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This exhibition showcases portraits acquired through the generosity of the National Portrait Gallery’s Founding Patrons, L Gordon Darling AC CMG and Marilyn Darling AC.
The Australian of the Year Awards have often provoked controversy about who is selected and whether their achievements are remarkable.
To celebrate Peter Sculthorpe's 80th birthday, the National Portrait Gallery has created a feature exhibition of portraits and associated biographic material drawn from the National Portrait Gallery and the composer’s personal collection.
Open Air is an exhibition of portraits of Australians in environments of particular significance to them.
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.
During his long and distinguished career Max Dupain took thousands of photographs of people
This is the first major exhibition to examine photographic portraiture in Australia, from its beginnings in the early 1840s to the present day