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Current Media Releases

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2010

EXHIBITION: National Photographic Portrait Prize 2010

From a field of almost 1,000 entries, judges Dr Christopher Chapman, Curator, National Portrait Gallery; Joanna Gilmour, Assistant Curator, National Portrait Gallery; and invited guest judge Ms Kim Machan, Director, Multimedia Art Asia Pacific; selected forty-three finalists whose work will be included in the exhibition. The judges will reconvene in March 2010 to select the portrait to be awarded the prize. With the generous support of Visa, the National Portrait Gallery is offering a prize of $25,000 for the most outstanding photographic portrait. The winning entry will be announced on 4 March 2010.

Released 04 February 2010

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Idle Hours

EXHIBITION: Idle Hours

Idle Hours is comprised of works by Australian artists, made in Australia, and depicting Australian subjects. The exhibition is drawn from public and private collections and shows well-known and some anonymous sitters, with works from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. Idle Hours features a range of paintings, prints and drawings, some that are well-loved favourites, and some that have rarely been exhibited.

Released 18 November 2009

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Sunday 14 March
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Change makers lecture series