In his speech launching the new National Portrait Gallery building on 3 December 2008, then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd set the Gallery in a national and historical context.
Celebrates the centenary of the first national art collection, the Historic Memorials Collection, housed at Australia's Parliament House.
Two professionals; Australian surfer Layne Beachley and photographer Petrina Hicks, combine their strengths to achieve a remarkable portrait.
Esther Erlich’s portrait of Lady McMahon.
Feminism, risktaking and the politics of looking: Joanna Gilmour steps into the world of Julie Rrap.
The complex connections between four creative Australians; Patrick White, Sidney Nolan, Robert Helpmann and Peter Sculthorpe.
A toast to the acquisition of an unconventional new portrait of former Prime Minister, Stanley Melbourne Bruce.