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Dr Gene Sherman AM announces resignation from the National Portrait Gallery Board

It is with deep regret, but great pride, that the National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the decision of its Deputy Chairman to resign from the Gallery’s Board, to focus on a new international role as co-Chair of the Tate Asia Pacific Acquisitions Committee.

Rugby great unveiled

A new portrait commission of Australian Rugby great, Ken Catchpole OAM by Gary Grealy will be officially unveiled on 3 December.

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Go Figure! Contemporary Chinese Portraiture

Exhibited simultaneously at the two locations, Go Figure! is drawn from the Sigg Collection, the largest and most significant collection of contemporary Chinese art anywhere in the world.

Fang Lijun

Born 1963, Handan, Hebei Province China. Lives and works in Beijing.

Yang Na

Born 1983, Chongqing, Sichuan Province. Lives and works in Beijing.

Chinese Art

A short overview of modern Chinese art from 1949 to the present.

Rong Rong

Born Li Zhirong 1968, Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. Lives and works in Beijing.

About the exhibition

Portraits from the Sigg collection, from 1979 to the present including painting, sculpture, photography, video and installation.

Liu Wei

Born 1965 in Beijing. Lives and works in Beijing.

Zhang Xiaogang

Born 1958, Kunming, Yunnan Province. Lives and works in Beijing.

15 minutes of frame

Delve into the lives, loves and labour of the world’s most prominent portrait galleries in this international conversation series.

Yu Hong

Born 1966 in Beijing, China. Lives and works in Beijing.

The National Portrait Prizes

The National Portrait Gallery today announced finalists for the inaugural Darling Portrait Prize, a national new $75,000 prize for Australian portrait painting, and released selected images from the final prize pool for the popular National Photography Portrait Prize.

John McRae

An interview with the photographer.

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