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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

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Events

Shelley Ware with Albert and Vincent, 2024. Vincent Namatjira OAM

The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy

Visual Arts & First Nations (lower primary)

Event, Available until 2 April 2026

Join the National Portrait Gallery for an engaging 45 minute On Demand session to explore this year's NAIDOC theme The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy. For students aged 5 to 8.

Shelley Ware with Blood money - infinite dollar note - Aunty Regina Pilawuk Wilson, 2023. Dr Ryan Presley

The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy

Visual Arts & First Nations (upper primary)

Event, Available until 2 April 2026

Join the National Portrait Gallery for an engaging 45 minute On Demand session to explore this year's NAIDOC theme The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy. For students aged 8 to 12.

Professor Penny Sackett, astronomer and physicist

Drawn to Discovery

Upper primary and high school

Event, Selected days from Tuesday 12 August

For National Science Week, we combine art with science. Join us for an interactive and engaging program as we visually analyse three portraits of prominent Australian scientists.

Robyn Williams AO

Scientist Portraits: Story and Spectacle

Upper primary and high school

Event, Selected days from Thursday 14 August

Learn how storytelling meets science in this special program presented in collaboration with Questacon for National Science Week.

Leigh Bowery

Power of Portrait Photography

Visual Arts (upper primary)

Event, Selected days from Thursday 4 September

Join us for an engaging and interactive program tailored for upper primary students, where they will build critical thinking skills to interpret photographic portraits.

An evening at Yarra Cottage, Port Stephens

Portrait Journey around Australia

History (upper primary)

Event, Selected days until Tuesday 9 September

From First Nations perspectives to the contribution of migrants, from the opening of Parliament to environmental protest, Australian history is full of fascinating stories – and we have the portraits to explore them.

Dr John Yu

Portrait Exploration: Art and Identity

Visual Arts (upper primary)

Event, Selected days until Tuesday 26 August

Join us for an engaging and interactive program tailored for upper primary students, where they’ll develop the confidence and critical thinking skills to interpret portraits.

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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past and present. We respectfully advise that this site includes works by, images of, names of, voices of and references to deceased people.

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