Sarah Engledow lauds the very civil service of Dame Helen Blaxland.
Max Dupain's unknown portrait subjects, phrenologist Madame Sibly, Indigenous-European relationships, Thomas Gainsborough and more.
Johanna McMahon revels in history and mystery in pursuit of a suite of unknown portrait subjects.
Gael Newton looks at Australian photography, film and the sixties through the novel lens of Mark Strizic.
Australian character on the market by Jane Raffan.
Bon Scott and Angus Young photographed by Rennie Ellis are part of a display celebrating summer and images of the shirtless male.
Sir William Dobell painted the portraits of Sir Charles Lloyd Jones and Sir Hudson Fysh, who did much to promote the image of Australia in this country and abroad.
A photographic portrait by Kerry Dundas captures the contemplative mind of visionary painter Godfrey Miller.
Naomi Cass, Director of the Centre of Contemporary Photography, in conversation with Anne Zahalka.
![[Self-portrait], 1996](/files/5/e/2/e/i2030-slq.jpg "[Self-portrait], 1996")
The exhibition Reveries: Photography and mortality is a powerful display which brings together images that depict the last phase of people's lives.
The exhibition Portraits for Posterity celebrates gifts to the Gallery, of purchases made with donated funds, and testifies to the generosity and community spirit of Australians.
Michelle Fracaro describes Lionel Lindsay's woodcut The Jester (self-portrait).
Kate Gollings describes an encounter between three generations of Australian photographers; David Moore, Max Dupain and John Gollings.
The then Minister for the Arts and Sport, Rod Kemp, reflects on the value of the Cultural Gifts Program.
Gael Newton delves into the life and art of renowned Australian photographer, Max Dupain.
The acquisition of David Moore's archive of portrait photographs for the National Portrait Gallery's collection.
