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Explore the beauty and symbolism of flowers in this weird and wonderful floral extravaganza that showcases more than 50 portraits from the collection, new acquisitions and selected loans.
Spanning 30 years, these portraits capture a life in music. Violinist, conductor and composer Richard Tognetti AO is Artistic Director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
This sample of 56 photographs takes in some of the smallest photographs we own and some of the largest, some of the earliest and some of the most recent, as well as multiple photographic processes from daguerreotypes to digital media.
David Hansen’s tribute to his close friend, prince of words and former National Portrait Gallery director, the late Angus Trumble.
In their own words lead researcher Louise Maher on the novel project that lets the Gallery’s portraits speak for themselves.
Inspiring Australians tell their own stories in a unique new gallery audio tour, developed in collaboration with the National Library of Australia.
Offering portraiture in all its flavours: painting, photography, drawing, textiles, printmaking and sculpture, this exhibition is a feast for minds and eyes.
Purchased 2020
Commissioned with funds provided by Peter Weiss AO 2018
Recorded 1981
John Zubrzycki meets Australian paint pioneer Jim Cobb.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of David Dridan OAM 2017
Traudi Allen discovers sensitivity, humour and fine draughtsmanship in the portraiture of John Perceval.
Christopher Chapman looks at influences and insight in the formative years of Arthur Boyd.
Joan Sutherland, Robert Helpmann and Raigh Roe
One half of the team that was Eltham Films left scarcely a trace in the written historical record, but survives in a vivid portrait.