Take a close look at a portrait with a hidden message in its hands. For Year 7 – 9 students.
Leaders, painters, friends
For love, not money
Brothers in harms
The National Portrait Gallery will, next Tuesday, unveil an exciting new acquisition of irrefutable importance to all Australians. Portrait of William Bligh, in master’s uniform c. 1776, attributed to John Webber, is one of the earliest portraits of the contentious, historical figure, and extends the Gallery’s remarkable collection of early colonial portraits.
Finalists have been eagerly awaiting the announcement of the Winner and Highly Commended for the National Photographic Portrait Prize since December. It is our pleasure to announce the Winner for 2018 is Lee Grant for her portrait titled Charlie and Highly Commended has been awarded to Filomena Rizzo for her portrait titled My Olivia.
Progressive partnership
Talented wife for a talented husband
A penny for their thoughts
The late Georgian and early Victorian working classes often bought their food in ale-houses, chop-houses and ‘penny pie shops’, or purchased their meals day after day in the streets.
We are grateful to our supporters who help us care for, exhibit and study the Gallery's Collection and to offer programs that bring our portraits to life.
These full-length figures in watercolour, gouache and pencil date mostly from the 1820s, and almost all come from the collection of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart.
Born in Manila in 1972, Alfredo Esquillo Jr majored in painting at University of Santo Thomas.
The National Portrait Gallery this week launches an online exhibition of Shirley Purdie’s remarkable self-portrait Ngalim-Ngalimbooroo Ngagenybe to coincide with Reconciliation Week.
Images for media use will be available from 8 March 2018.
Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018
How the National Portrait Gallery and its unique collection came to be
The fourth row of paintings interweave Ngarranggarni, memories, relationships and Country.
The Chairman, Board, Director and staff mourn the loss of the National Portrait Gallery's inaugural director.
Leo Schofield introduces the exhibition, Masters of fare: chefs, winemakers, providores.
The second row of paintings recall stories relating to specific sites, experiences and activities.
Sarah Engledow writes about Gordon and Marilyn Darling and their support for the National Portrait Gallery throughout its evolution.
One night in the spring of 1970 in an old house in Whale Beach, north of Sydney, John Witzig, Albe Falzon and David Elfick put together the first issue of Tracks, playing Neil Young’s album Harvest over and over again as they pasted up galleys of type.
Penny Grist, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2016 Prize.
Curator, Penny Grist, reveals how this exhibition came to be
Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.
