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.
About the exhibition curator Claire Roberts, and writers Eugene Wang and Zhang Letian.
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.
Penelope Grist reminisces about the halcyon days of a print icon, before the infusion of the internet’s shades of grey.
Joanna Gilmore delights in the affecting drawings of Mathew Lynn.
Barrie Cassidy pays textured tribute to the inimitable Bob Hawke.
Magda Keaney speaks with Lewis Morley about his photographic career and the major retrospective of his work on display at the NPG.
Anna Culliton never had a colouring-in book when she was little. Her parents –Tony, a filmmaker, and Stephanie, a painter – wouldn’t let her have one. Instead, they insisted on her drawing her own pictures to colour-in.
The exhibition Portraits for Posterity celebrates gifts to the Gallery, of purchases made with donated funds, and testifies to the generosity and community spirit of Australians.
Christopher Chapman absorbs the gentle touch of Don Bachardy’s portraiture.
Michael Desmond reveals the origins of composite portraits and their evolution in the pursuit of the ideal.
The exhibition California Video at the J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles demonstrated how video artists expand the boundaries of portraiture.
Dr Sarah Engledow puts four gifts to the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection in context.
Dr Anne Sanders previews the works in the new focus exhibition Paul Kelly and The Portraits.
The biographical exhibition of Barry Humphries was the first display of its kind at the National Portrait Gallery.
Dr. Sarah Engledow discusses a collection of drawings and prints by the Victorian artist Rick Amor acquired in 2005.
