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2013-14 Acquisition Fund

This 1910 portrait of Elizabeth Sarah (Lillie) Roberts by Tom Roberts was brought into the Gallery's collection with the assistance of the Acquisition Fund in 2013.

Yarrenyty Arltere Artists

A not-for-profit Aboriginal owned and run art centre, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists in Mparntwe/Alice Springs are known for their unique and distinctive soft sculptures that reveal stories and experiences of life in their community.

Valerie Kirk

Born: 1957, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Works: Canberra

David McAllister to join National Portrait Gallery collection

Artistic Director of The Australian Ballet, David McAllister AM will join the Portrait Gallery’s national collection in a newly-commissioned portrait taken by illustrious Australian photographer, Peter Brew-Bevan.

Anna Meares, 2018

Commissioned with funds provided by King & Wood Mallesons 2018

Portrait Donors

Tim Fairfax, 2018

Commissioned with funds provided by The Calvert-Jones Foundation 2018

Jacki Weaver, 2018

Commissioned with funds provided by Marilyn Darling AC 2018

Shen Jiawei

Shen Jiawei was born in China. During the Cultural Revolution he laboured in the Great Northern Wilderness, but even as he worked there, he gained recognition as an artist. 

Andrew Campbell

An interview with the photographer.

Andrew Gaze, 2018

Commissioned with funds provided by Trent Birkett 2018

What the tree saw: David Foster, 2018

Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018

Tan Le, 2018

Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018

John McRae

An interview with the photographer.

NPPP 2016 exhibition essay

Penny Grist, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2016 Prize.

Anna Culliton

Anna Culliton never had a colouring-in book when she was little. Her parents –Tony, a filmmaker, and Stephanie, a painter – wouldn’t let her have one. Instead, they insisted on her drawing her own pictures to colour-in.