Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018
Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2017 Prize.
Long after the portraitist became indifferent to her, and died, a beguiling portrait hung over its subject.
Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2014 Prize.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2014
The Australian painter Ben Quilty discusses his approach to portraiture.
This exhibition seeks to explore the nature of portraiture, providing an investigation into the importance of likeness to contemporary portraits.
Curator Michael Desmond introduces the exhibition Truth and Likeness, an investigation of the importance of likeness to portraiture.
Drawn from some of the many donations made to the Gallery's collection, the exhibition Portraits for Posterity pays homage both to the remarkable (and varied) group of Australians who are portrayed in the portraits and the generosity of the many donors who have presented them to the Gallery.
Over the last five years the National Portrait Gallery has developed a collection of portrait photographs that reflects both the strength and diversity of Australian achievement as well as the talents of our photographers.
Bequest of Nick Enright AM 2004
Gift of the artist 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of The Hammond Care Group 1999
Margaret Olley AC (1923-2011), painter, studied art at East Sydney Technical College and the Grande Chaumière in Paris.
6 portraits in the collection
Ben Quilty (b. 1973), painter, gained bachelor’s degrees in painting and visual communication at Sydney College of the Arts and the University of Western Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Cherry Hood (b. 1950), is an artist well known for her haunting, large-scale images of faces.
2 portraits in the collection
