The biennial competition for painted portraits is held at The New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata and generously sponsored by the Adam Foundation. The Adam Portraiture Award provides painters from Aotearoa an important role in recording the changing face of Aotearoa.

In 2024, 37 finalists were chosen from 451 overall entries. A selection of artworks toured to multiple venues around the country in late 2024 and early 2025.

It’s Love, 2024.oil on linen, 122 x 61 cm.

-a portrait of Chris Knox

"Over a decade after a life-changing stroke, Knox is presented larger than life in a deeply nostalgic moment, embracing his decommissioned guitar like a beloved old friend.

No longer able to play, his pose and expression display the dichotomy he faces between the imposed peace of affliction to one side of his body, and the relentless tension of his artistic drive on the other."