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Glossy 2

Following the success of Glossy: Faces, Magazines, Now in 1999 the National Portrait Gallery again highlights the huge array of contemporary portraiture in the pages of magazines.

123 Faces

Magda Keaney examines the 123 Faces project by Simon Obarzanek.

Bruny d'Entrecasteaux, 1837

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009

Contemporary Australian Portraits

Contemporary Australian Portraits is a cross section, a sampling, of some of the present-day directions in Australian portrait practice

Masters of Fare

Masters of fare: chefs, winemakers, providores celebrates men and women who have championed the unique culinary characteristics and produce of Australia, enriching our lives with new ideas and new flavours over the past forty years.

A Performance of Portraiture

Join actor Tomáš Kantor for an immersive, theatrical journey through Ralph Heimans: Portraiture. Power. Influence.

Open Air

Open Air is an exhibition of portraits of Australians in environments of particular significance to them.

Paul Capsis, 2004

Gift of the artist 2017

Portrait Donors

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2009

In its second year at the National Portrait Gallery, and for the first time touring to other venues, the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2009 continues to present surprising perspectives on the nature of contemporary portrait photography.

Nicholas Harding

Nicholas Harding: 28 portraits features paintings of Robert Drewe, John Bell and Hugo Weaving alongside gorgeously coloured recent oil portraits, delicate gouaches and bold ink and charcoal drawings.

The right note

Marian Anderson’s glorious voice thrust her into stardom, and a more reluctant role as American civil rights pioneer.

The Wentworths – Hidden in Plain Sight

Grace Carroll on the gendered world of the Wentworths.

Earth to earth

Dr Sarah Engledow discusses the recent gift of works by David Campbell.