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This article examines the portraits gifted to the National Portrait Gallery by Fairfax Holdings in 2003.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009
From 2015 to 2017 the Acquisition Fund was focussed on Reg Richardson AM by Mitch Cairns, a finalist in the Archibald Prize 2014, and a great example of minimalist portraiture.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009
The considered matching of artist to subject has produced an amazing collection of unique and original works in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery
Seventeen of Australia’s thirty prime ministers to date are represented in the contrasting sizes, moods and mediums of these portraits.
Andrew Sayers discusses the real cost of George Lambert's Self portrait with gladioli 1922.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Graham Smith 2009
Diana O’Neil on Noel Counihan’s vivid 1971 portrait of Alan Marshall.
A newly acquired work by Stella Bowen adds to the National Portrait Gallery's growing collection of important Australian self-portraits.
Long after the portraitist became indifferent to her, and died, a beguiling portrait hung over its subject.
Artist David M Thomas lists some of the ideas and influences behind his video portraits.
A National Portrait Gallery, London exhibition redefines portraiture, shifting the focus towards a new perspective on Pop Art.
The Chairman, Board, Director and all the Staff of the National Portrait Gallery mourn the loss of our Founding Patron, who died peacefully in Melbourne this morning. He was 94.
Celebrates the centenary of the first national art collection, the Historic Memorials Collection, housed at Australia's Parliament House.
Joanna Gilmour explores the extraordinary life of Australian female aviator Nancy Bird Walton AO OBE