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Angus and the late Peter C. Trumble, 1965, still then a firm advocate of the detachable collar.

Dementia and the arts

About Face article

That principle of equity of access has ever since been a noble aspiration for all public art museums, as it is for us here at the National Portrait Gallery.

15 minutes of frame

NPG Wellington, Edinburgh and Canberra, 10th March 2021

Recorded virtual programs

Delve into the lives, loves and labour of the world’s most prominent portrait galleries in this international conversation series.

John Mawurndjul

John Mawurndjul

John Mawurndjul

John Mawurndjul, 2005

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Gift of R Ian Lloyd 2010. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

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Reinis Zusters

In their own words

In their own words

Recorded 1965

Bernard Smith

Bernard Smith

Bernard Smith (1916-2011) was one of Australia's most important twentieth-century art historians and an influential cultural commentator.

2 portraits in the collection

Malcolm Fraser

Rt. Hon. Malcolm Fraser AC CH

The Rt. Hon John Malcolm Fraser AC CH PC (1930-2015) was Prime Minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983.

5 portraits in the collection

Reko Rennie

Reko Rennie

Reko Rennie (b. 1974) is a Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay/Gummaroi artist living and working in Melbourne.

1 portrait in the collection

Zareth, 2009 by Scott Bycroft

NPPP 2010 exhibition essay

General content

Dr Christopher Chapman, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2010 Prize.

Artist kisses subject, 2014 Sophia Hewson. Private collection. © Sophia Hewson. Photo: © AGNSW

The powerful, subversive female gaze

Erotic-platonic

Jackie and Kerryn, 2001 Jenny Sages

Powerful, equal, legal love

Three weddings

Paddy Jaminji

Paddy Jaminji (Jampin)

Paddy Jaminji (Jampin) (1912-1996), Kija visual artist, spent much of his life in and around his country near Bedford Downs station in WA.

1 portrait in the collection

Tim Flannery

Provocative talks on Saturdays in September

Archived media releases 2016

Join The Saturday Paper’s chief political correspondent, Karen Middleton, for A Month of Saturdays – afternoon conversations bringing current affairs experts to the Gallery for engaging, real-time discussions about the topics that matter.

The Bathers, 1989

Hall of Mirrors

Anne Zahalka Portraits 1987-2007

Previous exhibition, 2007

Hall of Mirrors: Anne Zahalka Portraits 1987-2007 explores the thread of portraiture through the artist's prolific career, now spanning more than 20 years.

Peter Thomson

Peter Thomson AO MBE CBE

Peter Thomson AO MBE CBE (1929-2018), professional golfer, began to play the game at the age of 12.

2 portraits in the collection

Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1575 associated with Nicholas Hilliard

Queen Elizabeth I

associated with Nicholas Hilliard

Horatio Nelson, 1800 Sir William Beechey

Horatio Nelson

Sir William Beechey

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