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Sarah Engledow reflects on the shared life and writing of Dorothy Porter and Andrea Goldsmith.
Michael Riley’s early portraits by Amanda Rowell.
Angus Trumble gazes at the once bright star of photographer Ruth Hollick.
Marian Anderson’s glorious voice thrust her into stardom, and a more reluctant role as American civil rights pioneer.
A newly acquired work by Stella Bowen adds to the National Portrait Gallery's growing collection of important Australian self-portraits.
Celebrates the centenary of the first national art collection, the Historic Memorials Collection, housed at Australia's Parliament House.
Penelope Grist finds inspiration in pioneering New Zealand artist, Frances Hodgkins.
Michael Desmond looks at the history of the Vanity Fair magazine in conjunction with the exhibition Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008
Phil Manning celebrates a century of Brisbane photographic portraiture.
Archie 100 curator (and detective) Natalie Wilson’s nationwide search for Archibald portraits unearthed the fascinating stories behind some long-lost treasures.
Jean Appleton’s 1965 self portrait makes a fine addition to the National Portrait Gallery’s collection writes Joanna Gilmour.
Inga Walton delves into the bohemian group of artists and writers who used each other as muses and transformed British culture.
Joanna Gilmour discusses the role of the carte de visite in portraiture’s democratisation, and its harnessing by Victoria, the world’s first media monarch.