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Public Transport

Transport Canberra bus routes run from the various city centres past the Gallery on a regular basis.

Pedestrian Access

Directions for walking to the Gallery from Civic.

EL1 Senior Curator

Reporting to the Director, Curatorial and Collection, the Senior Curator will play a critical role in the strategic direction of the organisation. They will curate exhibitions across the Gallery’s programming areas, including onsite, touring and online; implement and extend the Gallery’s collection development goals through acquisitions and commissions; and engage and grow audiences through diverse interpretation strategies.

APS6 Curator

The Curator will work with the exhibitions and registration team in the development and delivery of exhibitions and programs across the Gallery’s programming areas, including onsite, touring and online; contribute to the development and care of the collection; and liaise with and build strong relationships with key stakeholders, locally and across Australia.

Winner announcements

Noel McKenna has won the 2024 Darling Portrait Prize and Amos Gebhardt has won the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024.

Art Handlers' Award 2024

This year, Shelley Xue 阿谊 (ah Yi) 2024 has been selected the winner for the 2024 NPPP Art Handlers’ award.

Art Handlers' Award 2024

This year, Nena Salobir Self portrait on washcloth 2024 has been selected for the 2024 Darling Portrait Prize Art Handlers’ award.

NAIDOC Portraits

Celebrate NAIDOC: Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud and First Nations portraiture in these live National Portrait Gallery programs for primary students. Bookings via DART.

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In Conversation

Join us with Maggie Beer AO, cook restaurateur and businesswoman and Del Kathryn Barton, artist, in celebration of the National Portrait Gallery's most recent commissioned portrait, Maggie, 2023 by Del Kathryn Barton.

Announcing... Ralph Heimans: Portraiture. Power. Influence.

In March 2024, the National Portrait Gallery will launch a major exhibition of the work of Ralph Heimans AM, the Australian artist who’s painted some of the world’s most recognisable people.

Dancer

From letting loose in the loungeroom to enthralling audiences on stage, this exhibition celebrates dance and dancers.

Archie 100: The Final Countdown

Join us as we celebrate the final days of Archie 100: A Century of the Archibald Prize at the National Portrait Gallery! We've got three fun-filled days of activities, workshops, talks and tours planned for visitors of all ages.

The Board

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

Employee Census 2023

The APS Employee Census presents attitudes and opinions from current staff members on what it’s like to work at the NPG.

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