© National Portrait Gallery 2026
King Edward Terrace, Parkes
Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
Phone +61 2 6102 7000
ABN: 54 74 277 1196
The hand of Captain Cook
Google Arts and Culture
Learning resources
Take a close look at a portrait with a hidden message in its hands. For Year 7 – 9 students.
What the tree saw: David Foster, 2018
by Jacqui Stockdale
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018
Caroline Zilinsky and John Feitelson
Vox pops
John is a very unique character so I really wanted to capture that uniqueness.
John Brack's Portraiture
Google Arts and Culture
Learning resources
Learn about artist John Brack, who said that portraits involve three people: the painter, the sitter and the viewer. For Year 6 – 8 students.
Jacki Weaver, 2018
by John Tsiavis
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2018
Tan Le, 2018
by John Tsiavis
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018
2003
Portrait Donors
2017
Portrait Donors
National Portrait Gallery unveils twenty new portrait commissions to celebrate twenty years
18 October 2018
Archived media releases 2018
The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled twenty new portrait commissions of Australian leaders and individualists as part of its twentieth birthday celebrations in a new exhibition, 20/20: Celebrating twenty years with twenty new portrait commissions.
John McRae
NPPP 2012 learning resource
An interview with the photographer.
John Dempsey folio
General content
View the full collection of portraits in the exhibition.
Dr John Janson-Moore
Vox pops
The Zammitt Family is part of a massive series of mine that I've been doing since early 2020, documenting COVID in and around Sydney.
2008
Portrait Donors
Top of the pops to golden guitars
General content
The Seekers, John Farnham and Lee Kernaghan
2007
Portrait Donors
2011
Portrait Donors