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Katrina Power, c. 2000

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004

Dr Paul Scully-Power, 2005

Purchased with funds provided by donors 2006

Love scars

Katrina Osborne immerses herself in one of photography’s most fearless chronicles.

Announcing... Ralph Heimans: Portraiture. Power. Influence.

In March 2024, the National Portrait Gallery will launch a major exhibition of the work of Ralph Heimans AM, the Australian artist who’s painted some of the world’s most recognisable people.

Ralph Heimans

The exhibition will feature some of the most significant portraits in the artist’s career to date, from early major works such as his painting of HM Queen Mary of Denmark through to his most recent.

Power suits

Celebrate the fashion icon in a playful display of more than 100 collection works and select loans. Meet significant Australians in their finest from Johnny O’Keefe, Sherbet and Nicole Kidman to influential judges, politicians, entrepreneurs and scientists.

Drawing power

The National Portrait Gallery joins the Big Draw, a program dedicated to promoting drawing as a tool for thought, creativity, social and cultural engagement.

Pen power

Politics and personae in the portraiture of TextaQueen by Jane Raffan.

Power of Portrait Photography

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

Cathy Freeman by Kaylene Whiskey

Cathy Freeman on Kaylene Whiskey's portrait capturing an historic moment at the Sydney Olympics.

Prime minister, 2018

Serenity

Pawan, Chhattisgarh

Equation of a life – a portrait of Derek Denton

The National Portrait Gallery, has welcomed the newest portrait commission of Emeritus Professor Derek Denton AC by Evert Ploeg.

Untitled #1, 2010

Gus and full moon at the farm, 2006