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Peter O'Shaughnessy, 1947

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999

Hedda Morrison, 1941 (printed 2004)

Gift of the artist 2004

Icons Syndicate

Colleen McCullough, 1992-1993 (printed 2005)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005

George Lambert

An examination of the life and times of George Lambert through the gesture and pose in his self portrait. 

Steve Kilbey, 1981 (printed 2018)

Purchased with funds provided by Wayne Williams 2018

Boy with surfboard cross: David Rastovich, 1999 (printed 2005)

Gift of the artist 2009. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

National Portrait Gallery Director announced

The National Portrait Gallery welcomes Angus Trumble

Hide/Seek

David Ward writes about the exhibition Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture on display at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington.

2020 Annual Appeal

In 2020 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Sally Robinson's remarkable portrait of author Tim Winton.

Australian Love Stories

A major new exhibition celebrating love in all its guises. Opening 20 March 2021.

Harriet Schwarzrock: spaces between movement and stillness

To celebrate the new exhibition Australian Love Stories, renowned Australian glass artist Harriet Schwarzrock has been commissioned to make a large-scale installation reflecting on the role the heart plays as our emotional centre.

Stigma stigmata

Angus Trumble provides poignant context for Aña Wojak’s portrait of Tony Carden.

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023

The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.