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Public Transport
Location
Transport Canberra bus routes run from the various city centres past the Gallery on a regular basis.
Our achievements to date
Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2023–25
During the period 2018–20, the Gallery implemented our first Access Action Plan.
Where we fit: social policy context
Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2023–25
There are a wide range of legislative requirements and strategies which have influenced the development of this DIAP.
Definitions
Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2023–25
Access is about creating the necessary conditions for all individuals and organisations to use services, facilities, programs and employment opportunities.
Past directors
History
Directors of the National Portrait Gallery from 1998 to today.
Icons and Identities
General content
It’s often thought that foremost among portraiture’s many functions is the documentation of individuals who are celebrated and familiar, or who best exemplify the temper and identity of a certain place at a certain time.
Inner Worlds, Outer Selves
General content
Within a person’s psyche live memories, dreams, instincts, fears and fantasies. On the outside, although our identities may appear far less complicated, we are able to choose which parts of ourselves we wish to project.
Harriet Schwarzrock: spaces between movement and stillness
10 February 2021
Archived media releases 2021
To celebrate the new exhibition Australian Love Stories, renowned Australian glass artist Harriet Schwarzrock has been commissioned to make a large-scale installation reflecting on the role the heart plays as our emotional centre.
Lovely Lillie and Dirty Bertie
Lust
Royal romps: illicit liaisons
Playing by their own rules
Passion
Joined at the hip
The Amazing Face: a 14-day Dive into Portraiture
Archived media releases 2020
The National Portrait Gallery is offering a free online class on the art of portraiture from April 28.
Some prime ministers
General content
Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.
2017-19 Acquisition Fund
Annual Appeal
From 2017 to 2019 the Acquisition Fund was focussed on the commission of a stunning portrait of Rosie Batty by Nikki Toole.
Update on Temporary Closure of the National Portrait Gallery
15 April 2019
Archived media releases 2019
The National Portrait Gallery will close its doors from Tuesday 23 April 2019, but the public are still able to experience the home of portraiture during the four-month closure.
Textiles Scientist Voted the People’s Favourite
27 March 2019
Archived media releases 2019
The black and white portrait of an elderly woman with sidelong glance and irreverent, contemplative smile has taken out the people’s choice award in this year’s National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Three ways to look at a photograph
NPPP 2019 exhibition essay
General content
Dr Christopher Chapman, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2019 Prize.