On the Face of It
Nestled alongside Lake Burley Griffin in its stunning, purpose-built home, Australia’s National Portrait Gallery is the youngest of our national cultural institutions, with its dedicated building opened by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in December 2008. A realisation of the ceaseless efforts of Melbourne philanthropists L Gordon Darling AC CMG and Marilyn Darling AC, who began the push for its creation as early as 1988, the Gallery’s award-winning halls now house a collection approaching 2,500 works, bearing the official mission ‘ … to increase the understanding and appreciation of the Australian people –
