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Hiljaisuus: Four Walks, 2016 by Luke Aleksandrow, video: 9 minutes

Hiljaisuus: Four Walks, 2016

by Luke Aleksandrow

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Finalist, DPA 2016

Nick Cave, Susie Bick and Luke Cave, 1998 (printed 2020) Dominique Issermann. Courtesy of the artist © Dominique Issermann

Stepping out

Beautiful punk love

Rosie Batty

2017-19 Acquisition Fund

From 2017 to 2019 the Acquisition Fund was focussed on the commission of a stunning portrait of Rosie Batty by Nikki Toole.

Monkey business, 2011 by Alina Gozin'a

Alina Gozin'a

NPPP 2012 learning resource

An interview with the photographer.

Rosie Batty

Portrait of Rosie Batty Unveiled at Portrait Gallery

24 January 2018

Archived media releases 2018

The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled a newly commissioned portrait of Australian domestic violence campaigner and 2015 Australian of the Year Rosie Batty.

Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown

Californian clinch in the ‘Australian’ outback

Long-term love scene

Keith Urban

Match made in entertainment heaven

When the stars align

Abdul Abdullah, Bree Pickering, Robert Wellington, Miranda Tapsell, Luke McGregor

Portraiture at the centre of new ABC television series

The National Portrait Gallery, and Director Bree Pickering, will feature in a brand-new, eight-party competition series – Portrait Artist of the Year. In the series, amateur and professional artists go head-to-head, competing for the ultimate prize: a life-changing commission to hang in the National Portrait Gallery. [Image: Abdul Abdullah, Bree Pickering, Robert Wellington, Miranda Tapsell and Luke McGregor. Courtesy ABC.]

Jessica Mauboy

Jessica Mauboy, 2018

by David Rosetzky

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Commissioned with funds provided by Sony Music Entertainment Australia 2018

The Writer, Peter Goldsworthy

The Writer: Peter Goldsworthy, 2018

by Deidre But-Husaim

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Commissioned with funds provided by Jillian Broadbent AO and Dr Helen Nugent AO 2018.

Nancy Wake - The White Mouse

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George Reid paperweight

Some prime ministers

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Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.

Trevor Jamieson, 2016 by Brett Canet-Gibson

The more things change...

NPPP 2017 exhibition essay

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Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2017 Prize.

Self portrait

Rick Amor: 21 Portraits

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Sarah Engledow chronicles Rick Amor's work and accomplishments in this extensive essay in conjunction with the exhibition Rick Amor: 21 Portraits.

David Marr, 2011 by Nicholas Harding

Nicholas Harding: 28 Portraits

Exhibition essay

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Sarah Engledow looks at three decades of Nicholas Harding's portraiture.

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