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Oz Punk

In 1976, without having been blooded on the Sydney or Melbourne pub circuit, The Saints recorded a single – ‘(I’m) Stranded’ – earning them the distinction of releasing a punk single before The Sex Pistols did.

Master Johnny Day, Australian Champion Pedestrian, c. 1866

Purchased 2014

In the round

Andrew Sayers outlines the highlights of the National Portrait Gallery's display of portrait sculpture.

iD Digital Portraiture Award winner announced

The inaugural winner of the $10,000 iD Digital Portraiture Award was announced this morning at the National Portrait Gallery.

Past present

Krysia Kitch celebrates Oodgeroo Noonuccal.

Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award media information

The National Portrait Gallery recently announced the finalists for the Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award 2013.

On a human scale

The design concepts behind the new National Portrait Gallery building in Canberra.

To Look Within

This exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of self-portraits in Australia, from the colonial period to the present

Charles Blondin, 1874

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018

Visiting at a quiet time

Access support for visitors with sensory sensitivities or autism.

Is the truth of portraiture vested exclusively in likeness?

Curator Michael Desmond introduces the exhibition Truth and Likeness, an investigation of the importance of likeness to portraiture.

Husbands and Wives

'I have just been to my dressing case to take a peep at you.

Icons

When a portrait communicates determination and individuality as boldly as these do, it has the potential to become an iconic image. For the Gallery’s 20th birthday this display brings together a group contemporary photographic portraits of inspiring women and men.