Natural light and human proportions – the design by Johnson Pilton Walker
Curator Michael Desmond introduces the exhibition Truth and Likeness, an investigation of the importance of likeness to portraiture.
Michael Wardell’s personal insight into Jacques van der Merwe’s New Arrivals.
Dr. Sarah Engledow discusses a collection of drawings and prints by the Victorian artist Rick Amor acquired in 2005.
Jon Muir, adventurer and Portrait Gallery Collection subject, really knows about isolation.
Gideon Haigh discusses portraits of Australian cricketers from the early 20th century
In 2006 the National Portrait Gallery acquired a splendid portrait of Victoria's first governor, Lieutenant Governor Charles Joseph La Trobe by Thomas Woolner.
The Australian public was invited in 2008 to vote for their favourite Australian. After the votes were tallied an exhibition of the top-ten Popular Australians and the top-twenty unsung heroes was displayed at the National Portrait Gallery.
The second row of paintings recall stories relating to specific sites, experiences and activities.
The third row of paintings come from Ngarranggarni (Dreaming).
Politics and personae in the portraiture of TextaQueen by Jane Raffan.
Exploring select works from the NPPP 2012. For secondary students.
The portrait of Janet and Horace Keats with the spirit of the poet Christopher Brennan is brought to life by artist Dora Toovey.
Anne Sanders finds connections in Inner Worlds between Hungarian expatriates and the development of psychoanalysis in Australia.
Dr Sarah Engledow discusses the recent gift of works by David Campbell.
Gillian Raymond ponders landscapes as self-portraiture in Michael Taylor’s intimate expressionism.
