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Michael Desmond discusses the iconic picture of two Rugby League players which became known as 'The Gladiators'.
Michael Desmond explores the portraiture of Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud.
Michael Desmond profiles a handful of the entrants in first National Photographic Portrait Prize and notes emerging themes and categories.
Curator Michael Desmond introduces the exhibition Truth and Likeness, an investigation of the importance of likeness to portraiture.
Michael Desmond reveals the origins of composite portraits and their evolution in the pursuit of the ideal.
Michael Desmond looks at the history of the Vanity Fair magazine in conjunction with the exhibition Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008
Michael Desmond in conversation with University of Houston professor of philosophy Cynthia Freeland.
Michael Desmond introduces some of the ideas behind the exhibition Present Tense: An imagined grammar of portraiture in the digital age.
Michael Desmond charts the path of portraiture, arriving at Julian Opie’s digital realm.
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.
Michael Desmond examines the daguerreotype portraits created by American artist Chuck Close.
Michael Desmond investigates the street art of Shepard Fairey, who was catapulted to fame during the 2008 presidential election with his resonant image of Barack Obama.
Exploring the photographs of Martin Schoeller, Michael Desmond delves into the uneasy pact that exists between celebrity and the camera.
The first collaborative commission has arrived. It's a self portrait, it's ceramic and it's from Hermannsburg.
An extensive selection of portraits by John Brack were on display at the National Portrait Gallery in late 2007.
As a convict Thomas Bock was required to sketch executed murders for science; as a free man, fashionable society portraits.