I think the truest representation of someone is a portrait.
Tony Curran ponders whether our phones can change the course of painting.
Rod McNicol's method and motivation, 19th century Indigenous peoples, Barrie Cassidy on Bob Hawke, five generations of the Kang family from Korea and more.
Anne Sanders imbibes Tony Bilson’s gastronomic revolution.
Angus Trumble provides poignant context for Aña Wojak’s portrait of Tony Carden.
Bob Ellis (1942–2016) was a journalist, columnist, screenwriter, film director, playwright, speechwriter and critic.
Lee Tulloch remembers her great friend NIDA-trained actor turned photographer Stuart Campbell.
The Portrait Gallery's paintings of two poets, Les Murray and Peter Porter, demonstrate two very different artists' responses to the challenge of representing more than usually sensitive and imaginative men.
Penelope Grist reminisces about the halcyon days of a print icon, before the infusion of the internet’s shades of grey.
Joanna Gilmore delights in the affecting drawings of Mathew Lynn.
Barrie Cassidy pays textured tribute to the inimitable Bob Hawke.
Magda Keaney speaks with Lewis Morley about his photographic career and the major retrospective of his work on display at the NPG.
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.
Christopher Chapman absorbs the gentle touch of Don Bachardy’s portraiture.
Michael Desmond reveals the origins of composite portraits and their evolution in the pursuit of the ideal.
The exhibition California Video at the J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles demonstrated how video artists expand the boundaries of portraiture.
