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Events

Nathan Beard

Wearable Identity: Material and Self with Nathan Beard

Visual Arts (youth)

Event, Thursday 20 November

This engaging workshop invites students to explore themes of identity and self-expression through wearable materials. Led by artist Nathan Beard, students will reflect on their own identities while drawing inspiration from future-facing art practices.

Gallery One, September 2024

Virtual Highlight Tour

Event, Tuesday 4 November

Join our Digital Learning team for a lively discussion on selected portraits chosen by the studio producer Michael!

Pollinator, 2020 Laura Duffy

Transmissions: Pollinations

Artist Workshop with Laura Duffy

Event, Saturday 1 November

Join artist Laura Duffy for a hands-on workshop that draws on ideas of natural versus unnatural, as explored in their 2020 video work Pollinator on display in our In Bloom exhibition.

Kurt Fearnley

Virtual Highlight Tour

Disability In Frame

Event, Tuesday 2 December

This International Day of People with Disability, join Learning Facilitator, Cate as she celebrates sitters and medical specialists who redefine what it means to live with a disability.

Flying over Indulkana, 2022 Kaylene Whiskey

Virtual Highlight Tour

Super Kaylene Whiskey

Event, Tuesday 25 November

Join Visitor Experience Coordinator, Marina as she explores Super Kaylene Whiskey, an exhibition showcasing the joyous, detailed works of proud Yankunytjatjara artist Kaylene Whiskey.

Mandy Martin

Virtual Highlight Tour

In The Background

Event, Tuesday 18 November

Join Digital Engagement Coordinator, Lance as he explores the symbolism behind the environments artists have crafted for their sitters.

Manning Clark

Virtual Highlight Tour

Writers of History

Event, Tuesday 11 November

Join Visitor Experience Assistant, Kat as she steps back in time with portraits of historians, uncovering how they have shaped the stories we tell today.

A person drawing while sitting at a wooden table

Artists In Bloom

Workshop Series

Event, 1 and 22 Nov, 9 and 10 Jan

Artists In Bloom is a series of workshops led by artists featured in our bold, beautiful and botanical exhibition In Bloom.

April Phillips

Curator floor talk with April Phillips

Event, Selected days from Thursday 30 October

Connect with our collection exhibition One-on-one with a floor talk by exhibition curator April Phillips.

Drawing and art activities on a wooden table

Art Cart: In Bloom

Event, Daily from Saturday 1 November

Drop into the Gallery for free creative activities inspired by our In Bloom exhibition.

Two people viewing artworks in the In Bloom exhibition

Guided tour

In Bloom: Famous faces and florals

Event, 1:00pm daily

Led by knowledgeable guides, our tours are conversational, friendly and informative.

Visitors in front of The Quickening, 2022 (detail) Ying Ang

Introduction tour

Welcome highlights

Event, 2:00pm daily

Join a short introductory tour of the National Portrait Gallery and discover a few key portraits.

Visitors in front of where will the story take us, 2002-2024 (printed 2024) (detail) Katrin Koenning

Guided Tour

The art of portraiture

Event, 11:00am daily

Learn about the architecture of the building before journeying through the Gallery to hear about the lives and legacies of the portrait subjects and the artistic techniques used to tell their stories.

Serena Bentley sitting in the In Bloom exhibition

Nathan Beard

In Conversation

Event, Friday 21 November

Join exhibition curator Serena Bentley in conversation with artist Nathan Beard in the In Bloom exhibition.

Portrait Artist of the Year

Portrait Artist of the Year

Event, On ABC iview and TV from 2 November

Celebrate the art of portraiture with the ABC’s brand-new series Portrait Artist of the Year. Across eight episodes, amateur, emerging and professional artists go head-to-head, competing for the ultimate prize: a life-changing commission to hang in the National Portrait Gallery.

A child playing in the Gallery

Little Faces

Event, Starts Wednesday 25 February

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

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