Ellen Kent examines the portrait of Vincent Lingiari and Prime Minister Gough Whitlam taken by photographer Mervyn Bishop.
This issue of Portrait Magazine features Robert Hannaford, Walter Lindrum, John Brack, judicial portraits, Vincent Lingiari and more.
Joanna Gilmour on the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2013.
Martin Philbey’s portrait of Dan Sultan.
This article examines the portraits gifted to the National Portrait Gallery by Fairfax Holdings in 2003.
Two lively portrait photographs reflect the agility of their subjects: world champion Australian sportsmen Lionel Rose and Anthony Mundine.
Sarah Engledow on Messrs Dobell and MacMahon and the art of friendship.
Angus Trumble provides poignant context for Aña Wojak’s portrait of Tony Carden.
The oil portrait of Sir Frank Packer KBE by Judy Cassab was gifted to the National Portrait Gallery in 2006.
Artist David M Thomas lists some of the ideas and influences behind his video portraits.
Martin Sharp fulfils the Pop art idiom of merging art and life.
Angus Trumble reveals the complex technical mastery behind a striking recent acquisition, Henry Bone’s enamel portrait of William Manning.
Charting a path from cockatiel to finch, Annette Twyman explores her family portraits and stories.
Christopher Chapman absorbs the gentle touch of Don Bachardy’s portraiture.
Sarah Engledow is seduced by the portraits and the connections between the artists and their subjects in the exhibition Impressions: Painting light and life.
