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The National Portrait Gallery is Australia's Facebook. The new National Portrait Gallery building, situated on King Edward Terrace, Parkes, Canberra, bounded by the High Court of Australia and the National Gallery of Australia, displays some 400 portraits of people who have shaped Australia and who continue to shape our nation.
Home to the nation's portrait collection the National Portrait Gallery comprises gallery spaces for the collection and temporary exhibitions, public areas including a café, shop, function room, theatrette, education and school group areas, and basement car parking.
The most significant building to be constructed in the Parliamentary precinct for over twenty years, the new National Portrait Gallery opened to the public on the 4 December 2008 with a series of vibrant exhibitions, lectures, education programs and events.
www.portrait.gov.au is the home of information about the National Portrait Gallery, its collections and portraiture in Australia and around the world.
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Merry Christmas everyone! Bring on white wine in the sun and a Margaret Fulton-style food coma. The Gallery is closed today but open as usual 10-5 on Boxing day! http://www.portrait.gov.au/portraits/2002.10/margaret-fulton
The Popular Pet Show
Happy Christmas Eve! Remember that we are open every day except Christmas Day from 10am - 5pm (9am for the cafe). Escape the heat and bring the family to see the Popular Pet Show and the brilliant Pets Backyard space for kids! Check out all the programs and exhibitions on our website. Enjoy!
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Holy hairy rockers Batman! We just clicked over 50,000 fans!! Thanks so much everyone, we're feeling the love <3 <3 http://portrait.gov.au/portraits/2002.8.1/sherbet
PAWS for art day!
Clarion
Join us and our friends Clarion for carols - Sunday 18th from 4pm!
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017: NPPP 2017
Congratulations to our finalists for the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017! Next year is the tenth anniversary for the Prize so it will be extra special (with some additional prizes to be announced in the new year...) Thank you so much to everyone who submitted their portraits - the judges had such a difficult time narrowing down the entries to just 50. #NPPP2017 #ourjudgesneedaholiday
Weekend breakfast coming back to the National Portrait Gallery cafe
Our amazing caterers Broadbean Catering & Events are back! And now they're serving breakfast/brunch every day from 9am (including weekends). Hot tip: the smashed avo and free-range poached eggs is the bomb, and it won't cost you a house deposit! #millennialdilemmas
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Three judges judging... National Photographic Portrait Prize judging is underway!!
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Charles by Amiel Courtin-Wilson, 2015
*drumroll* and the winner of our Digital Portraiture Award for this year is Amiel Courtin-Wilson for his portrait, 'Charles'. Congratulations Amiel!! You can view all the portraits in this year's exhibition online or here at the Portrait Gallery until April 2017. https://dpa.portrait.gov.au/ Artist's statement: Charles is a portrait of a middle-aged man I met outside a 7/11 late one night on the outskirts of Oklahoma City in 2015. Charles had been homeless for some years, estranged from his family because of his schizophrenia, and was living by a pond at the back of the convenience store. We instantly formed a very intimate connection due to his gentle and deeply compassionate outlook on life. He told me beautiful stories about how he would talk to the trees and clouds before going to sleep each evening, and his plans to visit his daughter in Memphis before the end of the year. We ate some dinner together by his pond before shooting this portrait at about 3am.
Leading men look back at gifts that meant the most
Our esteemed Director Angus Trumble and his teddy Brownie, a bear of great substance.
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And to round off an amazing week full of special guests, we just unveiled this fabulous portrait of fashion icon Carla Zampatti! 💅 The portrait was created by fashion photographer and Australia's Next Top Model judge, Georges Antoni.
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