National Portrait Gallery News http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/npgnewsrss.xml Keep up to date with the latest news of the National Portrait Gallery en-au Wednesday Gallery Talks http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/Public_Programs.php A new series of talks will be held every Wednesday lunchtime featuring a range of speakers; artists, curators, historians and guest celebrities will present talks on key works in the Portrait Gallery's collection.  Wednesday talks are free and no bookings are required.

]]> Portraits on Sundays http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/Public_Programs.php The ever-popular Portraits on Sundays series has returned!  Talks are held on the second Sunday of each month and feature National Portrait Gallery staff and guest speakers examining a particular aspect of the NPG collection or current exhibitions.  Portraits on Sunday are free and no bookings are required.

]]> Major New Sculpture Commission Unveiled http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/collection_info.php?searchtype=basic&searchstring=angus&irn=1484 On Monday 26 October NPG Chief Patron Ms Thérèse Rein unveiled a major sculpture commission entitled Geo Face Distributor by Australian born, New York based artist James Angus. The sculpture is the final installment for the overall building design concept devised by National Portrait Gallery principal architect Richard Johnson from Johnson Pilton Walker.  The sculpture is a striking work reflective of the artist’s interest in how the visual forms of physics, biology and mathematics inform our perceptions of time, space, scale, mass and movement. 

]]> National Portrait Gallery receives Australia's top architecture award http://www.architecture.com.au/i-cms?page=13514 The National Portrait Gallery received Australia's top annual national architecture award at this year's Australian Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards. The 2009 Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture along with a National Architecture Award for Interior Architecture were presented to the Gallery at the Award ceremony on 29 October.  The National Portrait Gallery was designed by Sydney-based architectural practice Johnson Pilton Walker (JPW). 

]]> National Photographic Portrait Prize 2010 Finalists Announced http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/nppp.php The forty-three photographers whose work will be included in the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2010 has been announced. The exhibition will be displayed in the Gallery from 5 March to 2 May 2010 and then tour to a number of Australian capital cities and regional centres. The $25,000 Prize generously donated by Visa is an annual event intended to promote the very best in contemporary photographic portraiture by both professional and aspiring Australian photographers.

]]> Call for entries now open! National Youth Self Portrait Prize http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/nyspp.php The National Portrait Gallery invites all young Australians between 18 and 25 to enter the National Youth Self-Portrait Prize 2010. The National Portrait Gallery is offering a prize of $10,000 for the most outstanding self-portrait produced in the year preceding the prize. A selection of entries, including the prize-winning work, will be displayed at the National Portrait Gallery and as an online exhibition from 22 July – 12 September 2010.  

Generously supported by the Tallis Foundation and the Association of Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Societies (ADFAS)
]]> National Photographic Portrait Prize 2010 Winner Announced! http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/exhibition_subsite_NPPP2010.php Mr Andrew Sayers, Director, National Portrait Gallery announced today the winner of the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2010 is Scott Bycroft for the work titled Zareth. VISA has generously sponsored the exhibition and will provide the winning prize money of $25, 000. The winning work is featured in an exhibition of forty-three portraits from the finalists’ and will be on display at the National Portrait Gallery until 2 May 2010. 

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