The National Portrait Gallery was established in 1998, and opened in its new building in Dec. 2008.
Evert Ploeg's portrait of actor and singer Deborah Mailman painted in oils on jute from wool bales won the Archibald Portrait Prize People's Choice Award in 1999.
Vincent Namatjira's double portrait "Albert and Vincent" shows his great-grandfather, Albert Namatjira, who was also a famous artist, and, on an adjacent canvas, a self portrait.  Vincent was the first Aboriginal artist to win the Archibald Prize (in 2020 with his double portrait "Stand Strong for Who You Are").  Albert became very well known for watercolour landscapes; in 1954 he presented Queen Elizabeth with one of his paintings.  See also:  Staff.  "Vincent Namatjira's 'cheeky revenge': the Archibald prize winner's past work - in pictures."  The Guardian, 28 Sept. 2020.  and Interview, The National Gallery of Australia.
Ryan Presley's "Blood Money - infinite dollar note - Aunty Regina Piliwak Wilson" (2023) is an intricate watercolour work.  Presley also did  "Paradise Won," the large-scale digital colour print on vinyl seen in the top photo.


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