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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.

Portrait of Sean Godsell, 2009 by Earl Carter

Sean Godsell Architects

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Based in Melbourne, Sean Godsell is known internationally for his distinctive residential architecture.

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Founding Benefactors

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Former Board Chairs

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Joan Sutherland

All the world's a stage

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Joan Sutherland, Robert Helpmann and Raigh Roe

Spencer 2016, by Warwick Baker

Tough & Tender Media Release

14 July 2016
Archived media releases 2016

Photographs from internationally acclaimed artists Robert Mapplethorpe, Larry Clark, Nan Goldin, Collier Schorr and Chris Burden along with contemporary Australian artists, Rozalind Drummond and Warwick Baker will call the National Portrait Gallery home during our extraordinary winter exhibition Tough and Tender.

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1999

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2006

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2009

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2012

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Alexis with moon, 2024 Amos Gebhardt

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024

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Let’s take a look at the National Photographic Portrait Prize for 2024!

Abdul Abdullah, Bree Pickering, Robert Wellington, Miranda Tapsell, Luke McGregor

Portraiture at the centre of new ABC television series

29 August 2025
Media

The National Portrait Gallery, and Director Bree Pickering, will feature in a brand-new, eight-party competition series – Portrait Artist of the Year. In the series, amateur and professional artists go head-to-head, competing for the ultimate prize: a life-changing commission to hang in the National Portrait Gallery. [Image: Abdul Abdullah, Bree Pickering, Robert Wellington, Miranda Tapsell and Luke McGregor. Courtesy ABC.]

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Charlie, 2017 by Lee Grant

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018 winner announced

23 March 2018
Archived media releases 2018

Finalists have been eagerly awaiting the announcement of the Winner and Highly Commended for the National Photographic Portrait Prize since December. It is our pleasure to announce the Winner for 2018 is Lee Grant for her portrait titled Charlie and Highly Commended has been awarded to Filomena Rizzo for her portrait titled My Olivia.

Adams Apple, 2013 by Petrina Hicks

Alienation

More about In the flesh

Segregated from their fellow humans in cellophane prisons, reference points are removed, so it is not certain whether these naked figures could be unwrapped, are about to be subsumed, or will forever be suspended in a plastic stasis.

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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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