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Tenille Hands explores a portrait prize gifted to the National Screen and Sound Archive.
Gideon Haigh discusses portraits of Australian cricketers from the early 20th century
Joanna Gilmour reveals love’s more intense manifestations in the tale of Lord Kenelm and Venetia Digby.
Naomi Cass, Director of the Centre of Contemporary Photography, in conversation with Anne Zahalka.
CommBank Matildas players Clare Hunt, Clare Wheeler, Courtney Nevin and Teagan Micah joined National Portrait Gallery Director Bree Pickering today to announce a major new video portrait of all 23 players from the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ Final Squad.
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.
When soulmates Janet Dawson and Michael Boddy moved from Sydney to a property, Boddy was clear about why: ‘Our marriage is one long conversation - we moved to the bush so we could talk to each other without so many interruptions.’
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
How the National Portrait Gallery and its unique collection came to be
Charting a path from cockatiel to finch, Annette Twyman explores her family portraits and stories.
In March 2024, the National Portrait Gallery will launch a major exhibition of the work of Ralph Heimans AM, the Australian artist who’s painted some of the world’s most recognisable people.
A magnanimous portrait of Helena Rubinstein has been acquired for the National Portrait Gallery’s collection.
Dr Sarah Engledow discusses Quentin Jones's photograph of Australian author Tim Winton.
Deborah Hill talks figures with character, as the National Portrait Gallery touring exhibitions program welcomes its millionth visitor.
The National Portrait Gallery acquired a beguiling silhouette group portrait by Samuel Metford, an English artist who spent periods of his working life in America.