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Cocktail reception

We can provide a stunning, sophisticated space for your cocktail reception.

Virtual Highlight Tour

Join curator Dr Emma Kindred on a virtual tour of the Darling Portrait Prize, where she will examine the approaches and techniques used by artists to capture their sitters.

Unmasked - Bob Gordon

Water as Life: The Town of Wilcannia and the Darling/Baaka, 2006

Portrait 51

This issue feature articles on Andrew Sayers, Gordon Darling, our summer exhibition Sideshow Alley and more.

Artist Floor Talks

On the opening day of the Darling Portrait Prize and the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024, we invite you to join us in the galleries for a series of artist floor talks with some finalists from each prize.

The Darling

Beards were generally been out for British military men in the 1800s: civilians might have worn them as badges of masculinity, but in the army they were perhaps a bit too close to indiscipline for comfort.

Portrait photograph of David McNicoll, 1987

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001

Rev. Andrew Mitchell Ramsay, 1865

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2009

Terms and conditions

These terms and conditions govern entries to the National Portrait Gallery’s Darling Portrait Prize 2024.

Frequently Asked Questions

Jiawei Shen, 2006

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009

Lunch or dinner

Along with a meal in an elegant space, your guests may also enjoy portraits of notable Australians.

The spirit of the gift

Former NPG Director, Andrew Sayers celebrates the support given to the Gallery by Gordon and Marilyn Darling.

Wedding

Allow us to paint the possibilities of your wedding reception.

Uncommon Australians

In 1988 philanthropists Gordon and Marilyn Darling decided to make an Australian portrait gallery a reality, overseeing the development of the 1992 touring exhibition Uncommon Australians.