- About us
- Support the Gallery
- Venue hire
- Publications
- Research library
- Organisation chart
- Employment
- Contact us
- Make a booking
- Onsite programs
- Online programs
- School visit information
- Learning resources
- Little Darlings
- Professional learning
Blak Douglas reflects on his experiences, process and motivation for making portraits.
Frank Hurley's celebrated images document the heroism and minutiae of Australian exploration in Antarctica.
Magda Keaney talks with Montalbetti+Campbell about their photographic portrait of Australian astronaut Andy Thomas.
In conversation with Aretha Brown, Pieter Roelofs on Vermeer, humanoid robots, the nationwide search for Archibald portraits, and 25 years of collecting at the National Portrait Gallery.
Jennifer Higgie uncovers the intriguing stories behind portraits of women by women in the National Portrait Gallery’s collection.
Christopher Chapman examines the battle of glamour vs. grunge which played out in the fashion and advertising of the 1990s.
Sarah Engledow on Messrs Dobell and MacMahon and the art of friendship.
Peter Ciemitis breached regulations when creating the portrait of the polymath environmental scientist George Seddon.
Tenille Hands explores a portrait prize gifted to the National Screen and Sound Archive.
The oil portrait of Sir Frank Packer KBE by Judy Cassab was gifted to the National Portrait Gallery in 2006.
Artist David M Thomas lists some of the ideas and influences behind his video portraits.
Sarah Engledow casts a judicious eye over portraits in the Victorian Bar’s Peter O’Callaghan QC Portrait Gallery.
Joanna Gilmour explores photographic depictions of Aboriginal sportsmen including Lionel Rose, Dave Sands, Jerry Jerome and Douglas Nicholls.
A moving portrait of Cate Blanchett unfolds as an inspired pairing of medium and subject.
Christopher Chapman looks at influences and insight in the formative years of Arthur Boyd.
Michael Desmond profiles a handful of the entrants in first National Photographic Portrait Prize and notes emerging themes and categories.