The Sapphires (2012)

Directed by Wayne Blair

Sunday 20 January 2019

Jessica Mauboy, 2018 by David Rosetzky

The story of four Indigenous Australian women who travelled to Vietnam in 1968 to sing during the war.

Exhibitions

Lady Barkly, 1863 by Batchelder & O'Neill

Carte-o-mania!

from Thursday 8 November 2018 until Monday 22 April 2019

Drawn from the NPG’s burgeoning collection of cartes de visite, Carte-o-mania! celebrates the wit, style and substance of the pocket-sized portraits that were taken and collected like crazy in post-goldrush Australia.

Entry is free.

Portrait of Li Cunxin, 2017–2018 (detail) by Jun Chen

20/20

Celebrating twenty years with twenty new portrait commissions

Previous exhibition, 2018 – 2019

20/20 showcases the dynamic suite of new portraits commissioned to celebrate the National Portrait Gallery’s 20th year. Leaders and individualists invited by the Gallery were matched with unique artists to create distinctive contemporary portraits.

Creatures of Leisure series (David 'Bird' Twohill), 1982 by Paul Worstead

Electric!

Portraits that pop!

from Tuesday 11 September 2018 until Monday 22 April 2019

Celebrate the Gallery’s 20th birthday summer with Electric! Portraits that pop! The collection exhibition features a mix of bright, bold and colourful paintings, prints and photographs, and buoyant video portraits.

Entry is free.

Collection display galleries

Open every day

The collection display includes a wide selection of portraits that tell extraordinary stories of encounter, exploration, independence, individuality and achievement in Australia. Visitors to the Gallery can follow the development of portraiture from oil painting to digital media.

Entry is free.

What's on

Collection highlights tour

Daily event, until Monday 22 April 2019

11:30am – 12:00pm

Take a 30 minute tour of the Portrait Gallery exploring the collection and the building.