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Tuesday 1 March – Thursday 31 March 2022
The collection display includes a wide selection of portraits that tell extraordinary stories of encounter, exploration, independence, individuality and achievement in Australia.
Take a 30 minute tour of the Portrait Gallery exploring the collection and the building.
Bookings availableDo you feel the need … the need for speed? Well, click in your seatbelt and join us at pole position for a high-octane adventure to meet some of Australia’s most daredevil drivers!
Bookings requiredStretch up and join us in the Gallery for a series of short performances by some of Australia's leading performing artists.
Bookings requiredJoin us online as we explore photographic portraits by Polly Borland. Explore her unique artist eye by deeply looking at four fellow ex-pats who ventured to England for bigger and brighter things.
Bookings requiredFrom Shakespeare to Winehouse, Darwin to Dickens, the Beatles, Brontë sisters and Beckham, the National Portrait Gallery London holds the world’s most extensive collection of portraits.
Bookings requiredTake a 30 minute tour of the Portrait Gallery exploring the collection and the building.
Bookings availableJoin us from wherever you are as we celebrate International Pi Day (3/14 … get it?!), oh but a day late because it was cooling on the windowsill.
Bookings requiredThe thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to: six centuries, seven stories, 500 years of British history.
Bookings requiredJoin us online as we explore some remarkable stories from, Shakespeare to Winehouse: Icons from the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Bookings requiredLittle Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.
Bookings requiredDraw while listening to nonbinarycode – two unique humans who grew up on a diet of grunge, punk and stadium rock.
Join NIDA-trained actor and teacher, Karen Vickery, Director of Access and Learning, for a workshop full of tips and exercises to protect your most important asset: your voice!
Bookings requiredA piano! Celebrate International Piano Day with a mixed tape of piano inspired portraits.
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