Portrait 72

Great Experimentations

by Rebecca Harkins-Cross

Rebecca Harkins-Cross considers Carol Jerrems’ portraiture against the backdrop of social change in the 1970s.

Trains, Towers and Thom Roberts

by Isobel Parker Philip

Isobel Parker Philip introduces artist Thom Roberts, whose distinctive portraits of people, buildings and personified trains define the world as he experiences it.

if only we could take the time

by Sonia Nair

Sonia Nair looks at Anu Kumar, whose portraiture practice preserves the intimate, in-between moments of her hometown in India.

We Were There

by Benjamin Law

Preserving stories, subverting power and posing nude: Benjamin Law explores the potency and persuasiveness of portraiture.

Sucker Punch

by Coby Edgar

Coby Edgar reflects on the artist Joan Ross, whose practice probes the ongoing consequences of colonisation, climate change and consumerism in Australia.

Conversation pieces

by Dr Emma Kindred

Curator Emma Kindred shares a glimpse of the creative process behind her selection of works for the National Portrait Gallery’s salon hang.

In Profile

Some Lads

by Daniel Browning

Daniel Browning delves into Tracey Moffatt’s Some lads series, recently acquired in full by the National Portrait Gallery.

Now and Then

Richard Tognetti

Spanning 30 years, these portraits capture a life in music. Violinist, conductor and composer Richard Tognetti AO is Artistic Director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

Why portraiture?

by wani toaishara

wani toaishara reflects on his experiences, process and motivation for making portraits.