambri/Ngunnawal/Wiradjuri elder, Dr Matilda House, about her photographic portrait.