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People's Choice Award announcement
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We are delighted to announce the winner of the $10,000 People's Choice Award for the inaugural Darling Portrait Prize is David Darcy for his painting of farmer and environmentalist Wendy Bowman.
A non-material and non-physical portrait
Lecture, 21 May 2011
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Inner Worlds features the recently commissioned portrait of world-renowned philosopher of consciousness David Chalmers by Melbourne-based artist Nick Mourtzakis.
A boy’s best friend is his mother
It's Complicated
Dearest Mummy
Harold David Takes out the People’s Choice Award for this year’s National Photographic Portrait Prize
8 June 2018
Archived media releases 2018
The votes are in and the National Portrait Gallery is pleased to announce The Honourable Bob Hawke savouring a strawberry milkshake by Harold David is the people’s choice for the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018.
David McAllister to join National Portrait Gallery collection
26 April 2016
Archived media releases 2016
Artistic Director of The Australian Ballet, David McAllister AM will join the Portrait Gallery’s national collection in a newly-commissioned portrait taken by illustrious Australian photographer, Peter Brew-Bevan.
What the tree saw: David Foster, 2018
by Jacqui Stockdale
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Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018
Jessica Mauboy, 2018
by David Rosetzky
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Commissioned with funds provided by Sony Music Entertainment Australia 2018
Ivan Gaal
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I know David, whom I used to work with 40 years ago, when he got his HIV/AIDS.
David Cossini
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Godfrey's amazing man. I've known him for four years now. He has a very tough story.
Jay Hynes
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Dave has a brother Gavin and they live in the 'burbs and they went to school with a friend of mine.
Andrew Cowen
Winner, National Photographic Portrait Prize 2014
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Andrew Cowen on photographing his friend Matthew Martin.
Elliot Brown
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This portrait is called Jaye and it's a photo of my friend. She's a member of the Multicultural Society in Geraldton.
Bangarra brothers: songman, storyteller, dancer
Passion
Creative kin
Cindy Kavanagh
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The portrait, the priestess, is of a friend, Floria, and it's part of a project I've been working on for two years, which is 50 at 50.
Listen: Mysterious eyes
Arthur Boyd portraits from 1945
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An open house, recollections of my early life: extracts from the reminiscences of David Boyd.
Shifting the definition
Nearest & Dearest
Defiant commitment