About the National Portrait Gallery
From 27 April 2008 the National Portrait Gallery will vacate its current premises at Old Parliament House in preparation for relocation to the new National Portrait Gallery building in the Parliamentary Zone. A new and dynamic suite of exhibitions, student programs, public lectures and workshops will commence in the new building when it opens in December 2008.
The Collection
Begun in May 1998, the collection is growing rapidly. The majority of works in the collection have been gifts thanks to the generosity of donors. The Gallery is creating a collection of portraits of the highest quality regardless of media. Two principles guide the selection of portraits for the collection:
- the subject must be either important in his or her field of endeavour or a known and named person whose life sets them apart as an individual of long-term public interest; and
- the subject must be Australian, either by birth or association.
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