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2021 Annual Appeal

In 2021 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Peter Brew-Bevan's portraits of athletes Turia Pitt, Leisel Jones OAM and Ellie Cole OAM.

Favourite portraits

National Portrait Gallery staff introduce their favourite portraits from the exhibition.

Announcing Shakespeare to Winehouse

More than eighty treasures from the National Portrait Gallery London will travel to Canberra for a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from March 2022.

Beyond the bow tie

Nathan Faiman delves into the rich life story and legacy of Alan Goldberg.

Birds of a feather

Charting a path from cockatiel to finch, Annette Twyman explores her family portraits and stories.

Portrait of Charles Blackman, 1979

Gift of Warwick Evans 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Talking heads

In their own words lead researcher Louise Maher on the novel project that lets the Gallery’s portraits speak for themselves.

Annual Appeal

An international troupe of two

Office romance

Maritime disaster leaves poignant picture

Absence rends the heart asunder

In the most correct style

Desirable outcomes, undesirable origins

Some prime ministers

Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.

Primed

Seventeen of Australia’s thirty prime ministers to date are represented in the contrasting sizes, moods and mediums of these portraits.

The Royal she

Traversing paint and pixels, Inga Walton examines portraits of select women in Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits.

Petal to the mettle

Sarah Engledow lauds the very civil service of Dame Helen Blaxland.

Sibly irresistible

Alexandra Roginski reveals a forceful feminist figure in the colonial period’s slippery science, phrenology.