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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

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Events

Jasmine Seymour

Story Time

Cooee Mittigar: A Story on Darug Songlines

Event, Starts Tuesday 9 July

Celebrate NAIDOC week with a lively reading of Cooee Mittigar: A Story on Darug Songlines, written by Jasmine Seymour.

Blow Back

Little Faces

Event, Selected days until Friday 30 August

Do we have a treat for the smaller humans in your life! Little Faces is for babies and toddlers (with their grown up) to play, sing and have fun discovering a portrait together.

Bran Nue Dae

Bran Nue Dae

Event, Sunday 14 July

Celebrate NAIDOC week with a screening of Bran Nue Dae.

Araatika: Rise Up! poster

Araatika: Rise Up!

Event, Saturday 13 July

This NAIDOC week, join us for a screening of Araatika: Rise Up!

Portrait Play

Portrait Play

Picture your passion

Event, Selected days from Monday 8 July

What do you love to do? Dance? Play soccer? Write? Sing? No matter what it is, everyone has something they love to do.

Nick Chenery

Drawn in

Event, Sunday 7 July

Draw while listening to live music by Nick Chenery as he plays an assortment of 80s pop and country blues, refreshed by his studies in jazz and folk.

Creative activities

Reach for the stars

A place to create

Event, Daily until Sunday 21 July

Drop in to the Gallery these school holidays and enjoy free creative activities.

Maggie

Collection Highlights Tour

Event, Selected days 11:15am, 1:15pm, 2:15pm

Join us in the Gallery for this free 30-minute tour of the collection, exploring portrait stories and the history of the building.

Benjamin Law: happy sad, 2019 Keith Burt

Andrew Sayers Memorial Lecture

Why Portraiture? Who gets to be painted and why?

Event, Wednesday 31 July

Writer, broadcaster and cultural commentator Benjamin Law explores contemporary portraiture and the press.

Viewing Silent Strength by Wayne Quilliam from the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022

The Prizes Highlights Tour

Event, Daily until Sunday 13 October

Join us on a 30-minute tour of this year's Darling Portrait Prize and National Photographic Portrait Prize to explore the links between portraiture and identity through diverse representations of Australians and Australian life.

Fred Hollows

Virtual Highlight Tour

The Good Doctor

Event, Tuesday 16 July

Join us as we take a deep dive into the achievements and remarkable lives of eminent medical researchers and doctors in the collection.

Herb and Flan

Virtual Highlight Tour

What’s in a story?

Event, Tuesday 30 July

In this program, we explore portraits of renowned Australian authors and how artists have represented them.

Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal) and Lowitja O’Donoghue at the opening of the inaugural National Aboriginal Conference, Canberra

Virtual Highlight Tour

Keep the Fire Burning

Event, Tuesday 2 July

Celebrate the contributions, achievements and enduring strength of First Nations people represented in the National Portrait Collection.

The National Portrait Gallery building

Virtual Highlight Tour

Staff Favourites

Event, Tuesday 23 July

Join us as our team share some of their favourite portraits that are currently on view in the Gallery.

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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past and present. We respectfully advise that this site includes works by, images of, names of, voices of and references to deceased people.

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