The Gallery is open daily 10.00am - 4.30pm. Entry is free.
Exhibitions in our two gallery spaces change three or four times a year and feature artworks on loan and from our collection.
The portraits in this exhibition were all created by the Christchurch-based artists known as The Group, in the middle decades of last century.
Image: Caroline Oliver, 1940, Leo Bensemann, Private Collection
An exploration of the role portraits play in family history through 17th and 18th century paintings from the Rokeby collection.
Image: Unknown artist, Untitled (Lady with a Pointer Dog) oil on canvas, private collection
Shannon Novak uses the language of geometric abstraction and colour to create portraits of people who have inspired and influenced him - his mentors, heroes and family members.
These previously unseen self-portraits reflect Day’s shift in style from his early cubist works to his fauvist period and then to his later more realistic work.
This exhibition showcases self –portraits from the New Zealand Portrait Gallery’s permanent collection.
Image: Campbell Smith, Mask, Self-Portrait, Woodcut print on paper, Gift of the Artist in 2013, Collection New Zealand Portrait Gallery
The biennial Adam Portraiture Award is New Zealand’s premier portrait prize.
Image:Sisters (André Brönnimann)
A selection of the Portrait Gallery’s new portrait acquisitions from 2015.
