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Commissioned 2009



Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.



Purchased 2023


The first collaborative commission has arrived. It's a self portrait, it's ceramic and it's from Hermannsburg.

Our most recent commission, the portrait of Maggie Beer by Del Kathryn Barton both combines a statuesque almost devotional likeness with a spell-binding and dream-like personalised symbology of the sitter.





Commissioned with funds provided by Hayley Baillie and James Baillie 2023



Commissioned with funds provided by lead donor, Tim Bednall, and the support of Hayley Baillie and James Baillie, Charles Curran AC, Marilyn Darling AC, Liz Dibbs, Peter James, Katrina Savage and Chris Savage, and Kim Williams AM 2025



Commissioned with funds provided by Hayley Baillie 2025

The Board oversees the Gallery's strategic directions, objectives and governance.

Chairman Sid Myer AM, Deputy Chair Hayley Baillie, Tim Bednall, Jillian Broadbent AC, Patrick Corrigan AM, Tim Fairfax AC, Sam Meers AO, John Liangis, Nigel Satterley AM, Susan Armitage and Elizabeth Pakchung.

National Photographic Portrait Prize curator, Sarah Engledow, finds reward in a difficult task and ultimately uncovers the essence of portraiture.



Commissioned with funds provided by Tim Fairfax AC and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2025

Anna Culliton never had a colouring-in book when she was little. Her parents –Tony, a filmmaker, and Stephanie, a painter – wouldn’t let her have one. Instead, they insisted on her drawing her own pictures to colour-in.