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2014

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Tim Fairfax AC

Tim Fairfax, 2018

by Russell Shakespeare
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Commissioned with funds provided by The Calvert-Jones Foundation 2018
Ivy Shore

Not your average teacher’s pet!

It's Complicated

Love versus art
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$5,000+
Honour board
Stephen, Russell and David Page

Bangarra brothers: songman, storyteller, dancer

Passion

Creative kin
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2017

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2018

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The Last Paul Mumme Work, 2015 by Paul Mumme, video: 3 minutes

The Last Paul Mumme Work, 2015

by Paul Mumme
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Finalist, DPA 2016
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2002

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2005

Portrait Donors
Jessica Mauboy

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.
Richard Tognetti #1510

Richard Tognetti #1510, 2018

by Louise Hearman
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Commissioned with funds provided by Peter Weiss AO 2018
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Honour board
The vigil, 2011 by Anthony Anderton

Anthony Anderton

NPPP 2012 learning resource

An interview with the photographer.

Announcing.... In their own words

24 November 2020
Archived media releases 2020

Inspiring Australians tell their own stories in a unique new gallery audio tour, developed in collaboration with the National Library of Australia.
Lucy Culliton, 2016 by Mark Mohell

Lucy Culliton

Explore The Popular Pet Show

Most well-regarded pictures of chickens show them dead. A reliable way to tell if a chicken in a painting is dead is to check if it’s hanging upside down, because unlike, say, cockatoos, chickens don’t practise inversion for enjoyment in life.
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