Thirty-four finalist works provide a powerful visual record of the year, reflecting a particular time in Australian culture, both socially and artistically....
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Amos Gebhardt, National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024 winner
Works by thirty-four selected finalists provide a powerful visual record of the year, reflecting a particular time in Australian culture, both socially and artistically....
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023
The National Photographic Portrait Prize celebrates the power of photographic portraits to communicate something beyond the appearance of their subjects....
Shea Kirk wins the 2023 National Photographic Portrait Prize
The winning work, 'Ruby (left view)', is a portrait of Emma Armstrong-Porter and half of a stereoscopic pair from Kirk's ongoing series Vantages....
David Cossini, winner of the National Portrait Prize Handlers’ Award 2023
“There is assurance in the composition, in the figures of Godfrey and the turkey and in the joyful palette of colours."...
Portrait23: Identity
'Portrait23: Identity' redefines portraiture by inviting twenty-three artists and collectives to create portraits without constraints or boundaries, exposing new approaches to the genre across a range of mediums....
WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture
Merging the traditional and unconventional, 'WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture' explores who we are and how we view others – historically, today and into the future....
WHO ARE YOU: Australian Portraiture
Revealing the artistic synergies and contrasts between the two institutions’ collections, this co-curated exhibition considers portraiture in Australia across time and media....
Shakespeare to Winehouse: Icons from the National Portrait Gallery London
Think Mandela, Malala, Churchill, Diana, Bowie, Sheeran, Westwood and more! And iconic artists like Warhol, Hockney, Emin, van Dyck, Rubens and Freud....
Joel B. Pratley wins ‘Living Memory’: National Photographic Portrait Prize 2021
Sydney photographer Joel B. Pratley's photo of a lone farmer immersed in a dust storm in drought-stricken Australia has won the 2021 National Photographic Portrait Prize....
Australian Love Stories
‘Australian Love Stories’ brings a unique and timely digital experience for visitors to explore the universal theme of love. Delve into an enticing array of tales of the heart, featuring famous figures from Australia’s National Portrait Gallery....
2020 NPPP and Darling Portrait Prize People’s Choice Awards
The online votes have been counted, and the winners of the National Portrait Gallery’s 2020 National Photographic Portrait Prize and Darling Portrait Prize People’s Choice Awards have been announced....