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Regarding Henrys

Sarah Engledow ponders the divergent legacies of Messrs Kendall and Lawson.

Private practice

The considered life

Andrew Sayers asks whether a portrait can truly be the examination of a life.

Fits of delicacy and despair

Henry Mundy's portraits flesh out notions of propriety and good taste in a convict colony.

The Dissecting Room

Joanna Gilmour accounts for Australia’s deliciously ghoulish nineteenth century criminal portraiture. 

Portrait 27

This issue of Portrait Magazine feature Lucian Frued, John Witzig, colonial death portraits, William Kinghorne, Henry Crock, and more.

Space in between

Rebecca Ray goes backstage with Bangarra’s Head of Design and photographer Jacob Nash.

Observation point

Yvette Coppersmith considers the influences on her portrait painting.

Aussies All

Rennie Ellis photographs the self-proclaimed 'Witch of Kings Cross'.

Mash-up

Penelope Grist delves into an insightful portraiture exhibition that asks: How do three artists see the same sitter?

Interiors

Christopher Chapman previews the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2009.

True Stories

The story behind the creation of the portrait of Helen Garner by Jenny Sages.

Heart of Darkness

Magda Keaney talks with Bill Leak about his bold new portrait of Robert Hughes in the National Portrait Gallery collection.

Interview

Rineke Dijkstra's photographic series of her subject, Almerisa Sehric, evolved over the course of 14 years. 

Dane reign

Mette Skougaard and Thomas Lyngby bring eloquent context to Ralph Heimans’ portraits of Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark.

A new perspective

An exhibition devoted to Hans Holbein's English commissions shows the portraitist bringing across the Channel new technical developments in art - with a dazzling facility.