Exhibitions at National Portrait Gallery
National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 if only we could take the time contemporary Australian photography Ying Ang Katrin Koenning Anu Kumar 30 Nov 2024 – 1 Jun 2025 There is so much beauty around us if only we could take the time to open our eyes and perceive it. And then share it.’ Photographer Carol Jerrems made this tender observation in the preface to her landmark 1974 publication, A book about Australian women, produced in collaboration with writer Virginia Fraser. Taking its title from this text, if only we could take the time: contemporary Australian photography considers how this impulse to observe, to record and to share continues to propel … more National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Carol Jerrems Portraits 30 Nov 2024 – 3 Mar 2025 Carol Jerrems: Portraits is a major exhibition of one of Australia’s most influential photographers. Jerrems’ intimate portraits of friends, lovers and artistic peers transcend the purely personal and have come to shape Australian visual culture. Set against the backdrop of social change in the 1970s, her practice charted the women’s movement, documented First Nations activism, put a spotlight on youth subcultures and explored the music and arts scenes of the era. In a career… more National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024 Brenda L. Croft J Davies Amos Gebhardt Shea Kirk Paul Knight … (4) Katrin Koenning Tace Stevens Angela Tiatia Garry Trinh 22 Jun – 13 Oct 2024 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023 Elliott Jerome Brown Renato Colangelo Brenda L. Croft Gerwyn Davies Adam Ferguson 17 Jun – 2 Oct 2023 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 WHO ARE YOU Australian portraiture Brook Andrew Atong Atem Rennie Ellis Petrina Hicks Tracey Moffatt … (2) Michael Riley Anne Zahalka 1 Oct 2022 – 29 Jan 2023 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022 Matthew Abbott James Brickwood Rozalind Drummond Tom Evangelidis Adam Ferguson … (7) George Fetting Petrina Hicks Ingvar Kenne Shea Kirk Rod McNicol Wayne Quilliam Michael Wolfe 25 Jun – 9 Oct 2022 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Living Memory National Photographic Portrait Prize Tamara Dean Heather Dinas Kim Guthrie Davina Jogi Julian Kingma 2 Jul 2021 – 16 Jan 2022 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 National Photographic Portrait Prize 2020 James Brickwood Christophe Canato Brenda L. Croft Shea Kirk Sarah Rhodes … (1) Christian Thompson 6 Mar – 10 May 2020 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 The Look Hari Ho Ingvar Kenne Julian Kingma Michael Riley Robin Sellick … (2) Nikki Toole Bruce Weber 14 Sep 2019 – 9 Feb 2020 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019 James Brickwood Aletheia Casey Adam Ferguson Lee Grant Simon Harsent … (4) Julian Kingma Katrin Koenning Jordan Madge Raphaela Rosella 23 Feb – 7 Apr 2019 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 20/20 Celebrating twenty years with twenty new portrait commissions George Fetting Selina Ou Sarah Rhodes David Rosetzky 20 Oct 2018 – 10 Feb 2019 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017 1 Apr – 18 Jun 2017 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Tough and Tender Warwick Baker Chris Burden Larry Clark Rozalind Drummond Nan Goldin … (2) Robert Mapplethorpe Collier Schorr 17 Jul – 16 Oct 2016 Tough & Tender reveals emotional vulnerability and yearning for connection. Art by a group of American and Australian artists from the 1960s to now explore the complexities of personal relations and individual expression – their work is intimate and raw.more National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Rod McNicol Life and time 20 Jun – 23 Aug 2015 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 In the flesh 7 Nov 2014 – 9 Mar 2015 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Arcadia: Sound of the sea 14 Aug – 19 Oct 2014 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 National Photographic Portrait Prize 2014 21 Mar – 1 Jun 2014 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Alfred Wertheimer Elvis at 21 7 Dec 2013 – 10 Mar 2014 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Richard Avedon People 23 Aug – 24 Nov 2013 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 National Photographic Portrait Prize 2013 9 Mar – 19 May 2013 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Ingvar Kenne Citizen 2 Nov 2012 – 27 Jan 2013 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 National Photographic Portrait Prize 2012 20 Mar – 20 May 2012 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Nikki Toole Skater 16 Feb – 2 May 2012 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008 12 Jun – 30 Aug 2009 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 National Photographic Portrait Prize 20 Mar – 24 May 2009 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Reveries: photography and mortality Olive Cotton Max Dupain Carol Jerrems David Moore (AUS) Anne Noble … (2) Michael Riley William Yang 27 Apr – 5 Aug 2007 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Nathalie Latham Australia's Creative Diaspora 4 May – 1 Jul 2007 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Sam Haskins Portraits and Other Stories 8 Dec 2006 – 22 Apr 2007 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Karin Catt Famous Portraits 21 Jul – 12 Nov 2006 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Flash: Australian Athletes in Focus Shalan Hayes Leah King-Smith Selina Ou Robin Sellick Toni Wilkinson 21 Jul – 12 Nov 2006 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Rennie Ellis Aussies Fall 21 Apr – 27 Aug 2006 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Glossy 2 - Faces Magazines Now Ben Baker Ellen Dahl Daniela Federici Shalan Hayes Ingvar Kenne … (2) Julian Kingma Christopher Morris 25 Nov 2005 – 9 Apr 2006 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Cecil Beaton Portraits 16 Sep – 27 Nov 2005 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Kylie 14 May – 14 Aug 2005 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Peter Brew-Bevan Portraits 6 May – 12 Jun 2005 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 John Elliott Thousand Mile Stare: Portrait photography 19 Nov 2004 – 1 May 2005 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Mark Strizic A journey in photography 1 Oct – 21 Nov 2004 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Crystal Gazing Headspace V 11 Sep – 7 Nov 2004 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Australians in Hollywood 14 Nov 2003 – 12 Apr 2004 National Portrait GalleryAU National Portrait Gallery King George Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Canberra +61 2-62708210 npg@dcita.gov.au www.portrait.gov.au Daily 9-17 Bill Brandt A Retrospective 13 Sep – 10 Nov 2002

Exhibitions at National Portrait Gallery

National Portrait GalleryAU

National Portrait Gallery
King George Terrace, Parkes
ACT 2600 Canberra

+61 2-62708210

Daily 9-17

if only we could take the time

contemporary Australian photography

There is so much beauty around us if only we could take the time to open our eyes and perceive it. And then share it.’ Photographer Carol Jerrems made this tender observation in the preface to her landmark 1974 publication, A book about Australian women, produced in collaboration with writer Virginia Fraser.

Taking its title from this text, if only we could take the time: contemporary Australian photography considers how this impulse to observe, to record and to share continues to propel … more

National Portrait GalleryAU

National Portrait Gallery
King George Terrace, Parkes
ACT 2600 Canberra

+61 2-62708210

npg@dcita.gov.au
www.portrait.gov.au

Daily 9-17

Carol Jerrems

Portraits

30 Nov 2024 – 3 Mar 2025

Carol Jerrems: Portraits is a major exhibition of one of Australia’s most influential photographers. Jerrems’ intimate portraits of friends, lovers and artistic peers transcend the purely personal and have come to shape Australian visual culture. Set against the backdrop of social change in the 1970s, her practice charted the women’s movement, documented First Nations activism, put a spotlight on youth subcultures and explored the music and arts scenes of the era.

In a career… more

National Portrait GalleryAU

National Portrait Gallery
King George Terrace, Parkes
ACT 2600 Canberra

+61 2-62708210

npg@dcita.gov.au
www.portrait.gov.au

Daily 9-17

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024

Brenda L. Croft

J Davies

Amos Gebhardt

Shea Kirk

Paul Knight

… (4)

Katrin Koenning

Tace Stevens

Angela Tiatia

Garry Trinh

22 Jun – 13 Oct 2024

National Portrait GalleryAU

National Portrait Gallery
King George Terrace, Parkes
ACT 2600 Canberra

+61 2-62708210

npg@dcita.gov.au
www.portrait.gov.au

Daily 9-17

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023

Elliott Jerome Brown

Renato Colangelo

Brenda L. Croft

Gerwyn Davies

Adam Ferguson

17 Jun – 2 Oct 2023

National Portrait GalleryAU

National Portrait Gallery
King George Terrace, Parkes
ACT 2600 Canberra

+61 2-62708210

npg@dcita.gov.au
www.portrait.gov.au

Daily 9-17

WHO ARE YOU

Australian portraiture

Brook Andrew

Atong Atem

Rennie Ellis

Petrina Hicks

Tracey Moffatt

… (2)

Michael Riley

Anne Zahalka

1 Oct 2022 – 29 Jan 2023

National Portrait GalleryAU

National Portrait Gallery
King George Terrace, Parkes
ACT 2600 Canberra

+61 2-62708210

npg@dcita.gov.au
www.portrait.gov.au

Daily 9-17

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022

Matthew Abbott

James Brickwood

Rozalind Drummond

Tom Evangelidis

Adam Ferguson

… (7)

George Fetting

Petrina Hicks

Ingvar Kenne

Shea Kirk

Rod McNicol

Wayne Quilliam

Michael Wolfe

25 Jun – 9 Oct 2022

National Portrait GalleryAU

National Portrait Gallery
King George Terrace, Parkes
ACT 2600 Canberra

+61 2-62708210

npg@dcita.gov.au
www.portrait.gov.au

Daily 9-17

Living Memory National Photographic Portrait Prize

Tamara Dean

Heather Dinas

Kim Guthrie

Davina Jogi

Julian Kingma

2 Jul 2021 – 16 Jan 2022

National Portrait GalleryAU

National Portrait Gallery
King George Terrace, Parkes
ACT 2600 Canberra

+61 2-62708210

npg@dcita.gov.au
www.portrait.gov.au

Daily 9-17

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2020

James Brickwood

Christophe Canato

Brenda L. Croft

Shea Kirk

Sarah Rhodes

… (1)

Christian Thompson

6 Mar – 10 May 2020

National Portrait GalleryAU

National Portrait Gallery
King George Terrace, Parkes
ACT 2600 Canberra

+61 2-62708210

npg@dcita.gov.au
www.portrait.gov.au

Daily 9-17

The Look

Hari Ho

Ingvar Kenne

Julian Kingma

Michael Riley

Robin Sellick

… (2)

Nikki Toole

Bruce Weber

14 Sep 2019 – 9 Feb 2020

National Portrait GalleryAU

National Portrait Gallery
King George Terrace, Parkes
ACT 2600 Canberra

+61 2-62708210

npg@dcita.gov.au
www.portrait.gov.au

Daily 9-17

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2019

James Brickwood

Aletheia Casey

Adam Ferguson

Lee Grant

Simon Harsent

… (4)

Julian Kingma

Katrin Koenning

Jordan Madge

Raphaela Rosella

23 Feb – 7 Apr 2019

National Portrait GalleryAU

National Portrait Gallery
King George Terrace, Parkes
ACT 2600 Canberra

+61 2-62708210

npg@dcita.gov.au
www.portrait.gov.au

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20/20

Celebrating twenty years with twenty new portrait commissions

George Fetting

Selina Ou

Sarah Rhodes

David Rosetzky

20 Oct 2018 – 10 Feb 2019

National Portrait GalleryAU

National Portrait Gallery
King George Terrace, Parkes
ACT 2600 Canberra

+61 2-62708210

npg@dcita.gov.au
www.portrait.gov.au

Daily 9-17

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017

1 Apr – 18 Jun 2017

National Portrait GalleryAU

National Portrait Gallery
King George Terrace, Parkes
ACT 2600 Canberra

+61 2-62708210

npg@dcita.gov.au
www.portrait.gov.au

Daily 9-17

Tough and Tender

Warwick Baker

Chris Burden

Larry Clark

Rozalind Drummond

Nan Goldin

… (2)

Robert Mapplethorpe

Collier Schorr

17 Jul – 16 Oct 2016

Tough & Tender reveals emotional vulnerability and yearning for connection. Art by a group of American and Australian artists from the 1960s to now explore the complexities of personal relations and individual expression – their work is intimate and raw.more